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catbyte

(34,404 posts)
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 11:40 AM Dec 2019

Well, so much for the BS White House "Good Genes" theory. 😱😂

Trump Had a Severe Makeup Mishap at WH Christmas Party and He’s Now an Absolute Laughing Stock



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The official White House position on the issue, a “senior administration official” told the New York Times on the condition of anonymity, is that Trump’s tawny tincture is the result of “good genes.”

The phrase “good genes” echoes Trump himself, who brags a lot about his own and his family’s genes. Time even made a supercut of him talking about his “good genes.” And Trump can certainly be described as a “senior administration official.” Hmm.

Last week, The Washington Post published a story about the experience of undocumented workers employed by the Trump Organization, both before and during his run for the presidency. It’s full of anecdotes of hypocrisy and raises important questions about immigration and underpaid labor.

But buried many paragraphs into the narrative is a section detailing Trump’s unusually specific habits and requests, like requiring exactly 2.5 boxes of Tic Tacs in his bedroom at all times. Then came this sentence: “The same rule applied to the Bronx Colors-brand face makeup from Switzerland that Trump slathered on — two full containers, one half full — even if it meant the housekeepers had to regularly bring new shirts from the pro shop because of the rust-colored stains on the collars.”

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https://www.politicalflare.com/2019/12/trump-had-a-severe-makeup-mishap-at-wh-christmas-party-and-hes-now-an-absolute-laughing-stock/

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Well, so much for the BS White House "Good Genes" theory. 😱😂 (Original Post) catbyte Dec 2019 OP
The specific requests like 2.5 boxes of Tic Tacs are an old trick Maeve Dec 2019 #1
Interesting. yonder Dec 2019 #39
I'm of the same ancestry snowybirdie Dec 2019 #2
For someone who looks upon people of color PatSeg Dec 2019 #5
Yes. A rictus mask. n/t Harker Dec 2019 #6
Everything about the man PatSeg Dec 2019 #9
We see him clearly... Harker Dec 2019 #11
Oh absolutely PatSeg Dec 2019 #12
And many ordinary looking people Harker Dec 2019 #13
Absolutely! PatSeg Dec 2019 #26
Except when he's with the Russians. This is a genuine smile. It's vile. catbyte Dec 2019 #27
Smile keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #32
Yes! Harker Dec 2019 #46
too stupid to do otherwise NJCher Dec 2019 #20
Either nobody looks at him Scarsdale Dec 2019 #28
If I had genes that made my skin orange, I wouldn't brag about them. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2019 #3
Right? LoveMyCali Dec 2019 #44
Well, he does have weird hair too. greatauntoftriplets Dec 2019 #45
He's just nauseating in every way. Ohiogal Dec 2019 #4
Good genes. Very good genes dalton99a Dec 2019 #7
Could you imagine DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #17
He is SO repulsive. Scarsdale Dec 2019 #29
Yes, moreland01 Dec 2019 #37
Hey more DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #38
It looks oddly like a professional makeup job. Either that or it's photoshopped. hedda_foil Dec 2019 #8
I think it's photographed. blueinredohio Dec 2019 #10
You mean a real photo or photo-shopped ? Pepsidog Dec 2019 #14
Yeah, photoshopped. Damn auto-correct. blueinredohio Dec 2019 #50
Auto-correct gets me all the time. I would rather not see photoshopped stuff on DU unless clearly Pepsidog Dec 2019 #52
Dubious DENVERPOPS Dec 2019 #19
No. Not a "mask". He wears a shower cap when he slathers on the self-tan. Tracer Dec 2019 #21
I'm guessing blue painter's tape to protect wooden trim. CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #23
I think it's for real. I looked at other photos of him and found another orange/white line Vinca Dec 2019 #30
He probably told the makeup artist, rusty fender Dec 2019 #33
And that primer? Gotta be Rustoleum. In a spray can... yonder Dec 2019 #41
Vanity, thy name is Dipshit. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2019 #15
This dude cheats at EVERYTHING! B Stieg Dec 2019 #16
Looks like a half-assed Kumadori job Fritz Walter Dec 2019 #18
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2019 #22
Nazi Eugenics and Racial Science 101 Nature Man Dec 2019 #47
We need to see the other side. Wasn't he in Close Encounters? CaptYossarian Dec 2019 #24
What this photo says to me TNNurse Dec 2019 #25
An albino in mind as well as body bucolic_frolic Dec 2019 #31
Has any of his ancestry, siblings, or progeny displayed the orange gene? keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #34
When he leaves the White House it will need a thorough cleaning. gordianot Dec 2019 #35
Guy looks like he is doing a minstrel show . . . Collimator Dec 2019 #36
and then there was this one... jmbar2 Dec 2019 #40
sprayer, or brush??? NRaleighLiberal Dec 2019 #42
Hahaha Trump you look like an nut job. LakeArenal Dec 2019 #43
Meanwhile at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Marcuse Dec 2019 #48
It's wearing a human face ck4829 Dec 2019 #49
Kind of like Jason Robard's make up in "A Boy and His Dog". Mc Mike Dec 2019 #51
Lawd underthematrix Dec 2019 #53

Maeve

(42,282 posts)
1. The specific requests like 2.5 boxes of Tic Tacs are an old trick
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 11:50 AM
Dec 2019

Used by entertainers to make sure their contracts are followed to the letter. If they get the bowl of only green M&Ms, they assume the rest of the contract will be likewise complete.

It's also a totally diva move that pisses off the people who have to take care of details. The people who then won't tell you how terrible the makeup line is on your face.

yonder

(9,667 posts)
39. Interesting.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 02:09 PM
Dec 2019

And one can see why he would be angling on a contract. That's him to a tee - always working the tables.

snowybirdie

(5,229 posts)
2. I'm of the same ancestry
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 11:51 AM
Dec 2019

as the Donald.....Celtic and German. We all are pale as ghosts. Genes mandate white, white skin. Who's he kidding!

PatSeg

(47,503 posts)
5. For someone who looks upon people of color
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 12:00 PM
Dec 2019

as inferior, he sure goes to a lot of trouble to make himself look darker. Its funny, as his problems get worse, his complexion gets darker. I think it is some kind of mask for him, he really can't stand the person he really is.

Harker

(14,024 posts)
11. We see him clearly...
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 12:24 PM
Dec 2019

but whenever he is smiling it looks phony, strained or pained. His natural expression is that hideous one of anger at worst, un-deadness at best. Any which way, he wears his inner ugliness on the outside. That's for sure.

Harker

(14,024 posts)
13. And many ordinary looking people
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 12:35 PM
Dec 2019

are absolutely beautiful, as we also know.

Having spent most of my working life in bookshops, I have the old line about books and their covers at the front of my mind.

While one can't properly judge a book by its cover, a publisher can sometimes sell a bad book with a good cover, and by merit, sometimes a good book can overcome a bad cover.

Trumpsky's a crummy book with a shitty jacket.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
28. Either nobody looks at him
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:25 PM
Dec 2019

before going out in public, or they do and do not care to try to correct him. Surely others could plainly see the white face, with the makeup lining it? It reminds me of him walking with the toilet paper stuck to his shoe, right up the steps to AF1, nobody bothered to remove it or even make him aware.

DENVERPOPS

(8,835 posts)
17. Could you imagine
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:02 PM
Dec 2019

a worse job than having to wash out the hair spray from the day before, blow it dry, and then mastering the phony combing, then applying tons of hair spray, Then having to do all his makeup? Every single morning, probably while he is tweeting. It must take at least an hour or two every morning.....

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
29. He is SO repulsive.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:27 PM
Dec 2019

I could not spend any time with that ugly, low class boob, no matter how much they paid me.

moreland01

(739 posts)
37. Yes,
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 02:00 PM
Dec 2019

having to help him into his Spanx girdle every day would be worse. Or having to change his Depends.

hedda_foil

(16,375 posts)
8. It looks oddly like a professional makeup job. Either that or it's photoshopped.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 12:08 PM
Dec 2019

- He usually skips the area around his eyes, giving him a "reverse raccoon" look.
- There seems to be primer under the makeup. There's a definite whitish line between the makeup and bare skin.
- The makeup line is too precise for self application.
- The color is more tan and less orange than usual.
- The application looks smoother than his usual blotchy orange.

If it's for real, there's no way a makeup artist wouldn't blend the color out toward his ears. Of course, he may have gotten impatient and stomped off before it could be feathered out to look like it might be a natural tan.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
10. I think it's photographed.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 12:19 PM
Dec 2019

The line is too perfect do w n the side of his face and around his eyes is always white while the rest is orange.

Pepsidog

(6,254 posts)
52. Auto-correct gets me all the time. I would rather not see photoshopped stuff on DU unless clearly
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 08:00 PM
Dec 2019

identified as such.

DENVERPOPS

(8,835 posts)
19. Dubious
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:04 PM
Dec 2019

they probably "mask" his face just like they "mask" the chrome when spray painting a car. Seriously!
Goggles for his eyes and a strip of tape or towel on the sides......

Tracer

(2,769 posts)
21. No. Not a "mask". He wears a shower cap when he slathers on the self-tan.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:07 PM
Dec 2019

I'm positive that is what causes the line on his face.

Vinca

(50,279 posts)
30. I think it's for real. I looked at other photos of him and found another orange/white line
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:37 PM
Dec 2019

at a totally different event in totally different light. I think underneath all that makeup he's the color of wet toilet paper.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
18. Looks like a half-assed Kumadori job
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:03 PM
Dec 2019

Also known as Kabuki make-up.

“In a way completely different from the realism and individualism basic to the makeup used in Western theatre, Kumadori stylistically beautifies and emphasizes the stereotypical personality of a specific role. At the same time, unlike the Noh masks or the Chinese stage makeup used in Peking Opera, the Kumadori allows for greater power of expression since it closely follows the actual facial features and expressions of the actor.” — Toshiro Morita, Kumadori, 1985


Wish I could add the photo from this site:
https://thestorybehindthefaces.com/2015/10/29/halloween-2015-face-painting-gallery/chasedbyghosts_noseface_151030_agostinoarts/

Response to catbyte (Original post)

Nature Man

(869 posts)
47. Nazi Eugenics and Racial Science 101
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 03:46 PM
Dec 2019

the subtext is that "white" = "good genes." Never mind that the motherfucker looks orange, but you get the drift.

TNNurse

(6,927 posts)
25. What this photo says to me
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:17 PM
Dec 2019

is that there is not one person in his world who actually cares about him as a person.
I would not let someone for whom I care go out it public like that.

I know someone will say he does not listen to anyone but I would suggest someone should use a mirror or a photo on their phone to show him. And tell him how bad it looks.

I really do not care and apparently neither does anyone around him.

bucolic_frolic

(43,190 posts)
31. An albino in mind as well as body
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:41 PM
Dec 2019

Vitamin D's not activating melanin. Vitamin D's not firing the neurons. Same thing. Reasoning/judgment is just white, no empathy, no wisdom. He's living, eating, firing, thinking - blanks.

I'm 3/4 serious. This is a condition, an illness.

gordianot

(15,242 posts)
35. When he leaves the White House it will need a thorough cleaning.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:55 PM
Dec 2019

Removing the orange makeup and potential delayed Russian listening devices. Every computer and phone will need to be scrapped.

Collimator

(1,639 posts)
36. Guy looks like he is doing a minstrel show . . .
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 01:57 PM
Dec 2019

. . . in orangeface. Isn't there some ethnic group out there that could protest?

Of course, there is the Human Race-- of which any decent member would object to the vanity project which is this buffoon's presidency.

LakeArenal

(28,820 posts)
43. Hahaha Trump you look like an nut job.
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 02:40 PM
Dec 2019

Hahahahahahahahaha.

He hates being laughed at.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
51. Kind of like Jason Robard's make up in "A Boy and His Dog".
Sun Dec 22, 2019, 06:57 PM
Dec 2019

Rump plays a similar kind of character, just he isn't as on the ball as Robard's character was.

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