Former US President Trump is back where he likes to be and where he has been often: in the spotlight. Everything is reported, even its weight. That has decreased, but only in one respect.
Former US President Donald Trump is officially said to weigh 215 pounds. This information is among the data that became known after his visit to Atlanta. There he turned himself in to authorities on charges of attempting to influence the outcome of the Georgia election. 215 pounds, which corresponds to 97.4 kilograms. And immediately US media noted that that would be 30 pounds or 13 kilos less than at his last medical check during his presidency in 2019.
Reporting on Trump’s personal affairs has become something of a tradition since he entered the political arena in 2015 and almost everything he did has been followed with the greatest interest. His hairstyle in particular fired the imagination of the media and their consumers. How does he get it? Is he balding underneath, and is that complete work of art hair a deluxe overcomb? Ever since Trump left the White House was at least in this matter peace
Although, Trump and his weight remained an issue, albeit in a different way. For example, last year then-governor of Maryland Larry Hogan said, “There’s no question Trump is still the 800-pound gorilla,” referring primarily to his political clout within the Republican Party. The moderate Republican Hogan saw that as a major problem area. Because he spoke after the disappointing congressional elections in autumn 2022. He was tired of losing, he said.
Trump had become heavily involved in the election campaign and supported candidates loyal to him, who then often failed the voters. In the end, the Democrats surprisingly defended their majority in the Senate and only narrowly lost the House of Representatives. Hogan wasn’t the only one who blamed Trump for this.
Gorilla or Elephant?
The importance Trump still has for half of the Americans was also evident in the middle of the week. If you imagine poll numbers as on a scale, then Trump is on the one hand, all other contenders for the Republican presidential nomination together on the other. So the image of the 800-pound gorilla isn’t entirely out of place.
Incidentally, Trump’s weight was also reflected in the recent Republican TV debate. The eight candidates for the Republican presidential candidacy certainly attracted a considerable number of viewers. According to Fox News, a total of 12.8 million people watched, including streaming and other channels. That’s not a bad value. In 2015, however, 24 million people watched the first Republican debate, an absolute record at the time. It was the first time Trump had attended. Fox News host Brett Baier alluded to this on Wednesday night, saying, “Trump is the elephant that’s not in the room” — a figure of speech in which the elephant describes something everyone thinks about but nobody talks about.
This time, due to his great political weight, he refused to put himself on the same level as his challengers and canceled his participation. Instead, he gave an interview to a former Fox News anchor that was published on X, the former Twitter. Under the video it says that it has now (Friday noon) been viewed around 250 million times. However, this number is misleading. It also includes the video’s mere appearance in the timeline, even if it wasn’t actually viewed.
Still a heavyweight
The indictment that led Trump to the Georgian capital also resulted in a police photo of the ex-president being taken for the first time, which he immediately posted on Twitter – and thus completed his return to his former favorite medium. Then he looks so angry into the camera that one can assume that the weight loss did not outweigh the displeasure at this picture. In return, he assumes – not without reason – that his poll ratings will continue to rise as a result. Because his fans believe him that all the investigations and ads are nothing more than a witch hunt. But that’s less true of the other Americans, who already reject him and make up the majority in the country.
But as is so often the case when it comes to Trump, the question arises as to whether the new weight specification is even correct. In the case of other defendants, they were subsequently changed again – for example, in the case of Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani. It is unclear where this information came from, it says Washington Post. So there are doubts about the information about Trump’s weight. Only one thing is certain: he is still the biggest heavyweight among the Republicans.