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.”

  • Might Be@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Let’s discuss whether this kind of article should be allowed in the future, since this violates rule 2, it’s only very tangentially relevant to politics.

    • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think there could be a reasonable discussion in the context of his mental competence. Worsening personal hygiene is a red flag for dementia, etc.

      That said, the “hurr hurr smells liek butt” level of rhetoric is probably unproductive and shouldn’t be condoned.

    • RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      If I wanted to see a bunch of adult politicians throwing kindergarten insults at each other I’d watch cspan.

    • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      The fact that the only traction the Lincoln Project has gotten against Trump among the GOP is to point out that he smells bad just goes to show how strong his hold on the GOP is. But yeah rule 2 and such.

  • Mario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • evranch@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      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.

  • snekerpimp@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    “A president that smells bad is a weak president. My presidents should only smell of old spice and leather.”