Oh no, are we seeing the death of tough-guy masculinity? It seems that Trump apologized to someone for something.

President Trump called and left a voicemail apologizing to the man he mocked as overweight, a White House official says. He confused him for a protester last night in New Hampshire. “That guy’s got a serious weight problem,” Trump said. “Go home. Start exercising.”

Maybe technically that doesn’t really count as an apology, because it’s not “sorry I did the thing”but “sorry I did the thing to you, I thought you were one of the Evil People who dare to protest my rallies.”

Maybe it counts and maybe it doesn’t, but either way it’s grotesque. I suppose he raised his kids that way – “Don’t punch Bobby, he’s your friend and he’s rich; punch Sally, she’s not your friend and she’s not rich and she’s a girl.”

But wait. False alarm. The White House says he did not either you big liars.

Correction: Trump did not apologize, a White House official tells me. He phoned the supporter, left him a message thanking him for his support, but did not use the words “sorry” or “apologize.”

Tough guy masculinity is alive and well.