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Trump team fires back at claims that ex-president ‘smells’ (www.independent.co.uk)

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Former president’s body odor was called into question by a former congressman

Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican representative, encouraged people to ‘wear a mask’ when they’re in the presence of former president Donald Trump due to his apparent odor.

Mr Kinzinger, a vocal critic of Mr Trump, took to his Twitter account this week to insinuate that the former president possesses a strong smell.

“I’m genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven’t talked about the odor,” Mr Kinzinger wrote earlier this week.

“It’s truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can,” he added.

The accusation garnered a lot of attention on the platform, with many mocking the former president for his alleged smell.

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[-] Donjuanme@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Probably Mike Pence's hair spray.

[-] quicklime@lemm.ee 4 points 10 months ago

... or Rudy's hair gravy.

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[-] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Claudia De la Cruz is running for President.

[-] MumboJumbo@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Unless she's gonna run for one of the two major parties, she's gonna run as a spoiler. That'll be the case until ranked choice.

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

We need a good right wing spoiler.

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[-] unconsciousvoidling@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

I imagine he smells like stale Funyuns and goblin ass.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 5 points 10 months ago

its the mcdonalds

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

McDonalds- be it constipation or diarrhea, you're not going to be lovin' it the next day.

[-] Swarming@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

This is just getting undignified now…

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican representative, encouraged people to ‘wear a mask’ when they’re in the presence of former president Donald Trump due to his apparent odor.

“I’m genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven’t talked about the odor,” Mr Kinzinger wrote earlier this week.

The accusation garnered a lot of attention on the platform, with many mocking the former president for his alleged smell.

“Adam Kinzinger farted on live TV and is an unemployed fraud,” the spokesperson said in a statement provided to The Independent.

“Donald has a distinct smell that doesn’t get enough press,” Ms Griffin said on The Mary Trump Show.

Ms Griffin spent a brief time with Mr Trump while appearing as a guest on The Apprentice.

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[-] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

There are plenty of reasons to despise our society's fascist nosedive, with Trump as the highest profile symptom, but this ain't it

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