Donald Trump’s height under scrutiny as he appears smaller than Lara in interview: 'Is he shrinking?'

WASHINGTON, DC: Donald Trump’s latest sit-down with Fox News wasn’t supposed to be about his height, but thanks to some rather telling visuals, that’s exactly what people are talking about.

The US president appeared alongside his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, in teaser shots shared by the White House social media accounts.

Internet gets suspicious about Donald Trump's real height on social media

Social media sleuths quickly noticed something was off. Despite the POTUS claiming to be 6’3" or 6’4", Lara — who reportedly stands at 5’11" — looked noticeably taller than him on camera.

"Lara Trump looks taller than her father-in-law on FOX right now. Her chair seems bigger too. Such an odd look!! Also, Trump shouldn't slump but..." one posted on X.

"So if Trump is 6 feet and 3 inches, according to him... How tall is Lara Trump here? Like, Trump is looking very small in that chair somehow. Like if I'm looking at Halfling Trump and his human daughter-in-law," another wrote.

"I didn’t know Lara Trump was this tall … She towers over Trump!" a third remarked.

"Is Lara Trump 7 feet tall, or is Donald shrinking?" another wondered.

"If Lara Trump is 5’11, then why does she look so much taller than a 6’3 Donald Trump? It’s almost like he lied about his height, his weight, his businesses, Epstein files," another chimed in.

"Goddamn, I didn’t know how tall @LaraLeaTrump is. Makes the president look small and weak lmaooooo," read a comment.

Not the first time Donald Trump’s height has been called into question

Donald Trump’s claimed height has been under the microscope for a while now.

Back in December, social media lit up again after Trump was spotted standing next to Prince William in Paris. The footage was from their meeting at the reopening of Notre Dame — Trump’s first international trip after defeating Kamala Harris the previous month— and showed the British royal (who’s 6’3") towering over Trump.

The clip went viral almost instantly as people accused the president of inflating his stats.

In another instance, when Walter Reed physician Capt Sean P Barbabella dropped Trump's health report earlier this year, critics immediately took to social media to dispute the listed height.

Donald Trump puts out the Jeffrey Epstein probe fires

While people were busy sizing him up, Donald Trump was also fighting fires over on Truth Social.

On Saturday afternoon, he jumped online to defend Attorney General Pam Bondi, who’s catching heat over the DOJ’s recent conclusions surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s death.

The Justice Department officially closed the case, reaffirming it was a suicide — not foul play — and released a 10-hour video showing Epstein’s final hours at the Metropolitan Correctional Center while awaiting trial for sex trafficking.

They also shot down the decades-long conspiracy theory about a mysterious “client list,” writing in a memo that there is “no credible evidence” such a list of “prominent individuals” even exists — let alone one used for blackmail.

This didn’t sit well with some major MAGA voices. Former Trump ally and tech billionaire Elon Musk and far-right firebrand Laura Loomer were among those calling foul. Then came unconfirmed reports of potential resignations within Trump's Justice Department in light of the controversy.

Trump took to Truth Social to vent.  “What’s going on with my ‘boys’ and, in some cases, ‘gals?’” he asked Saturday. “They’re all going after Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is doing a FANTASTIC JOB! We’re on one Team, MAGA, and I don’t like what’s happening.”

“We have a PERFECT Administration, THE TALK OF THE WORLD, and ‘selfish people’ are trying to hurt it, all over a guy who never dies, Jeffrey Epstein. For years, it’s Epstein, over and over again," he continued, before suggesting the Epstein-related documents were part of a grand conspiracy orchestrated by his political enemies.

“Why are we giving publicity to Files written by Obama, Crooked Hillary, Comey, Brennan, and the Losers and Criminals of the Biden Administration...... They created the Epstein Files, just like they created the FAKE Hillary Clinton/Christopher Steele Dossier that they used on me, and now my so-called 'friends' are playing right into their hands," Trump alleged.

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