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Demovictory9

(32,468 posts)
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:17 PM Feb 2019

The White House says Trump's winter-defying tan is due to "good genes"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-says-trumps-due-is-just-good-genes/?via=twitter_page


resident Trump's persistently mysterious, winter-defying tan is the result of “good genes,” according to the White House’s official line on his complexion. A top administration official also told the New York Times that Trump applies a dab of powder prior to television appearances. The official said, however, that this power was translucent and not a bronzer. Former aide Omarosa Manigault Newman had claimed in a book on her time in the Trump administration that he used a tanning bed (no such evidence exists).
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The White House says Trump's winter-defying tan is due to "good genes" (Original Post) Demovictory9 Feb 2019 OP
uh huh.....and a pig just flew by my window.... dhill926 Feb 2019 #1
Was tRump's fat face on it? BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #2
haha...now that's a disturbing picture.... dhill926 Feb 2019 #3
Then why does it look like he has raccoon eyes.... Historic NY Feb 2019 #4
Of course he uses a tanning bed. Butterflylady Feb 2019 #5
Yep. And his ma and pa weren't orange Demovictory9 Feb 2019 #6
I have it on good authority his DNA test showed Oompa Loompa genes. n/t dixiegrrrrl Feb 2019 #15
I always thought it was a spray tan. Whoever does it for him... NurseJackie Feb 2019 #9
So how come his hands are tiny and pallid? blogslut Feb 2019 #7
Uh, yeah. Right. smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #8
All of his lieing! oldlibdem Feb 2019 #10
What do good genes have to do with tanning? NastyRiffraff Feb 2019 #11
He at least is spray tanned, I did it for years. I would bet every penny I have on it. dewsgirl Feb 2019 #12
And if I went to often, I looked like an oompa loompa. dewsgirl Feb 2019 #16
I was hoping it was the result of liver failure. Vinca Feb 2019 #13
I believe it must be good genes because it looks so natural. Marie Marie Feb 2019 #14
His genes are the best treestar Feb 2019 #17
Why must the lies be about the stupidest things? SammyWinstonJack Feb 2019 #18
Maybe he is Mexican hahahaha n/t Apollyonus Feb 2019 #19
"He gets it from from his citrus ancestors" struggle4progress Feb 2019 #20
"I sure wish I had me somma them good TRUMP genes" said no one ever EffieBlack Feb 2019 #21
remember the "Tanning Mom" CatWoman Feb 2019 #22
Oh, give me a fucking break! GoCubsGo Feb 2019 #23

Historic NY

(37,452 posts)
4. Then why does it look like he has raccoon eyes....
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:29 PM
Feb 2019

big white rings. I guess to prove it he'll just have to strip to win.

Butterflylady

(3,546 posts)
5. Of course he uses a tanning bed.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:31 PM
Feb 2019

That's why he has raccoon eyes. You get them from wearing those eye goggles so you don't burn your eyelids. Dah!!!

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
9. I always thought it was a spray tan. Whoever does it for him...
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:38 PM
Feb 2019

I always thought it was a spray tan. Whoever does it for him doesn't know how to blend the edges. He usually has sharp lines where the makeup or spray-tan ends.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
8. Uh, yeah. Right.
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:38 PM
Feb 2019

Good genes, my ass.

Nobody in the history of the natural world has ever had that bizarre shade of orange with white raccoon eyes. His natural skin tone would probably make him look like death warmed over. Who do they think they are fooling?

oldlibdem

(330 posts)
10. All of his lieing!
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 05:44 PM
Feb 2019

Un-fucken-believeable! And his synchophants just keep rolling along with it. Does no one in the whitehouse have the guts to say to him: "Mr. President, it's February in Washington D.C. There is no need to conceal that you use a bronzer and/or tanning bed".
Does he think that the deplorables will doubt his god emperor status or something? If they ever do a remake of Liar Liar I hope they offer the part to dotard first.

NastyRiffraff

(12,448 posts)
11. What do good genes have to do with tanning?
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 06:16 PM
Feb 2019

Tan skin is neutral. It's neither good nor bad, so "good genes" are irrelevant.

Tanning with makeup can be ugly, though.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
23. Oh, give me a fucking break!
Sat Feb 2, 2019, 08:22 PM
Feb 2019

I have good "tanning" genes. My gym has one of those corrugated, plastic roofs over the pool. It lets enough UV light come through that I get a pretty decent tan while I'm swimming for an hour once or twice a week--even in the middle of winter. I don't turn orange, and I don't have white raccoon eyes. It never ceases to amaze me that the actually thing people are going to believe this kind of shit.

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