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American military officer and politician (born 1978)
Claims that Donald Trump “smells bad” circulate widely online and in satire, but available reporting shows a mix of jokes, anonymous anecdotes, political attack ads, and at least one explicit fact-che...
No—there has never been a successful invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove or permanently displace Donald J. Trump from the presidency; what occurred instead were urgent discussions, public calls...
Multiple independent fact‑checking outlets concluded that the most viral “Trump smells” stories circulating in January 2026 were not grounded in verified reporting: prominent claims that an oil execut...
Allegations and jokes that “Trump smells” have circulated on social media and in political satire since at least late 2023; a viral #TrumpSmells thread and related commentary prompted articles and an ...
Public discussion about whether Donald Trump "smells" is largely anecdotal, satirical, or promotional: comedians, critics and political ads have described a distinctive odor, while several viral stori...
Public comments questioning or mocking Donald Trump’s personal hygiene and body odor have appeared repeatedly in media and political discourse in recent years: commentators and opponents have describe...
The body-odor allegations about Donald Trump derive from two distinct streams: satirical articles originating with The Halfway Post and public remarks from politicians and entertainers recounting pers...
No physician has publicly produced or published a clinical diagnosis that Donald J. Trump suffers from bowel or bladder incontinence; available reporting and fact‑checking finds the claims unsubstanti...
Multiple episodes have prompted members of Congress to publicly demand a president resign or withdraw, but those calls are tied to distinct events and different presidents: more than , while a separat...
Rumors that Donald Trump “avoids showers” or has chronic personal-hygiene issues cannot be pinned to a single originating moment in the available record; the theme appears as discrete threads across s...
Public comments about Donald Trump’s personal hygiene and body odor have appeared repeatedly in media and political discourse since at least 2023, including a viral tweet from former Rep. Adam Kinzing...
Multiple news outlets reported that “some” members of President Trump’s Cabinet discussed invoking Section 4 of the 25th Amendment in the wake of the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack, but few individual...
Broadcast and cable news shows have carried discussion of claims that Donald Trump “smells,” but most mainstream reporting traces the story to a mix of social-media posts, political ads and satire rat...
Claims that Donald Trump “stinks” trace to recurring jokes, a viral social-media thread and satire — not verified medical or official reports. Public comments from figures like former Rep. Adam Kinzin...
Yes — political figures have been publicly criticized or mocked for alleged body odor and personal cleanliness, most visibly in attacks on Donald Trump where commentators, advocacy groups and satirist...
Rumors about Donald Trump’s personal hygiene trace to a mix of satirical pieces, public comments by political figures and entertainers, and anecdotal accounts from former staff and journalists; the cl...
Ten House Republicans joined Democrats to impeach former President Donald Trump on Jan. 13, 2021; that bipartisan break prompted a wave of primary challenges, retirements and defeats that has left onl...
After the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, dozens of members of Congress — spanning Democrats, a few Republicans and some independents — publicly demanded that President Donald Trump be rem...
More than 200 members of the U.S. House and 38 U.S. Senators publicly called for President Donald J. Trump’s removal from office in the aftermath of the January 6 Capitol attack; that tally and a part...
There is no publicly documented, independently verified medical or forensic evidence that former President Donald Trump has a chronic body odor; allegations range from partisan ad campaigns and social...