Snopes: No, Trump Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards at Rally

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Thousands of anti-Trump people are tweeting a false claim about the former president’s pants. Great work, excellent use of time

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Fact Checks > Politics

No, Trump Did Not Wear His Pants Backwards at Rally

You asked, so we watched the 90-minute speech.

Madison Dapcevich
Published 6 June 2021

Claim
Former U.S. President Donald Trump wore his pants backwards during the June 2021 North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greenville, North Carolina.

Rating

False

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[Vinca]

1. Okay. So explain the weird pants then. He either had them on backwards or they were all

wrinkled because he peed them.

[doc03]

3. Does he get pants without a zipper? It sure

looked like it.

[pandr32]

7. Pull-up suit pants to go over his depends.

[Cracklin Charlie]

9. Elastic waistband.

It’s not unheard of.

That diaper looked full, tho!

[pandr32]

12. Yep!

[hlthe2b]

6. I've ignored most of this, but just looking at Snopes they offered absolutely ZERO rebuttal

not even close-up still or video footage. Just a "False" because we (Snopes) says it is.

Totally unacceptable for a "fact-finding" organization. No more donations from me.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. The photo embedded in the tweet clearly shows a zipper line.

As well as the article:

[lpbk2713]

18. His body language says he's taking a leak right there.

And his pants are rumpled because they are soggy.

[Drunken Irishman]

34. This I can believe.

[keithbvadu2]

53. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

[hlthe2b]

24. Not on my screen, it does not

Nor most others, apparently. Just because YOU say so when providing no photographic proof is ridiculous. I really don't care, but I do resent those who claim to know best while providing no effort whatsoever to show others what they THINK they are seeing.

The close-up posted downstream shows no fly. Is it photoshopped?

[Drunken Irishman]

28. I literally provided photographic proof. Are you blind or just trolling?

[hlthe2b]

30. Alerting! I told you I could not see a zipper/fly on my screen and You accuse me of trolling?!!

This is your reply to me honestly telling you your photo shows nothing on my screen:

I literally provided photographic proof. Are you blind or just trolling?

[Drunken Irishman]

33. Yes. A photograph is clearly present in my post. Alert away.

[hlthe2b]

35. Not all screens are the same. Yours is too dark to see even a line in his pants suggestive of a fly

And accusing another of "trolling" when they explain your photo is not showing up on their screen as you believe is the epitome of intentional personal attack

[Drunken Irishman]

37. I provided a photograph. You called me ridiculous.

I was not rude or uncivil in my initial reply to you. You then decided to be rude by calling me ridiculous. So, I felt you were trolling or blind. Still do. Have a good one. I'm done with this conversation.

[hlthe2b]

39. Your post speaks for itself. Shame on you.

[zipplewrath]

48. Try the Getty image

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/former-u-s-president-donald-trump-listens-to-ted-budd-news-photo/1233293238?adppopup=true

Blow it up. There is a fly line there. Doesn't mean there's actually a zipper, but it means they weren't "on backwards". Snopes would have done well to be more explicit about it.

[hlthe2b]

50. Yes. After saving the Getty image and blowing it up as much as I could I could see a line

though it was not a pronounced fold as would be expected with most suit pants

The other poster's image, on the other hand, did have any resolution when enlarged on my screen. It was totally dark

My point, however, is that SNOPES did NOTHING to counter the allegation. Did not even both to enlarge and show the proof of what they were seeing, nor explain how it could appear invisible with the considerable wrinkling otherwise. So, while I really don't care, what Trump wears or his diapers or anything else, I do expect fact-finders that are in business and collecting our donations to do more than just say "False" (because I say so)..

[msfiddlestix]

47. I don't see it on my computer, but I could care less.

He looks pathetic, regardless.

And he's too stupid to realize his show is over, and he looks hideous. it would be in his best interest to drop out of public sight altogether. But he's too stupid to see the wisdom of that.

So here we are, wet pants, backwards pants depends, etc. and apparently Snopes has nothing better to do than to make assertions they have no way of knowing factually, unless they were involved in dressing him personally.



jeeze.

[marble falls]

4. Yeah, but who fact checked Snopes? Either his pants were on backwards or his ass is ...

... inquiring minds want to know.

[doc03]

5. +1. Lindsey's head was up his ass

[empedocles]

14. Hmmm

[NQAS]

8. And yet

The possibility that an ex-president of the US was either wearing a diaper or put his pants on backwards consumed America for 24 hours. And, Snopes notwithstanding, backwardpantsgate is not over.

[jeffreyi]

10. More like peedinhispantsgate.

[Maeve]

11. They claim to see a fly--I ain't looking that close!

But I will say it again--no self-respecting tailor would let him go out looking like that!

[Maeve]

17. I will add that a fake fly is not uncommon on elastic waisted pants eom

[Hekate]

23. I don't think he uses a tailor. Seriously. Back in early 2016 or late 2015, GQ did a photoshop...

…makeover on his suit — they did not take away an ounce of weight or a single wrinkle, they simply “tailored” the suit so he didn’t look like a slob who’d slept in a $1,000 suit.

The real issue, as I see it, is that nobody who actually loved the bastard would let him go out looking the way he often does. His Buckingham Palace appearance is something I can’t unsee, and is a case in point.

[Drunken Irishman]

41. He also does his own hair and makeup.

So, that doesn't surprise me.

I read an article a while back that talked about how he refused the standard hair and makeup before the 2016 GOP debates and that he does it all himself. It really does explain a lot.

[msfiddlestix]

44. I know right?

I didn't know about the GQ thingy, but I'm with you on your point.

and yes, that Buckingham Palace photo shots were just embarrassing. And I'm not a fashionista of any sort.

[Maeve]

45. Agreed--a tailor would cost money and tell him he's wrong

And even his mother didn't love him

[obamanut2012]

25. My grandfather's elatic waistbanded pants all have fake zippers

Not just a fly line, but actual fake rubber zippers, that looked oddly realistic.

[Scottie Mom]

13. Elastic waist band.

That’s what’s usually worn with adult diapers. Why? Because all items can be removed for a diaper change at once. Just like with a toddler. If there is no need to unzip and stand up and pee, zipper in the front seems useless.

[Hekate]

38. A fake fly front is a sewing detail often included in pull-on slacks for women...

Like fake rear pockets and the like: case in point, some slacks from Macy’s waiting for me to take up the hems by 2 inches. No fly-front, but fake pockets in the back.

Anyway, haven’t ever gone looking for men’s pull-ons, but for the sake of male dignity I really would expect that detail.

[Scottie Mom]

51. I agree on that detail.

Years ago, I did a good bit of sowing. The fake fly IMO would not be difficult to do. However, clearly there was no fly or fake fly. If Snopes is to be believed — and the pants were not on backward — there appears to be only one other option: Pants with no fly better known as “pull ups.”

[randr]

16. He actually has his head on backwards

[hermetic]

21. This!

[msfiddlestix]

36. bwhaha

[birdographer]

19. Not only the lack of zipper

But the drape of the legs is very weird, like you would see if they were on backwards. Sorry, I'm not convinced.

[hlthe2b]

26. I see no zipper/No fly

[Hekate]

40. It's a really bad photo, with not much detail

[Drunken Irishman]

43. Right. It's a photo from a TV screen.

The quality is crap. The photo in the actual article shows a zipper.

[birdographer]

56. I did not see that--

Do you have the link for it? Tnx.

[Drunken Irishman]

57. Here

It's dark but you can see a line where the zipper would be.

[ananda]

20. I don't really care, do u?

!@#$%

[blogslug]

22. Here's what I think

I never realized it was possible to wear pants that were both too big and too small but, sure enough, he did it.

He famously chooses pants with a flat front and extremely wide legs. He's evidently gained a lot of weight in his gut and that fupa is pushing against the front so much it looks like a butt. Combine that with super bright lighting and low res video and it appears as if there's no fly on his pants. The legs are too big and the pants are too small.

[Native]

32. We call that a "front butt" here in Florida.

[brush]

54. And either the sleeves are too long or the hands too small.

I'll go with the hands being too small. Horrendous looking suit however you cut it.

He's a physical wreck, wearing Depends and doesn't have enough sense to quit. I predict he's going to have a humiliating accident one day in public with his Depends failing on him as he takes a dump.

[MFM008]

27. Ive been in enough

Nursing homes to know a diaper bulge
When i see one.

[TxGuitar]

29. Who cares?

Say he had his pants on backwards, say they were hiding adult diapers, say he peed his pants--put g e fucker on defense, make him deny it. Like Johnson's goat fucker thing. Gloves off.

[msfiddlestix]

31. And folks at Snopes know this because they have access to the dressing room?

How on earth can they possibly fact check this kind of claim?

I'm not saying the assertion is true, I just can't determine what exactly is going on there. Not from just looking at the photos.

It's just weird there is no fly, which I suppose can be explained by what's been suggested as pull up/elastic waist trousers.



I don't know that he wet his pants, looks can be deceiving. The wrinkly look in the crouch area I suppose might be normal, I just never noticed that in men or women's pants/trousers before now.

Oh my, I'm worried now I'll catch myself gazing at men and women's crouch area to see if their pants are wrinkled up like his in these photos. And while I'm at it, I'm going to have to take look at mine before I leave the house again.

Oh geeze, wish I never saw that post.

[maveric]

42. Girl's pants?

[Ocelot II]

46. Although a fly isn't visible in the most-tweeted photo, I doubt his pants are on backwards

simply because it's pretty difficult for anybody to put their pants on backwards, then zip and fasten them and then add a belt, especially without help. And TFG is infamous for not letting people dress him because he doesn't like being touched and doesn't want anyone to know what his personal "enhancements" are. It is quite possible, though, that he is wearing adult diapers because most people don't bulge out so oddly right above the crotch even if they are overweight. Also, backwards pants wouldn't wrinkle up at the thighs so much because there is more fabric at the back to accommodate one's booty (and his is substantial). I think his bizarre crotchal appearance is the result of a combination of adult diapers and poor (or no) tailoring, which would also explain why his pant legs are so huge, like harem pants. You'd think someone with so much money and vanity would at least get his pants fitted properly.

[smirkymonkey]

49. Whatever it is, it's pretty bizarre looking.

I have no idea what the truth is, but it does look strange.

[Ms. Toad]

52. This is ridiculous speculation.

I see nothing that looks wet or like pee (one of the other suggestions).
His zipper is plainly visibe (at least to anyone who has ever sewn clothing)
The wrinkles look like someone who is wearing linen, or some fabric that has not been treated to be wrinkle-free, who sat for a while (pressing the wrinkles in) then stood to speak.

The guy is a jerk, but it is embarassing to see this kind of speculation on DU.

(I know you're dispelling speculation - but this is just so silly.)

[Lettuce Be]

55. They are pull up pants. That's the story. They work best when you are overweight and

wear Depends, which he obviously does -- maybe some other brand, but you cannot hide the huge bulge in his pants. Not meant to be senior shaming but seriously, this guy is their savior?