--- title: 'Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC' Registered With FEC description: "When a call comes into the White House at 3 a.m., will Donald Trump's tiny baby hands be able to lift the phone receiver?" canonical: https://time.com/4250413/trump-has-tiny-hands-pac/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-07T23:05:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:24.884Z article:section: Politics og:title: Portland Man Creates 'Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC' og:description: "Will Donald Trump's tiny baby hands be able to lift the phone receiver?" og:url: https://time.com/4250413/trump-has-tiny-hands-pac/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08f996a33ca45906/69888a00428a9e24c5cd1b02/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: &lt;&gt; on March 5, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Portland Man Creates 'Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC' twitter:description: "Will Donald Trump's tiny baby hands be able to lift the phone receiver?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08f996a33ca45906/69888a00428a9e24c5cd1b02/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Portland Man Creates 'Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC' > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 7, 2016 11:05 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media during a press conference at the Trump International Golf Club as results rolled in on a day some know as 'Super Saturday,' on March 5, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media during a press conference at the Trump International Golf Club as results rolled in on a day some know as 'Super Saturday,' on March 5, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Mar 7, 2016 11:05 PM UTC A new political action committee launched on Monday has a very niche message: the group is called “Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC.” Portland, Ore., resident Henry Kraemer filed with the FEC on Monday, writing that the group would have no affiliation with any committee or organization. In an interview with the Hill, Kraemer explained the motivation behind his filing, asking, “When a call comes into the White House at 3 a.m., will Donald Trump’s tiny baby hands be able to lift the phone receiver? This is something Americans should know before voting.” The name refers to recent talk of Trump’s hand size after Marco Rubio made a swipe at him on the trail. “You know what they say about men with small hands,” he said. “You can’t trust ’em!” The jab prompted Trump to respond in a Republican debate, complaining, “He referred to my hands — if they are small, something else must be small. I guarantee you, there’s no problem.” Kraemer said he has not yet decided which candidate he will vote for. \[[The Hill](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/272075-trump-has-tiny-hands-pac-launches)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4250413/trump-has-tiny-hands-pac/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4250413/trump-has-tiny-hands-pac/"},"headline":"Portland Man Creates 'Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC'","datePublished":"2016-03-07T23:05:58.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:24.884Z","description":"\"When a call comes into the White House at 3 a.m., will Donald Trump's tiny baby hands be able to lift the phone receiver?\"","url":"https://time.com/4250413/trump-has-tiny-hands-pac/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08f996a33ca45906/69888a00428a9e24c5cd1b02/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08f996a33ca45906/69888a00428a9e24c5cd1b02/donald-trump.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"<> on March 5, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida.","caption":"<> on March 5, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida.","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4250413/trump-has-tiny-hands-pac/","name":"Portland Man Creates 'Trump Has Tiny Hands PAC'"}}]}] ```