‘Now It All Makes Sense’: Trump’s Frequent Makeovers Fuel Wild Theories — Then One Brutal Take Hits Below the Belt
Whether building a real estate empire or serving as America’s head of state, President Donald Trump has long presented his blond combover as part of his personal brand.
Trump, 80, spent this summer rolling out different hairstyles and looks to distract from what viewers call the apparent signs of aging and weight gain.
His changing appearance has fueled speculation about what’s really happening behind the scenes.
His comedic tormentors, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel, took time to point out how ridiculous Trump looks.
Trump recently spoke candidly about his thinning hair, pointing out a bald spot near his crown during an onstage appearance last week.
While looking at a large screen during the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention in Dallas, he said he needed to improve the coverage in the back.
Trump also admitted, “I don’t like that little skin that’s showing,” prompting laughter from the audience. His explanation failed to distract from the jokes still circulating online for weeks.
Fallon, 51, aimed at the POTUS in a clip circulating from “The Tonight Show.” After passing the torch to Rosie O’Donnell, Kimmel, 58, returned from hiatus that same day and used his monologue to clown Trump.
Both late-night talk show hosts ripped into the president on the same night: Sept. 8. Like many, Fallon couldn’t miss Trump’s “darker hairstyle,” as he went from gray to blonde to brown in weeks.
“That’s what happens when you hire the Reflecting Pool people to dye your hair,” he said. The jab directly referenced the no-bid contractors Trump hired to repair the Reflecting Pool, which is still damaged.
Fallon leaned further into the hair jokes by saying, “Yeah, well, it all made a little more sense when I saw this commercial.”
He then played a fake ad for a Trump-endorsed “Just for Men: Touch of Cray” hair dye.
Like his late-night counterpart, the host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” did not hold back.
Kimmel spent several minutes recapping various presidential controversies over the past two months. He slammed the president over the unpopular Iran war, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool fiasco, and the Natalie Harp scandal.
He saved his sharpest jabs for Trump’s mane, saying, “It seems like the only thing he got done was his hair. I don’t know if you saw this, but the leaves are changing colors, and so is the president’s head,” Kimmel said about Trump.”
The world witnessed Trump undergo numerous hair makeovers. A trip to Las Vegas in early August was overshadowed by “The Art of the Deal” author showing up with a fuller head of hair.
Soon after, allegations that the notoriously image-minded politician wore a wig spread across the internet. He then quickly returned to his normal thinning-hair look.
Two weeks later, Trump made an additional transformation when he rolled out a new “side part” at a White House event. The hair overhaul did not end there.
He vehemently denied the toupee accusations on Sept. 2, telling a gathering of GOP officials at the White House, “I don’t wear a wig.”
Trump debuted yet another dramatic shift in his appearance just days later. On Sept. 4, cameras caught the New York City native in New Jersey with a drastically darker brunette color.
Social media had a field day overanalyzing the president’s constant metamorphosis. Fallon finally got to troll Trump after his time off the airwaves.
“Is it possible to have a midlife crisis at 80 years old?” Kimmel asked his studio audience on Tuesday night. “It’s like he’s aging in reverse. He’s our own little ‘Benjamin Glutton.’”
He then mentioned reports suggesting that Trump has a staffer tasked with carrying a “kit full of hair patches” to apply to his head as needed.
“There’s a real-life White House head patcher,” Kimmel added about the unsubstantiated rumors.
By early September, he was seen rocking a hat to cover what many suspect are bald spots and thin patches of hair.
Fans of both Fallon and Kimmel expressed excitement that both men are back on TV to take on Trump. Online commenters reveled in the fresh comedy at the president’s expense.
“Trump gives comedians so much free material to work with… Trump makes it so easy that it’s hardly work,” wrote a poster in reaction to the Brooklyn-born entertainer’s latest bit.
Kimmel’s supporters also thanked him for his reemergence this week. The “Jimmy Kimmel Live” community on YouTube rallied behind the fellow Brooklynite.
“Welcome back Jimmy. We missed you badly,” read one comment. A second individual on the site wrote, “A breath of sanity. Thank you.”