An Old Doctored Video of Trump’s ‘Wig’ Flying Off Recirculates

The authentic video from 2019 shows that his hair stayed in place.

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Former President Donald Trump. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

American presidential history is riddled with countless legends, mysteries, and conspiracy theories: Did George Washington actually have wooden teeth? Did President William Howard Taft get stuck in a bath? Was Zachary Taylor poisoned? Most of these stories are grounded in some amount of truth, and historians have spent decades untangling, confirming, and/or disproving their veracity. The modern era has its own version of such a question: Is Donald Trump’s hair real?

A 2019 video purporting to show a wig flying off Donald Trump’s head is spreading again online. Tweets, Instagram posts, and TikTok videos claim that a gust of wind removed the wig, exposing a bald head underneath as he answered press questions related to his infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The video, however, is doctored—no such event occurred, and the former president’s hair is, in fact, real. The original footage comes from a video of Trump answering questions outside of Air Force One before departing Joint Base Andrews in Maryland for Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he would attend a college football game between LSU and Alabama. In the video, Trump can be seen addressing the press, and his hair remains securely attached to his head the entire time.

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  1. Raincheck

    This fact check makes me sad. I had not seen the video before, but now, as fake as it looks, I so want it to be real.

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  2. Bloodredinabluestate

    I never saw this one but I do remember seeing one where the carefully constructed nest that passes for his hair flipped up in the back in the wind and exposed a lot of bare scalp. I think that one was real.

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  3. Philebus

    Ha! Thanks for squaring us away on that subject. As someone who did the 'comb back' (not the comb over) into my thirties, I can attest to the benefits of shaving it all down nice and tight - be proud of your skull. If you check out the secret service dude in the background, he's not having a bad hair day - no fuss no muss; ready for action. My wife made the comment that it was like petting a Chihuahua without all the shaking. I am (and was) amused.

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    J. Eric

    Perhaps it’s time to investigate the allegations of incontinence and odoriferous emanations.

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