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Rollo

(2,559 posts)
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 05:31 PM Dec 2018

Trump bares his true hairline...

There have been photos in the past of Trump's forward flip hair being blown back in the wind, revealing inches of bare scalp.

Today, without the benefit of wind, video taken while Trump rants in his Oval Office also show what appears to be a drastically receded hairline.

Head on, it's not so bad, because the carefully arranged and hair spray secured nest of hair obscures what lurks below. Evidently this is what he sees in the mirror so he thinks he's fooling everyone.

But in the side view, about 20 seconds into the clip, you can clearly see the bare pink scalp silhouetted against the bright white of a flag. Looks to me like there's about three of four inches of totally bare scalp under that bouffant camouflage, all the way to the top of his head.

See for yourself:


Old Baldy Revealed

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Trump bares his true hairline... (Original Post) Rollo Dec 2018 OP
I find it creepy as hell--not balding guys- but this skin-crawling attempt to conceal, that conceals hlthe2b Dec 2018 #1
It's because of this that, although I started going bald at age twenty-four, Aristus Dec 2018 #16
Exactly! StarryNite Dec 2018 #34
yup... being secure enough to be oneself is attractive. hlthe2b Dec 2018 #39
You said it, StarryNite! Ohiogal Jan 2019 #51
As I understand it, Trump blamed it all on Ivanka... Rollo Dec 2018 #35
Interesting though, the dynamic with his father, yet, here is Fred Trump hlthe2b Dec 2018 #40
Actually, male pattern baldness is passed down through the maternal line... Rollo Dec 2018 #44
Genetics of male pattern baldness mainly on Mother's x-chromosome, but bald father increases risk hlthe2b Dec 2018 #46
My dad and his dad were bald....his maternal grandfather was not LeftInTX Dec 2018 #48
Filthy grifter scum Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #53
"Ivana". Well at least she has that fond nemory to take her through life. CentralMass Jan 2019 #59
I've seen cotton candy that looks more natural Maeve Dec 2018 #2
rofl Cha Dec 2018 #14
Trump has spent a lifetime trying to conceal his true self. Doodley Dec 2018 #3
I still to this day believe that his hair is not hair. Doreen Dec 2018 #4
I thought it was a poor dead squirrel forever UpInArms Dec 2018 #25
Yup, sums it up about the same. Doreen Dec 2018 #33
I will never understand this. murielm99 Dec 2018 #5
Yul Brynner in movie The King and I at140 Jan 2019 #49
That may be so, however, I wouldn't be one of them. GWC58 Jan 2019 #58
People that have nicely shaped heads or distinct heads rock baldness. Blue_true Jan 2019 #63
Can we get Mitt to hold him down... 3catwoman3 Dec 2018 #6
Trump doesn't get that the cameras will ultimately see everything. Girard442 Dec 2018 #7
Not to mention: Totally Tunsie Dec 2018 #8
He is wearing a souffle? Pavlova? NRaleighLiberal Dec 2018 #9
Not photoshopped...just enhanced contrast RealityBasedNewYorkr Dec 2018 #10
Cat-3 WheelWalker Dec 2018 #29
A lenticular cloud over the crater of the volcano . . . . hatrack Dec 2018 #41
That big bald patch in the back looks like alopecia areata. PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2018 #11
No wonder he doesn't go out in the rain. That fluff comb-over would have a meltdown! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #12
Pic, tRump bald! RKP5637 Dec 2018 #13
I don't think his head is that rounded lunatica Dec 2018 #15
Very good point about the ""Y" shaped scar!" n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #18
Well, that look is certainly a lot more dignified. Aristus Dec 2018 #17
The way he is, he looks pretty comical ... like a carnival barker of sorts! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #19
He actually looks better. Yavin4 Dec 2018 #20
more likely he would look like this JI7 Dec 2018 #22
Yep, this is the best I've seen! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #28
Bingo! Rollo Dec 2018 #30
Wow, Excellent photo shopping.. Cha Dec 2018 #38
I'm saving that one. lol! ecstatic Jan 2019 #62
Mr. Magoo AwakeAtLast Dec 2018 #32
LOL!!! Yep!!! Good one!!! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2018 #43
It must take an Indy 500 pit crew to do his hair. n/t LuckyCharms Dec 2018 #21
Now THAT'S funny, Lucky! Ohiogal Jan 2019 #54
That's why he avoids rain.... Adrahil Dec 2018 #23
Nope, nope nope. I am NOT clicking that link... TreasonousBastard Dec 2018 #24
I don't get it... Mike Nelson Dec 2018 #26
he can afford a man weave Demovictory9 Dec 2018 #27
That first one looks awful... Rollo Dec 2018 #31
It does to trump and therein Cha Dec 2018 #37
It's painful to look at him.. and I Cha Dec 2018 #36
His teeth are very strange... I don't know if they are real, but they look too small for his mouth. hlthe2b Dec 2018 #42
I understand his teeth are capped... Rollo Dec 2018 #45
At age 72, not many have pretty teeth! at140 Jan 2019 #50
That's a hell of a combover Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2018 #47
That's why he never shows up for "work" until 11 ish SoCalDem Jan 2019 #52
He is watching TV. That's the main reason he shows up late. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #56
I don't twitter - any chance of posting it differently? akraven Jan 2019 #55
This gives you a sense for what people are seeing. LAS14 Jan 2019 #57
Didn't he show his hairline on a talk show? musicblind Jan 2019 #60
I chuckled. Feels weird being able to laugh ecstatic Jan 2019 #61

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
1. I find it creepy as hell--not balding guys- but this skin-crawling attempt to conceal, that conceals
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 05:37 PM
Dec 2018

nothing.

Aristus

(66,316 posts)
16. It's because of this that, although I started going bald at age twenty-four,
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 06:44 PM
Dec 2018

I've never once tried to hide it. The trick is to make whatever you have left look good, but never to succumb to comb-overs, comb-forwards, pony-tails, or toupees.

The upside is; it enabled me to discover how many women out there think baldness is sexy...



StarryNite

(9,443 posts)
34. Exactly!
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 02:09 AM
Dec 2018

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a man being bald. It's the way tRump tries to hide it that's ridiculous and shows how insecure he is. He would look better without that orange crap on his head.

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
35. As I understand it, Trump blamed it all on Ivanka...
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 03:42 AM
Dec 2018

Back when they were married, he was concerned about the growing bald spot at the back of his head. So Ivanka recommended her plastic surgeon... who then sort of botched the job, pulling Trump's scalp forward so that his hairline receded.

"You have ruined me!!!" Trump screamed at Ivanka after the results of the procedure became clear.

Eventually the two divorced, with Ivanka in her filing accusing Donald of sexual aggression so brutal she described it as rape.

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
40. Interesting though, the dynamic with his father, yet, here is Fred Trump
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 08:10 AM
Dec 2018



Seems he can hardly blame Ivanka or the plastic surgeon for his receding hairline.

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
44. Actually, male pattern baldness is passed down through the maternal line...
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 04:55 PM
Dec 2018

I've tried to find photos of Mary Ann Macleod's brothers (she was The Donald's mother) but so far no luck. She had something like 3-4 brothers but they were so poor apparently no photos exist... except for one in a military uniform with a hat on...

Oh, and I think his first wife's name was Ivana, not Ivanka. Invanka is his daughter. My bad!

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
46. Genetics of male pattern baldness mainly on Mother's x-chromosome, but bald father increases risk
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 05:09 PM
Dec 2018

Myth: Hair loss is passed down from your mother's side.

Not entirely true. While the primary baldness gene is on the X chromosome, which men get only from their mothers, other factors are also in play. The hereditary factor is slightly more dominant on the woman's side, but research suggests that men who have a bald father are more likely to develop male pattern baldness than those who don't.

https://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/mens-health/articles/2011/02/22/what-causes-hair-loss-9-myths-about-baldness

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
4. I still to this day believe that his hair is not hair.
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 05:44 PM
Dec 2018

It is some poor creature trapped from the Amazon and being forced to live on trump's head. It is constantly trying to escape.

murielm99

(30,733 posts)
5. I will never understand this.
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 05:45 PM
Dec 2018

There are many nice-looking bald men. Some look better after they go bald or begin shaving their heads.

GWC58

(2,678 posts)
58. That may be so, however, I wouldn't be one of them.
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 09:18 AM
Jan 2019

Since I was “knee high to a grasshopper” I’ve had, what I call, a ‘two finger forehead.’ I’m 60 and my forehead has not risen at all. Gray, actually white, hair, is another story. My beard, mustache & hair is white, but my eyebrows are dark brown. Go figure! 🤪

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
63. People that have nicely shaped heads or distinct heads rock baldness.
Fri Jan 4, 2019, 12:15 AM
Jan 2019

I see a lot of bald guys that look horrible because their head is too heavy or odd shaped. I have 85% of the hair that I had as a teen, but I am seeing some male pattern thinning spots forming. I look better with hair because of how my head seems to be shaped when I feel it through the hair, I will likely such fully bald, but males in my family generally don't go completely bald or anything close to it, females always have thick hair.

3catwoman3

(23,973 posts)
6. Can we get Mitt to hold him down...
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 05:46 PM
Dec 2018

...and shave his head? It would have to look better than that unholy mess.

This hairstyle has looked ridiculous even when he HAD hair.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
8. Not to mention:
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 05:48 PM
Dec 2018

So we're supposed to be impressed that Doturd is "working" in the Oval on Christmas Day. It brings to mind the question "What male randomly in his office in the house in which he lives, arrives at said office in full make-up?" Does he never leave his bedroom without the benefit of camera-ready make-up? What the hell?

Have he and Melanoma ever seen the real people behind their masks? LOL

hatrack

(59,583 posts)
41. A lenticular cloud over the crater of the volcano . . . .
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 08:23 AM
Dec 2018

Surprising the continual eruptions haven't blown it away.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,848 posts)
11. That big bald patch in the back looks like alopecia areata.
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 06:03 PM
Dec 2018

He's using the rest of his hair to cover it, plus cover the normal-for-guys hair loss in the front.

Bald he'd look a lot like Mussolini.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
15. I don't think his head is that rounded
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 06:40 PM
Dec 2018

I think it’s a lot flatter on the top. And he probably has the “Y” shaped scar of the scalp reduction surgery.

Aristus

(66,316 posts)
17. Well, that look is certainly a lot more dignified.
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 06:55 PM
Dec 2018

That's probably while he'll never adopt it.

A masturbating chimpanzee has more dignity...

Cha

(297,154 posts)
38. Wow, Excellent photo shopping..
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 04:01 AM
Dec 2018

Now I'll think of him looking like this every time I have to look at him. Which isn't that much.. I try to avoid it.

ecstatic

(32,685 posts)
62. I'm saving that one. lol!
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:55 PM
Jan 2019

Will be useful next time a maga clown posts the heavily shopped pic of him bald with a goatee.

 

Adrahil

(13,340 posts)
23. That's why he avoids rain....
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 08:15 PM
Dec 2018

And if he can't avoid it, he must have an umbrella or a hat. That shellacked mess would collapse on him.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
24. Nope, nope nope. I am NOT clicking that link...
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 08:30 PM
Dec 2018

I have looked at all sorts of horrors and weirdness without blinking, but even my stomach is not strong enough to see Tangerine Turdlapper's balding pate.

Mike Nelson

(9,951 posts)
26. I don't get it...
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 09:17 PM
Dec 2018

… he could go for a shorter style or better weave. He can afford much better hair. His hair style makes no sense.

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
31. That first one looks awful...
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 01:12 AM
Dec 2018

You can see the eyebrow pencil line across the forehead... dead giveaway, I imagine.

Cha

(297,154 posts)
36. It's painful to look at him.. and I
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 03:53 AM
Dec 2018

still couldn't see the bald spot. I'm sure it's there.

He has the ugliest weirdest teeth.. jawing away.

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
42. His teeth are very strange... I don't know if they are real, but they look too small for his mouth.
Wed Dec 26, 2018, 08:39 AM
Dec 2018

That gives his whole mouth that prominent a'hole look.

Yes, he is very unpleasant to look at--and not just because of the "hair".

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
45. I understand his teeth are capped...
Fri Dec 28, 2018, 04:56 PM
Dec 2018

But his lower teeth, which he bares constantly, look horrible. Like he never brushes.

at140

(6,110 posts)
50. At age 72, not many have pretty teeth!
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 02:02 PM
Jan 2019

He needs to get a new set of full implant based dentures. He can afford the $50k price!

akraven

(1,975 posts)
55. I don't twitter - any chance of posting it differently?
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 02:34 PM
Jan 2019

He's been basically bald since before his (failed) transplants!

musicblind

(4,484 posts)
60. Didn't he show his hairline on a talk show?
Thu Jan 3, 2019, 11:47 PM
Jan 2019

Either way, if he's so wealthy, why doesn't he just get plugs/transplant. They work and he'd have as much hair as he wants.

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