Donald Trump’s latest appearance has reignited bizarre body double rumors, and the internet has plenty of theories.
The 79-year-old president returned to the spotlight this week after several days out of public view, and instead of calming speculation about his health, his appearance set off another wave of online conspiracy chatter.
Photos taken on September 2 showed Trump leaving the White House and later addressing reporters in the Oval Office. But it wasn’t his words that drew attention; it was his noticeably puffier face.
“Maybe it’s just me, but that doesn’t look like Trump at all,” one X user wrote. Another joked: “That’s his stunt double.” A third went darker: “Okay… maybe he is dying.”
This isn’t the first time Trump has had to fend off such rumors. In the past, conspiracy theories suggested that his wife, Melania Trump, had been replaced by a stand-in during official events. Now, the same strange claims are being directed at him.
Height drama adds fuel
Speculation about Trump’s appearance actually began months earlier. Back in June, during a NATO summit in the Netherlands, he posed for a group photo with King Willem-Alexander (6’2”) and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (just over 6’0”).
