13-05-2025
How tall is Donald Trump, Google? 'Height' videos with Elon Musk, Prince William go viral
How tall is Donald Trump?
The world already knows his youngest son, Barron Trump, towers over the president and his mother, former first lady Melania Trump. But a video of Donald Trump and Elon Musk during their appearance in Saudi Arabia has got the internet buzzing.
Donald Trump is in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, May 13, to kick off his first major international trip of his second term in office. Along with key administration officials, tech leaders like SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, his brother Kimbal Musk, Sam Altman, and Reid Hoffman have accompanied the president on his trip.
Saudi Arabia is the president's first stop on a tour of the Middle East, which is also scheduled to include the United Arab Emirates and Qatar.
Though the trip has its own business and political implications for Trump, the internet seems to be captivated by his height compared to Musk's.
If the president's height fascination sounds like deja vu, it sort of is: Five months ago, a photo of Donald Trump and Prince William during their Dec. 7, 2024, appearance in Paris went viral, too.
Donald Trump and Prince William met in Notre-Dame Cathedral after attending a ceremony to mark the reopening of the landmark cathedral following the 2019 fire in Paris, France. French President Emmanuel Macron had invited Donald Trump along with former first lady Jill Biden, Prince William and other heads of state including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the special event.
The legendary Notre-Dame could have gone viral anyway for its Cinderella-esque comeback − the 12th-century cathedral caught fire April 15, 2019, when the world watched the beloved tourist landmark in flames. In December 2024, however, Notre-Dame wasn't the hot topic on social media.
In a now-deleted tweet on X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, a photo of the British Royal and then-president-elect went viral Dec. 7, 2024. X user @revdaniel had said in his caption: "Trump says he is 6'3. Prince William is 'also' 6'3. What a liar the Prince of Wales is. (three eyeroll emojis)"
According to Palm Beach Post reporting, on Dec. 9, 2024, the tweet had been viewed 2.8 million times with almost 5,000 comments.
How tall is Barron Trump? Photos show the only son of Donald and Melania Trump towering over his parents for years
According to sites like and Donald Trump is listed as 6 feet 3 inches, although some reports say he's actually 6-2.
Elon Musk is 6-foot-2-inches, according to a USA TODAY report back when Musk and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg were talking about fighting one another.
In a video posted by Donald Trump's communication team on X, Musk appears taller than the president as he greets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman inside the Saudi Royal Court.
Prince William of Wales, the elder son of the late Princess Diana and King Charles III, is also 6-foot-3-inches tall. also lists the Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the British throne at 6-3.
In the video in this story, however, Prince William is visibly taller than Donald Trump.
For those wondering, at 6-foot-7, Barron Trump is the tallest of the Trump siblings, and has been taller than his father since at least 2018 or 2019, when he was 12 or 13 years old. Barron Trump's mother, former model Melania Trump, is reportedly 5-foot-11-inches tall. Donald Trump's older sons −Barron Trump's half-brothers − Eric Trump is reportedly 6-foot-5, and Donald Trump Jr. is 6-foot-1.
Contributing: Mike Snyder, USA TODAY
Sangalang is a lead digital producer for USA TODAY Network. Follow her on Twitter or Instagram at @byjensangalang. Support local journalism. Consider subscribing to a Florida newspaper.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Elon Musk, Prince William pics question Donald Trump's actual height
