What Donald Trump Actually Smells Like, According to Ex-GOP Congressman
A former Republican congressman has described a "blender" full of smells adding to the aroma of Donald Trump.
Adam Kinzinger said that the former president has a distinct smell of "armpits, ketchup, a butt and makeup" put into a blender, as if it has been bottled "as a cologne." He added, per the independent news network Meidas Touch: "That's kind of that. I've been amazed that everybody is just kind of learning about this now." Newsweek has as yet been unable to verify Kinzinger's claims.
Kinzinger's opinions kicked off a row earlier this month when he tweeted about Trump's smell on X, formerly Twitter. "I'm genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven't talked about the odor," Kinzinger wrote on December 16. "It's truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can." Newsweek has approached representatives for Trump via email for comment on Friday.
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told Newsweek previously: "Adam Kinzinger farted on live TV and is an unemployed fraud." Cheung said the former congressman "disgraced his country," adding that Kinzinger "disrespects everyone around him because he is a sad individual who is mad about how his miserable life has turned out."
It is not clear what the purported incident involving Kinzinger on live TV was actually referring to.
An avalanche of jokes and memes led to the #TrumpStinks hashtag becoming the top trending topic on X.
Jokes including the 45th president being called "Reeko" because of the 13 charges Trump faces in Georgia brought under the state's anti-racketeering law (RICO). The former president denies all of the charges and has said they form part of a political witch hunt against him because he remains by far the frontrunner for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.
Others were less amused by the hashtag. One person wrote: "We are facing a cost of living crisis, record debt, a border invasion, multiple wars, and much more, yet democrats are tweeting #TrumpStinks and #TrumpSmellsBad.
"This insanity symbolizes everything wrong with this country right now," the person added.
In May, Newsweek reported that comedian and actress Kathy Griffin said Trump "does smell really bad." In response to Kinzinger's December 16 tweet, Griffin posted: "Yep. Can confirm."
Kinzinger was part of the House Select Committee into the events of January 6, 2021 involving a riot at the U.S. Capitol. The report recommended charges be filed against Trump.
Earlier this week, the former congressman said Trump is "not a Christian" after the 2024 Republican presidential candidate said "may they rot in hell" in reference to his political opponents during a Christmas Day rant on his Truth Social media platform.
Kinzinger said: "I'm going to go out on a NOT limb here: this man is not a Christian. If you are a Christian who supports him, you don't understand your own religion.
"Trump is weak, meager, smelly, victim-ey, belly-achey, but he ain't a Christian and he's not 'Gods man.'"
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