Time Magazine Photo Reveals Trump‘s Obsession with Hair,Fuels Decades-Long Vanity
NEW YORK – A recently resurfaced Time magazine photograph,taken during a 2019 photoshoot,offers a stark visual illustration of former President Donald Trump’s well-documented and decades-long preoccupation with his hair. The image,showing Trump meticulously adjusting his signature hairstyle,underscores a pattern of behavior that extended to demanding specific products and personally directing his styling,even to the point of criticizing those who suggested alternative methods.
Trump’s relationship with his hair has been a consistent subject of public fascination and commentary, evolving from a self-styled routine to a closely guarded process involving a select few. This obsession isn’t merely cosmetic; it speaks to a broader narrative of image control and a sensitivity to perceived flaws, traits that defined his public persona throughout his career and presidency. Understanding this fixation provides context to his ofen-unconventional behavior and public statements.
The former president’s preferred styling regimen was remarkably specific. He favored CHI spray applied as a powder, rejecting pump alternatives because he found they created “big drops” that “stuck in your hair,” as he complained during a 2015 South Carolina rally. he even reportedly had a security guard dedicated to procuring a british-made bottle of Elnett hairspray.
According to Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury, Trump’s hair color was achieved using Just for Men, with the shade determined by how long the product was left in – impatience resulting in his characteristic orange-blonde hue. Wolff’s account, relayed through Ivanka Trump, details a meticulous process of creating a “fluffy circle of hair” that was then pulled back and secured with setting spray.
Trump himself admitted in a 2004 Playboy interview that he styles his own hair and, by that time, only allowed his wife, melania, to cut it. Even Melania, however, wasn’t immune to offering critique, reportedly telling him after a United Nations General Assembly speech, “Your hair looked…terrible.”