President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE praised West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) as "the largest, most beautiful man" during a campaign rally on Tuesday night.

Trump called Justice on stage shortly after beginning his remarks in Charleston, W.Va. He noted that Justice was originally elected as a Democrat before switching his party affiliation last fall.

"He’s a great Republican. And I wanna bring him up if I could," Trump said. "He is the largest, most beautiful man."

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Justice spoke briefly about the importance of electing Republicans at the state and local level to support Trump, before ceding the podium back to the president.

"He’s a big man. He’s all man," Trump said of Justice, saying that he's 6 feet, 11 inches tall. Justice is actually closer to 6 feet, 7 inches tall.

"I won’t talk about the weight. I don't know what the weight is," Trump added. "I won’t go there. But he’s a big man and he’s a great man."

Trump takes a shot at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, who just spoke on his behalf, for being fat pic.twitter.com/sFCq1SLYLr — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 21, 2018

Trump appeared in West Virginia just hours after his former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, pleaded guilty to eight counts in Manhattan, and implicated the president in his admission that he violated campaign finance laws.

At the same time, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort Paul John ManafortOur Constitution is under attack by Attorney General William Barr Bannon trial date set in alleged border wall scam Conspicuous by their absence from the Republican Convention MORE was found guilty on eight of 18 counts in his trial in Virginia.

Trump told reporters before the rally that he felt "very badly" for Manafort, but stressed that his trial "has nothing to do with Russian collusion."