Over the years, there have been wide-spread rumors that Donald Trump has a certain signature aroma that has rarely been described as being good, which the former president has taken great offense at. On December 16, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill. threw his take on this subject into the mix via a now viral social media post, writing, “I’m genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven’t talked about the odor. It’s truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can.” And he doubled down on that in a recent interview on The MeidasTouch Network.
On the subject of a Trump spokesperson firing back at Kinzinger’s claim with, “Adam Kinzinger farted on live TV and is an unemployed fraud," Kinzinger went in even harder.
Trying his hand at Smell-O-Vision, the former GOP lawmaker went into greater detail about the way Trump smells, saying, “It’s not good. The best way to describe it . . . take armpits, ketchup, a butt and makeup and put that all in a blender and bottle that as a cologne. That’s kind of that. I’ve been amazed that everybody is just kind of learning about this now.”
“A president that smells bad is a weak president. My presidents should only smell of old spice and leather.”
I wonder if he’s one of those guys that thinks washing your asshole is gay.
There used to be a very coveted job in feudal England. The Groom of the Stool. Their job was to wipe the king’s ass after he took a shit.
It’s enough of an issue that Redd Foxx had a comedy special on record back in 1975 called “you gotta wash your ass”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0bQ6Ec2JlQ
Some people just don’t know it’s something they need to do, and perhaps become nose-blind: Though I’ve seen several social media recounts of male partners that think actually scrubbing their ass is weird.
We are literally at the point of American politics where a politician has described a presidential candidate as smelling like a butt.
THIS HAPPENED
Cmon, don’t be so reductionalist and sensationalistic. I swear, you’re just like the liberal media taking things out of context. That’s not what he really said. You left out 2/3rds of his odor profile for Christ’s sake! It’s not all butt!
Saying Kinzinger farted on tv is hilarious because Rudy has 100% done that
I realize we can talk about multiple things at once, but I feel like this inconsequential stuff like odor and color is completely irrelevant. There can be an absolutely moral, helpful person who smells, looks orange, stands weird, has small hands, etc.
The problem with Trump isn’t his odor or appearance-- it’s that he’s a genocidal maniac who’s the figurehead for an organized and influential group of far-right extremists. Even if he smelled like roses, he’d still be bad.
I don’t give a fuck how he smells. It’s a non-issue.
The sad thing is, the kind of peaked-in-highschool voter that voted for Trump and can be swung absolutely will care about how he smells. I can hear it now, “I’m not voting for some stinky old man” “I thought the diapers thing was a myth”
This kind of low blow absolutely will have effect if they can make it stick. A sad day for democracy? Definitely. But that’s the media environment of today.
Also it gives opponents a chance to needle dick him in debates which will cause him to fly into a rage and embarrass himself. God only knows what TMI he might rave about, his bathroom habits etc. Even tiny jabs like “do I have to be the guy to sit next to Trump” have huge rage potential.
I think you are onto something here. Also, cons are known for reacting to things that are “gross”. That’s the way they are wired. Getting them to understand that donnie diapers is physically gross and repellent may have more of an effect than trying to explain how he’s awful for this country.
I think this is more karmic, nobody would be talking about this if he wasn’t such an immature baby who has been calling names his whole political career. It doesn’t really matter, but I also think it’s not the kind of thing that leftists would be talking about at all if it wasn’t so deserved at this point.
I don’t really see leftists talking about this at all tbh. Most leftists I encounter are more centered on ideologies and actual problems.
That’s because he’s so blatantly incompetent at pretty much everything that insulting his looks just feels like a low blow.
But after he made fun of that disabled news reporter the gloves came off and this fat, stinky, rotten, tiny hands having, insurrectionist, orange™ needs thrown in the trash.
I mean, it’s still kind of funny. Is it relevant to his ability to govern? Not at all. Is it hilarious to watch these morons get in a petty little slap fight about it? Yeah.
As an LGBT+ person who has loved ones being detained and deported, I wish you’d spend more effort getting riled up over these things instead
This is a real dumb take. Saying something is funny is not the same as saying you’re riled up about it, and nowhere in the same universe as saying, “this is the only thing I care about.” Believe it or not, I can think this is amusing while also still paying attention to issues that are a lot more important.
Also dumb because I’m a giant queer in Denver, so both of those two causes are near and dear to my heart, but you had to come in making a bunch of assumptions for no reason.
Who are the leftists getting riled up over this? This is a slightly more centrist right-wing group slinging childish insults while the left looks at them confused.
Nobody who cares about you and your family members was going to vote for Trump anyways. If weird poop jokes moves someone who was going to vote for Trump to think twice and maybe not vote at all, it’s a win.
I agree too. But at the same time there is a subset of the voting population that care about things like this or Hillary Clinton’s cankles.
You’re right.
What better way to show that he’s unhinged by slowly breaking the facade he’s cultivated and watching him squirm/lash out?
He’s losing his money.
He’s losing his image.
We just have to pray he loses the election, I think that will be the final nail in the coffin (alongside things like the criminal cases coming to their obvious conclusions).
I don’t know. There are certainly more substantive reasons to dislike him. (And they apparently haven’t dissuaded his continued supporters) But do you think that (outside of someone who is struggling) when someone regularly smells bad, it says something about their decision making ability and character? I kind of do. The sort of person who doesn’t bath regularly or wash their clothes regularly is also not the sort of person who should be in charge of the United States. From a campaign perspective I think people have an emotional reaction to a literal bad smelling person.
No, I don’t think so. I think it’s a reach to assume someone is inept at other unrelated things based on something like odor, and I think it’s certainly an ignorant reason to vote one way or another. Judging someone’s body seems so fashy to me.
While I absolutely agree with you, apparently his supporters do not. They hold their cult leader up like he’s some kind of god. If pointing out something like this makes people think twice about putting him up on that pedestal, I’m all for it, especially if it makes him, like it already has, jump up like my 11 year old to defend himself against these attacks.
Here’s what I said to someone else. I’m going to copy/paste because I don’t want to type it all again:
Maybe I’m too soft hearted, but my problem is that this sort of thing can hurt innocent bystanders. For example, there are really stellar humans who may have a bad odor due to a medical condition, neurodivergence, or even lack of access to hygiene products and running water.
There are great people who look funny, or have small hands, or who are uniquely complected (or maybe just not very skilled with hair and makeup, but they’re trying.
You know what would really make Trump seethe? Abolish ICE, close the detention centers, declare all anti-POC and anti-trans laws unconstitutional (because they are). Legalize cannabis and release everyone who is wrongfully incarcerated. Help people with unwanted pregnancy gain access to abortion and birth control. Empower the working class, support and broaden the scope of unions. That would REALLY make him seethe without hurting other people in the crossfire
I don’t care about making Trump seethe. I care about making sure people don’t vote for him. Doing everything in your last paragraph will just give him red meat to throw to his supporters and say “see?”
I want his people to look at him and realize he isn’t the strong, powerful man they think he is. If this comes at the cost of offending some people with small hands or people who smell bad, I’m okay with this. There’s much more at stake here than making sure we don’t offend anyone along the way.
I think it’s valuable to hit people like Trump on their level.
He gives no fucks about being called a bigot or crook, but you know he’s seething over this being in the news cycle and whenever he’s all upset he says more dumb shit that hopefully gets him more criminal charges.
Maybe I’m too soft hearted, but my problem is that this sort of thing can hurt innocent bystanders. For example, there are really stellar humans who may have a bad odor due to a medical condition, neurodivergence, or even lack of access to hygiene products and running water.
There are great people who look funny, or have small hands, or who are uniquely complected (or maybe just not very skilled with hair and makeup, but they’re trying.
You know what would really make Trump seethe? Abolish ICE, close the detention centers, declare all anti-POC and anti-trans laws unconstitutional (because they are). Legalize cannabis and release everyone who is wrongfully incarcerated. Help people with unwanted pregnancy gain access to abortion and birth control. Empower the working class, support and broaden the scope of unions. That would REALLY make him seethe without hurting other people in the crossfire
You’re too soft hearted and this comment is absolutely performative garbage. No innocent bystandard is going to be harmed by making fun of a smelly billionaire…
