Trump says F-35 pilots are 'better looking than Tom Cruise and with better bodies'

Comments came at exact moment president was impeached

Donald Trump chose the exact moment he officially became the third president in the United States' history to be impeached to muse on the attractiveness of America’s stealth jets pilots compared to that of one the countries biggest movie stars.

“You’ve got to see them” the Republican leader told a crowd of supporters at a rally Michigan, just as news outlets across the world were reporting the result of the historic vote in the House of Representatives.

“They’re just like central casting” he added, referencing a Hollywood talent agency used by the president as a benchmark for beauty, while 500 miles away lawmakers signalled their conclusion he had abused his power and obstructed congress.

With three congressman due to miss the vote, the magic number to pass for a majority to be achieved in the House of Representatives was 212 – and as the threshold was reached, the 45th president was discussing a meeting with US air force personnel.

He told the audience at his Battle Creek rally: “We have the F35s – it’s stealth - and I was at one of the areas where they’re displaying it and I went up to the pilots and, honestly, they’re better looking than Tom Cruise”.

“Good movie” he said, in an apparent reference to Top Gun. “Good guy, too by the way.”

Detailing the many ways the pilots were more physically attractive than the 57-year-old actor and scientology advocate, the president added: “The face is equal, maybe slightly better, the body’s bigger and stronger, they can definitely fight - they’re the real deal.”

“These guys are so good looking I said you could be a movie star go to Hollywood. [They said] ‘No sir I like what I’m doing’.”

The impeachment bill will now pass on to the Senate, which has the power to remove the president from office.

However, with the chamber controlled by the Republican Party and a supermajority - two thirds - of senators required, the ousting of the president via the process remains unlikely.