To this day , I receive the occasional envelope from Trump . There is always a photo of himgenerally a tear sheet from a magazine . On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers , Carter wrote . I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because , to me , the fingers still look abnormally stubby . The most recent offering arrived earlier this year , before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination , Carter continued . Like the other packages , this one included a circled hand and the words , also written in gold Sharpie ' See , not so short ! ' I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached , saying , ' Actually , quite short . ' d o n a l d t rumpsmallhandsinsultstory ? id 37395515 And this goes all the way back to single line in an article written in 1988 .