"Did Trump Wear a Hairpiece?"... Attention Focused on "Voluminous Blonde Hair"

U.S. President Donald Trump's "voluminous blonde hair" is drawing public attention.

The hairstyle of President Trump that became a hot topic was captured at an event held at the Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas on the 5th (local time).

Stepping up to the podium, President Trump's hair appeared noticeably more voluminous than before and shone with a bright golden color.

As much as President Trump's speech, his hair drew attention.

Questions arose as to whether he was wearing a hairpiece or taking hair loss medication.

In response to questions from White House reporters, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt answered, "It was all the lighting."

She explained that it was due to the casino's unique LED lighting.

Online, artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images themed around President Trump's "transformation" poured out like a flood of memes.

Images were created showing President Trump taking reporters' questions with a giant blonde bouffant style, and host Jimmy Fallon touching a similar hairstyle when he appeared on a TV talk show in 2016.

At that time, Fallon suddenly reached out and messed up his hair with the consent of him, who was actually the President-elect.

Images of major loyalist aides wearing voluminous blonde wigs like their "boss," President Trump, also drew attention.

Mocking President Trump, his hairstyle was even referred to as "Hairmuz," a play on words sounding similar to Iran's Strait of Hormuz.

President Trump is 80 years old this year.

He had rich blonde hair in his youth, but as he aged, it turned silver and thinned out.

However, like most public politicians who value their image, President Trump has been particularly sensitive about his hairstyle, which intuitively reveals the signs of aging in his appearance.

In a 2011 interview with the magazine Rolling Stone when he was a political newcomer, President Trump introduced that he washes his hair using only Head & Shoulders shampoo.

He said, "(After washing my hair) I don't dry it. I just let it dry naturally. It takes about an hour," adding that he watches TV or reads newspapers during that time.

Last year, when the magazine Time published a cover featuring a photo of him taken from below, he protested that it was intentionally made to make his hair "disappear."

Time changed the cover photo following President Trump's protest.

Last year, while hosting former players of the U.S. men's hockey team at the White House for a bill-signing ceremony, President Trump adjusted his own hair and said, "My hair has to be... perfect."

Last year, right after taking office, when signing an executive order to increase shower water pressure, he also claimed that a sufficient amount of water was necessary to maintain his "beautiful hair."

In a past interview with Barbara Walters, the flagship anchor of ABC, President Trump even told her to pull his hair, emphasizing that it was real hair and not a hairpiece.

However, the late Walters later said, "I still think it's a hairpiece."

(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
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