Donald Trump and his then actress-model girlfriend Marla Maples, Dec. 20, 1993. Jeff Christensen/Reuters
Few hairstyles have been as widely discussed and covered as that of the mane belonging to President Donald Trump. Celebrities and outlets have joked about Trump’s signature comb-over throughout the years and it has become an enduring symbol of the man, making Trump’s golden-yellow hair a topic of discourse long before the commander-in-chief announced his bid for the presidency.
The Mirror noted Wednesday that social media users were comparing Trump’s locks to a pair of $1,800 Gucci slippers. Meanwhile, a new species of moth with a head of feather “yellowish-white scales” was dubbed Neopalpa donaldtrumpi by scientists because of the moths’ uncanny resemblance to Trump’s hair, UPI reported. The POTUS’s hair was even up for appraisal, recently, by “Beverly Hills Pawn” star Yossi Dina. “I would buy [a piece of] his hair,” Dina told TMZ Thursday.
“I would sell it for big money,” Dina said in the video interview. “Absolutely [for] over $1,000.”
Outlets have speculated whether Trump’s tresses were fake or if Trump underwent surgery (Vanity Fair speculated that Trump’s hairline, as pictured in 1991, could have been the result of an alleged “scalp reduction surgery” that he reportedly underwent in 1989). An alleged $60,000 weave and hair plugs have also been linked to Trump’s tresses.
In 2015, then-White House press secretary Josh Earnest famously claimed that Trump sported “fake hair.” Surgeons debated the claim, for the sake of clarity. “I think he has had surgery,” William D. Yates, a hair transplant surgeon, told Business Insider in December 2015.
One hairstylist did weigh in, saying that all the hair appeared to be Trump's own and is "combed back" (note: not exactly a comb-over) and dyed.
Since his early days as a young business and real estate tycoon, Trump has sported some variation of the signature, combed-back ‘do. The cut and color, however, has changed over the years – from an ashy brown to a whitish-yellow. Here is a look at Trump’s “Hair Evolution.”
Marla Maples and her husband Donald Trump greet race driver Lyn St. James prior to the inaugural Indy 200 race at Walt Disney World Jan. 27, 1995. STR New/ReutersMiss Universe 1996, Alicia Machado of Venezuela, greeted by Donald Trump during a staged workout at a New York gym Jan. 28, 1997. Trump, who owned the Miss Universe pageant, sent Machado to a trainer to help with her exercise program after gaining weight. Peter Morgan/ReutersDonald Trump and then "friend" Melania Knauss pose for photographers as they arrive at the New York premiere [of Star Wars Episode I: "The Phantom Menace," May 17, 1999. Jeff Christensen/ReutersDonald Trump answered questions as then Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura looks on in Brooklyn Park, Jan. 7 2000. Trump had said he "very well might" make a run for president under the Reform Party banner but had not made a final decision. "I'm looking very seriously if I can win," he told reporters. "And if I can win, I believe I can do a very good job."ReutersDonald Trump crowning Justine Pasek of Panama, making her the new Miss Universe, in New York, Sept. 24,
2002.REUTERS/Chip EastDonald Trump talks to reporters while appearing at a casting call for the second season of his NBC show "The Apprentice" in New York, March 18, 2004. Several hundred hopeful contestants were screened during the proceedings at the Trump Building on Wall Street.REUTERS/Jeff Zelevansky JAZDonald Trump and wife Melania arrive for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Annual Red Hot Pink Ball. Donald Trump and his wife Melania arrive for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation's Annual Red Hot Pink Ball at The Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York, April 20, 2005. REUTERS/Marion CurtisDonald Trump during a news conference at an Aberdeenshire Council inquiry into the plans for his golf course resort in Aberdeen, northeast Scotland June 10, 2008.REUTERS/David Moir (REUTERS)Trump waving as he arrived at Aberdeen Airport, in Scotland May 26, 2010. REUTERS/David MoirTrump giving a thumbs up at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor in Maryland Feb. 27, 2015. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueThen U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a news conference regarding issues on undocumented immigrants in Beverly Hills, California, July 10, 2015.REUTERS/Jonathan AlcornThen U.S. Presidential Candidate Donald Trump answers questions from the media at a press conference during a visit to his Scottish golf course Turnberry, July 30, 2015. Reuters / Russell Cheyne LivepicDonald Trump signs an executive order to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline at the White House, Jan. 24, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque