20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Star
Donald Trump 'more orange than he's ever been' in terrifying Rose Garden speech
Fresh concerns have been raised about President Trump's skin color after he appeared particularly orange in a recent clip, though critics have questioned if the video was oversaturated.
A fresh debate has been ignited over President Donald Trump 's skin color after a video clip in which he looked particularly orange went viral.
Journalist Aaron Rupar remarked on X that President Trump looked "as orange as he's ever been today" after sharing a news clip from Fox News of Trump speaking outside at the White House Rose Garden late Monday afternoon.
Around 3:22 p.m. EDT, President Trump announced that he signed the Take It Down Act, a near-unanimously passed bill proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) last year that criminalizes deepfake and revenge porn.
For several years, people have poked at the reality TV star-turned-president for his skin color, which often appears to be spray-tanned in a particularly orange shade.
Several users replied to Rupar with photoshopped images of Trump as an oompa-loompa, orange characters from Roald Dahl's 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,' while others shared images of various Pantone orange shades.
"Oompa Loompa looking a--," one user replied, with another critic similarly adding: "Oompa Loompa doompety boom, Trump's failed tariffs spell economic doom."
"Same shade as the traffic cones in a parking lot," another snarked. A third joked, "HOLY S--T, HE LITERALLY GOT DIPPED IN CHEETO POWDER."
"Wearing perfect makeup for the circus he's running," another critic remarked.
Making fun of both heads of office, another snidely said, "He didn't put a tariff on cosmetics cause he and JD Vance both have the most sephora VIB points of any shopper ever."
In light of the president's recent trip to the Middle East, another replied, "That's a custom Saudi Arabian spray tan."
However, Rupar's post also solicited ample criticism from users who cast doubt on the authenticity of the clip, which was sourced from Fox News, slamming Rupar, who boasts 968,000 followers on X, for "running out of material."
"The saturation in the video is tweaked," one claimed.
Another similarly added, "Wow! Even the flowers in the background have an unnatural hue. Aaron is still playing with his new imaging processing app."
One partisan chimed in, rebuking, "Democrats are green — with envy."
