Trump Mocked After Pleading With Photographers to ‘Make Me Look Thin’ During Viral Event

Donald Trump, the unlikely star of the internet’s latest meme sensation, made a candid appeal to photographers during a public event, requesting they make him look thinner in their photos. This self-aware admission sparked an avalanche of viral content across social media platforms, with users mocking his appearance.

‘Make me look thin for once, you’re making me look a bit heavy,’ Trump told a photographer during the event. The lighthearted yet decidedly awkward request struck a chord with the internet, which wasted no time transforming the moment into meme gold, complete with tongue-in-cheek responses and clever commentary from every corner of the digital landscape.

During the same interaction, Trump veered into praise for certain members of the press. ‘Pulitzer Prize! Pulitzer Prize! He got one for the bullet,’ he exclaimed, singling out photographer Doug Mills from The New York Times for particular commendation. However, his approval wasn’t universal: ‘I don’t like the people back there as much,’ Trump said, gesturing dismissively at other journalists present.

Social Media’s Merciless Response

The video clip of Trump’s appearance-related plea spread like wildfire across social media platforms, and the response was swift and unforgiving. Commenters flooded the viral footage with observations both blunt and comedic, with one user simply quipping, ‘Truth hurts’, while another offered the succinct assessment: ‘It’s not them’. A third, more direct commenter remarked, ‘This man needs help’.

The internet’s humour extended beyond simple mockery. Many responses cleverly connected Trump’s complaint to his well-documented love of fast food, particularly given his infamous dietary habits extensively covered during his 2024 campaign. ‘Fewer Big Macs could also solve this problem,’ one witty observer suggested, whilst another asked cheekily, ‘Does he want fries with that request?’

One particularly scathing comment highlighted what many perceived as the fundamental irony of his complaint: ‘Eats nothing but McDonald’s and hates exercise, but is surprised that he always looks fat’. The implication was clear — blaming photographers for one’s appearance when lifestyle choices are well within one’s control didn’t quite add up. Another commenter delivered a more pointed takedown, writing, ‘Photographers didn’t stuff the McDonald’s fries, Filet-O-Fish, quarter-pounder with cheese and Big Mac in your mouth that you ate in one sitting’.

A Pattern of Vanity and Media Complaints

The overarching theme threading through social media responses centred on what many described as Trump’s towering vanity and narcissism. Several commenters observed the fundamental contradiction in his position: ‘The vanity and narcissism from this man is nauseating,’ one user wrote, capturing a sentiment echoed across countless threads. Others took a more direct approach, with one simply stating, ‘Dude, you are heavy’, while another suggested pragmatically, ‘Maybe you should lose some weight, then’.

Trump’s apparent obsession with his photographic appearance is hardly a recent phenomenon. Just last year, he publicly complained about a low-angle photograph featured in TIME magazine, which he described as potentially ‘The Worst of All Time’. In a Truth Social post, he griped, ‘They ‘disappeared’ my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one.’ He continued his critique, writing, ‘Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?’

The broader context reveals a pattern: Trump’s repeated complaints about unflattering imagery suggest a leader perpetually at war with his own visual representation. Where other political figures might accept the occasionally unflattering photograph as an unavoidable aspect of public life, Trump’s vocal objections have consistently thrust such moments into the spotlight, amplifying their reach and impact far beyond what they might otherwise achieve.

Originally published on IBTimes UK