Donald Trump seems fed up after letting the internet talk about his puffed-up new look for weeks.
The 80-year-old president began switching up his signature look back in June, sporting what looked like a mullet during a briefing.
His hair has taken several turns in recent weeks — and now Trump is firing back at the chatter.
The president brought it up himself during a speech at the Nassau County Police Academy on Long Island, where he spoke about the fall in violent crime in 2025 based on FBI statistics.
On Friday, Aug. 14, Trump mentioned that some products in stores are locked up behind glass doors before rolling into a bizarre bit about hygiene.
“Every shelf has glass and a lock and a key,” Trump said. “You want to get a little Dove soap; you know … have nice skin. You can put it gently on your face. Keep your skin very nice.”
He then shifted gears to address the negative backlash about his hair, further taunting people who wanted to look like him.
“You want that good hair [shampoo] that can puff up your hair a little bit more so it makes you look like you have 4 percent more hair than you had,” he said. “They charge you for it.”
The 80-year-old has spent more than a week batting away claims that his hair is not entirely his own. He denied the rumors Friday, then bragged about volume products in the same breath.
Timing did him no favors. On his way to the event, Trump stopped to speak with reporters before boarding Air Force One. The wind picked up. His thinning hair lifted again on camera, exposing a heart-shaped patch on his head.
The trouble began Aug. 2, when cameras caught a strong wind exposing a wide stretch of Trump’s scalp as he walked toward Air Force One in New Jersey.
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Three days later, on Aug. 5, he walked onstage at the Red Rock Casino Resort in Las Vegas looking noticeably different. His hair appeared fuller, thicker, and seemingly more colorful than it had all summer.
Before announcing her exit as White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt blamed Trump’s new look on the bad “lighting.”
No one bought her excuse then, and social media users still don’t now.
“That’s not a puff, it’s a tape on,” said one X user. Another said, “It’s called a wig stupid man!”
His remarks left others confused, wondering, “What is he babbling about????” and if he’s “insane.”
One person said, “4%… He loves to pull a random number out of his a—, attach a percent to it and thinks he sounds smart.”
“Why are they laughing? He’s sundowning and not a leader! For gods sake, he must be removed from office!”
Another reacted, writing, “That’s because his hair flew off the other day, getting off a plane.”
But things were far from over. By Thursday, Aug. 6, the volume had vanished.
Then, by Friday, Aug. 7, it returned bigger and darker, as seen in photos circulating online. That same day, photographers at Newark Liberty International Airport captured the back of his head as he left the plane, and the thinning was evident.
By Sunday, Aug. 9, he had a workaround. Trump attended LIV Golf New York at his Bedminster club in a white hat that covered his scalp completely.
A day later, Trump shared a polished golf photo illustration that surfaced after someone found the unedited original. Days later, cameras tracked him again across a rainy tarmac as viewers dissected every step.
Elsewhere, Snopes investigated the Las Vegas claim, comparing Getty Images photos across multiple events. The fact-checkers could not reach a verdict, citing differences in lighting and setting.
The outlet floated another explanation for the color shift. Back in January, Trump appeared at the Kennedy Center with pinkish hair. A hairdresser told the Daily Mail that violet toner used to lighten blond can leave a reddish cast if too much goes on.
Trump has faced the wig question for years … and he has never let it slide.
According to NBC News, at an August 2015 rally in South Carolina, he told the crowd flatly, “I don’t wear a toupee. It’s my hair.” He then invited a woman onstage to inspect it herself.
At the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2018, he admitted, “I try like hell to hide the bald spot, folks. I work at it,” before adding, “It doesn’t look bad, hey, we’re hanging in.”
That dynamic was also on display during his September 2016 appearance on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” where he let the talk show host tousle his hair.
With all this talk about his hair, however, it arguably overshadowed the actual reason for the trip.
The president visited Nassau County to back Republican Bruce Blakeman against Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Trump narrowly won the county against Kamala Harris in 2024, helping Republicans flip it after two decades. Hochul’s campaign touted her public safety record while blaming Blakeman for decade-high violent crime, per PBS.
However, his appearance has drawn steady scrutiny lately.
He denied the wig. He credited the shampoo. The wind, however, continues to tell a different story.
