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LetMyPeopleVote

(184,000 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:06 PM Yesterday

Trump 'absolutely infuriated' after 'gross' habit exposed: senior official

trump is a slob who leaves food containers and wrappers everywhere. I am glad that the White House staff is now checking the trash for silver wear

A new book from two New York Times reporters has exposed a number of President Donald Trump's secrets, though one claim in particular has the president especially enraged — about his Trump’s bathroom and bedroom habits.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-06-26T17:30:14Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677112651/

A new book from two New York Times reporters has exposed a number of President Donald Trump’s secrets, though one claim in particular has the president especially enraged, a senior Trump official revealed Friday.

Published earlier this week, “Regime Change” was written by Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, and had already rattled the White House before its release, with officials fearful that the book’s authors had acquired audio recordings from within the White House Situation Room, arguably the most secure area of the complex where top officials discuss matters of crises and national security.

There’s something in the book that hasn’t gotten nearly the level of attention of the aforementioned scoops… and yet it’s something that, according to sources familiar with the matter, has privately and absolutely infuriated the president and helped contribute to his decision to impose an intra-administration blackout on publicly talking about the book,” Zeteo reported Friday.

The claim in question is centered around Trump’s bathroom and bedroom habits, namely his preference for having a carpeted bathroom, which reportedly has sparked fear among White House staff of mold growth.

It makes him look so f------ gross,” a senior Trump appointee told Zeteo, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “The president sees everything, and he knows about the trash and bathroom sections, and thinks it’s complete bulls--- that it got published.”

According to those familiar with the matter who spoke with Zeteo, Trump, who Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng described as “perennially image-conscious and self-obsessed,” was “complaining to aides and other longtime advisers about the book’s descriptions of his bathroom and bedroom habits.”

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Trump 'absolutely infuriated' after 'gross' habit exposed: senior official (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday OP
The fact he's a slob comes as no surprise to me. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #1
Agreed. ShazzieB Yesterday #31
He's not called "The Slob Father" for nothing! Initech Yesterday #44
"Look what they've done to my beautiful bathroom..." Blue Owl 21 hrs ago #53
EWWWW!! Initech 21 hrs ago #55
Did he miss the toilet bowl again? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 6 hrs ago #60
Exactly. One clue was how he termed himself a "germophobe" and a allegorical oracle Yesterday #48
I'm thinking MorbidButterflyTat 7 hrs ago #58
How does Trump know what's in the book?... lame54 Yesterday #2
You provided me with a good full 30 seconds of laughter PuraVidaDreamin Yesterday #17
I'm sure they got advance copies. underpants Yesterday #38
AI rendering of trumps bedroom at the White House based on leaked information LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #3
That can't truly represent Trump's bedroom in the White House. Staph Yesterday #6
Umm, I see 'golden arches' everywhere. FailureToCommunicate Yesterday #16
And no bronzer on the pillows! TommyT139 Yesterday #23
I think the Coke-flavoured chips in the foreground suggest it's AI. meadowlander Yesterday #29
I think it's saying it's AI Katcat Yesterday #32
Gahhh! buzzycrumbhunger Yesterday #11
Gotta call bullshit! (I know) BidenRocks Yesterday #42
It's way too neat. And where's the KFC? MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #59
but it didn't bother him about the meeting to cover up hookaleft Yesterday #4
Checking the trash for silverware? Ilsa Yesterday #5
First place to check canetoad Yesterday #8
I always check my garbage disposal - first place I check FakeNoose Yesterday #24
Whoa! Knife or fork in the garbage disposal. Yeehaw!! paleotn Yesterday #39
I call B S Wifes husband Yesterday #10
Just as... homegirl Yesterday #21
It means nothing to him unless it's gold Wicked Blue Yesterday #27
I bet he sneak-eats McDs and KFC, among Ilsa Yesterday #7
Could hardly be his MOST grotesque behavior, I'd bet... hlthe2b Yesterday #9
He'd better hope that Noel Casler doesn't write a tell-all. GoCubsGo Yesterday #15
Stories of his conduct at Buckingham Palace corroborate this reporting Prairie Gates Yesterday #12
I seem to recall from his first term popsdenver Yesterday #19
I remember that too. Posted below. underpants Yesterday #37
He doesn't do his own hair. He has, like, a triple comb-over. Plus, in an interview the first allegorical oracle Yesterday #49
I heard a funny thing on the radio. underpants Yesterday #52
It is not his effin house malaise Yesterday #13
I don't really get this. Disaffected Yesterday #14
Yes there are full-time servants in the White House FakeNoose Yesterday #25
That is likely it. Disaffected Yesterday #34
There were stories of his yelling at staff FOR cleaning up during his first term underpants Yesterday #30
Recall all his complaints about the lousy showers not giving a strong stream of allegorical oracle Yesterday #50
One thing for sure popsdenver Yesterday #18
There's going to be some serious refurbishing, fumigation and de-bugging when a Democratic president... Crowman2009 Yesterday #20
And, how long homegirl Yesterday #22
With a thousand volunteers? BidenRocks Yesterday #43
Jill and Joe should know. BHDem53 Yesterday #26
Now THAT's a renovation I would recommend and support. Totally Tunsie Yesterday #46
Where are the ketchup stains that are supposed to be on the walls? Wicked Blue Yesterday #28
That ketchup thing happened in the smaller White House dining room FakeNoose Yesterday #36
Sigh lonely bird Yesterday #33
So he does not let staff in to clean it Racygrandma Yesterday #35
Look at the film of him at the Knicks game: he was gobbling down a piece of pizza with fierywoman Yesterday #40
But did they get the video The Wizard Yesterday #41
Trump Has Never Worked A Day In His Life MissouriDem47 Yesterday #45
I just figured he would be gross. Figarosmom Yesterday #47
Habits enid602 Yesterday #51
Let him wallow in his filth Blue Owl 21 hrs ago #54
The fact that trump is unhappy makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote 9 hrs ago #56
'absolutely infuriated' MorbidButterflyTat 7 hrs ago #57

greatauntoftriplets

(179,584 posts)
1. The fact he's a slob comes as no surprise to me.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:13 PM
Yesterday

Just look at him, his appearance reeks of slobbiness. And the gods forbid if he would actually clean up after himself!

ShazzieB

(23,083 posts)
31. Agreed.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:58 PM
Yesterday

I'm sure he's had people whose job it was to clean up after him throughout his entire life, starting in childhood. Being a slab and leaving the mess to be cleaned up by others is his normal.

allegorical oracle

(6,698 posts)
48. Exactly. One clue was how he termed himself a "germophobe" and a
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:29 PM
Yesterday

"perfectionist" in 2015. My lifetime observations find that slobs often describe themselves that way.

lame54

(40,445 posts)
2. How does Trump know what's in the book?...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:15 PM
Yesterday

No way he would read it
No way his staff would level with him

Staph

(6,482 posts)
6. That can't truly represent Trump's bedroom in the White House.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:21 PM
Yesterday

There's not enough gold in the room - on the walls, on the bed, on the other furniture!


buzzycrumbhunger

(2,397 posts)
11. Gahhh!
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:32 PM
Yesterday

Why is he still alive if that’s been his diet for so many years?

McDonald’s, you need to step it up! How about the triple or quadruple McPresidential burger? the gallon jug of McTrumpy Flurry? the McFelon Mega Baconator with free bucket of fries? Enough of this half-arsed cholesterol bullshit!

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,962 posts)
59. It's way too neat. And where's the KFC?
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 02:15 PM
6 hrs ago

He probably would have put Sharpie boobies on the woman in the painting.

hookaleft

(1,410 posts)
4. but it didn't bother him about the meeting to cover up
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:16 PM
Yesterday

his appearances in the Epstein files. He must think those are buried and gone.

Ilsa

(64,756 posts)
5. Checking the trash for silverware?
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:20 PM
Yesterday

I guess it's real silver, not stainless, but why would he throw it away, unless he used it for something gross or illegal?

canetoad

(21,218 posts)
8. First place to check
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:26 PM
Yesterday

If you're missing a piece of cutlery - the bin. It gets thrown out accidentally.

FakeNoose

(43,050 posts)
24. I always check my garbage disposal - first place I check
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:44 PM
Yesterday

Yes, stuff does get thrown out (or down the drain) accidentally.

paleotn

(23,085 posts)
39. Whoa! Knife or fork in the garbage disposal. Yeehaw!!
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:21 PM
Yesterday

Done that once or twice. The sound is unmistakable.

Ilsa

(64,756 posts)
7. I bet he sneak-eats McDs and KFC, among
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:25 PM
Yesterday

other things, in the middle of the night. Only a few Secret Service dudes know about it and are required to go the drive-thru lines to get his big snacks. They bring it to his bedroom where he is still up. I bet he hides the trash until it overflows.

hlthe2b

(115,202 posts)
9. Could hardly be his MOST grotesque behavior, I'd bet...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:26 PM
Yesterday

Perhaps his reaction is to what wasn't reported, but he feared had been or would be...

GoCubsGo

(35,082 posts)
15. He'd better hope that Noel Casler doesn't write a tell-all.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:03 PM
Yesterday

Casler was the "talent wrangler" for "The Apprentice." He has been spilling the beans on Trump since his first term. Let's just say that Trump is way more disgusting than what's described in the O.P.

Prairie Gates

(8,671 posts)
12. Stories of his conduct at Buckingham Palace corroborate this reporting
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:42 PM
Yesterday

As does, simply, the FBI images of his bedroom and bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, both disgusting.

He's a filthy slob.

popsdenver

(2,821 posts)
19. I seem to recall from his first term
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:17 PM
Yesterday

that he wanted a lock on his bedroom, that only he could open from inside the bedroom......The secret Service was extremely upset about that, and said no previous president had ever done that before......

underpants

(197,834 posts)
37. I remember that too. Posted below.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:15 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:30 PM - Edit history (2)

I’d forgotten about locking the door.

He’s a slob but a particular slob. He wanted the clothes and food wrappers thrown in the ground just as they were.

I doubt he bathes very regularly. He does his own hair and makeup 👀 so a shower would mean starting all over.

allegorical oracle

(6,698 posts)
49. He doesn't do his own hair. He has, like, a triple comb-over. Plus, in an interview the first
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:35 PM
Yesterday

time he campaigned, he said it takes two hours to do his hair. That was back when Hope Hicks was steaming his pants...while he was wearing them.

underpants

(197,834 posts)
52. I heard a funny thing on the radio.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:32 PM
Yesterday

Rush Limbaugh was into one of his mental deep dives and he said “You know, he does his own hair and makeup”. There was a noticeable pause. Dead air. Even Rush realized how stupid that sounded and how ridiculous it was.

Disaffected

(6,708 posts)
14. I don't really get this.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:01 PM
Yesterday

Does he not have ample staff to clean up after him??

Maybe he is like a kid who won't let anyone come in his bedroom?

FakeNoose

(43,050 posts)
25. Yes there are full-time servants in the White House
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:46 PM
Yesterday

But maybe he has banished them from his private rooms? I wouldn't be surprised.
But it would mean he has to clean up after himself, and we all know that ain't happening.

Disaffected

(6,708 posts)
34. That is likely it.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:09 PM
Yesterday

He has private areas where no one is allowed. Probably a bunch of incriminating stuff in there having to do with Epstein, Poutin, secret bribe/business deals etc. etc.

underpants

(197,834 posts)
30. There were stories of his yelling at staff FOR cleaning up during his first term
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:56 PM
Yesterday

He left clothes and food wrappers on the floor.

He and Melania sleep in separate rooms.

Oh, I doing think he bathes regularly, certainly not daily. He gets his hair and brush out right so he leaves it.

allegorical oracle

(6,698 posts)
50. Recall all his complaints about the lousy showers not giving a strong stream of
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:38 PM
Yesterday

water -- and the johns that have to be flushed repeatedly.

popsdenver

(2,821 posts)
18. One thing for sure
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:15 PM
Yesterday

I sure wouldn't want to be the maid who has to clean up his bathroom, with all the used diapers, etc....
Nor would I want to be his plumber, given his toilet habits.....or the cleaners that have to do his pants.....

Crowman2009

(3,640 posts)
20. There's going to be some serious refurbishing, fumigation and de-bugging when a Democratic president...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:24 PM
Yesterday

...gets in the White House. May have to operate from the Eisenhower building and Camp David for a few months.

FakeNoose

(43,050 posts)
36. That ketchup thing happened in the smaller White House dining room
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:14 PM
Yesterday

I think there's a less-formal dining room where the TVs are always on, and that's where he sees the news stories that get him all bent out of shape.

The formal dining room is where the state dinners take place, he never goes in there. There are no TVs in the formal dining room.

Racygrandma

(212 posts)
35. So he does not let staff in to clean it
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:14 PM
Yesterday

Hmmmmm, interesting. What is it he does not want them to see?

fierywoman

(8,670 posts)
40. Look at the film of him at the Knicks game: he was gobbling down a piece of pizza with
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:24 PM
Yesterday

paper around it, and when he'd finished the pizza, he didn't look for a place to throw the paper, he just immediately threw it on the ground.

The Wizard

(13,943 posts)
41. But did they get the video
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:25 PM
Yesterday

of him putting his fingers in dark places and sniffing them?
Good bye dinner.
If you haven't heard a rumor by 5:00, start one. Make them talk about it.

MissouriDem47

(456 posts)
45. Trump Has Never Worked A Day In His Life
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:40 PM
Yesterday

So, what makes you think he would have ever cleaned up after himself? The world is here to serve him, not the other way around.

Figarosmom

(14,748 posts)
47. I just figured he would be gross.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:04 PM
Yesterday

He just has that air about him. There's no way he would so much as pick up a fry off the floor (unless he was hungry) but throw away garbage? That'll be the day.

enid602

(9,795 posts)
51. Habits
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:03 PM
Yesterday

I’m sure all of us are obsessed with Trump’s bedroom and bathroom habits. Who wouldn’t be?

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