WIGGING OUT

Sweaty Trump, 80, Drops Bizarre Admission After Hair Mystery

The president spoke about his hair after weeks of speculation.

Donald Trump tried to lift the lid on speculation over his hair, but his explanation didn’t quite add up.

The 80-year-old president addressed the widespread rumor that he dons a blond wig, sharing a story that he believes proves his mane is all natural during a speech at the White House Rose Garden Wednesday evening.

But Trump’s tale doesn’t hold up under scrutiny.

The president, who became increasingly sweaty during his approximately 45-minute speech, described when he had “helped” Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno with a rally appearance, where he encountered “the worst weather I think I’ve ever experienced outside of maybe a hurricane we had in Florida one time.”

Trump appeared to be referring to the Buckeye Values PAC Rally that was held near the Dayton International Airport in Ohio on March 16, 2024.

Strong winds were present at the rally that obstructed Trump’s view of the teleprompters, according to The New York Times. Covering the rally at the time, WCPO 9 said a “stiff breeze gave Trump fits.”

Play Video

“I went up to the speaker, and it was blowing so hard,” he explained. “You know, for years, I had to suffer with people saying, ‘He wears a wig.’ I don’t wear a wig. But that night, they found out I did not wear a wig because if you did, it was not gonna be on your head very long.”

“As I was walking up to the podium, the teleprompters—all set up with the beautiful speech—they blew off the stage,” he continued. “They blew off the stage, and they were 50 yards, like a half a football field down. They were gone as I walked up.”

REST WING

Trump, 80, Nods Off During Oval Office Sycophancy Session

Erkki Forster

Trump then said that he believed it was a “Friday night,” but the event he appeared to be referencing actually took place on a Saturday afternoon.

Most appalling about Trump’s story defending his hair, however, is the fact that he was wearing a hat during the entire rally—meaning his hair was unaffected by the strong winds he claimed would have easily blown off a wig.

The Daily Beast reached out to the White House for clarification on what event Trump was referring to in his story.

Trump’s hair underwent a shocking metamorphosis last month, prompting online speculation that he was wearing a wig.

The hair day in question happened during the octogenarian’s visit to Las Vegas on Aug. 5, where his typical wispy, light blond coif transformed into a fluffy, strawberry blond mane as he spoke at the Red Rock Resort.

However, the next day, his hair returned to its normal thinness—raising eyebrows as to what caused the brief abnormality.

Trump’s longtime biographer, author Michael Wolff, alleged that the president’s mane is nothing more than a facade held up by elaborate styling tricks.

“I can tell you what’s... under Donald Trump’s hair,” he told host Joanna Coles on the Inside Trump’s Head podcast. “Nothing.”

Play Video

He wrote in his 2018 book Fire and Fury that Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, used to mock her father over his “elaborate architectural process... of maintaining that dome over nothing.”

“She often described the mechanics behind it to friends: an absolutely clean pate—a contained island after scalp reduction surgery—surrounded by a furry circle of hair around the sides and front, from which all ends are drawn up to meet in the center and then swept back and secured by a stiffening spray,” Wolff wrote.

See more of our coverage in your search results.

ADD THE DAILY BEAST ON GOOGLE

Vic VerbalaitisNight Breaking News Reporter

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.