'Makes me wanna barf': Internet in splits as Adam Kinzinger doubles down on his 'Trump smells' claims

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS: The hashtag #TrumpSmells and its variations have recently garnered interest on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) as numerous individuals have shared their experiences of unpleasant encounters with former president Donald Trump in the past.

The trend was initiated by former Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger (R-Illinois), who wrote on X earlier this month, “I’m genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven’t talked about the odor. It’s truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can.”

However, in an online interview released by MeidasTouch on Thursday, December 28, Kinziger described Trump’s odor in explicit detail to paint a clearer picture of what he had meant when he first tweeted on the matter on December 15, 2023.

What did former GOP Rep Adam Kinzinger reveal in his interview?

The interviewer reiterated Kinzinger’s original tweet, “I'm genuinely surprised how people close to Trump haven't talked about the odor. It's truly something to behold. Wear a mask if you can.”

He continued, “Then Donald Trump responded to that and he had his team go after you and say, no, Kinzinger is the one who's smelly. And as Hillary Clinton said, if you could be baited by a tweet, how are you supposed to be expected to handle Vladimir Putin and other authoritarians? And Donald Trump clearly got baited by your tweet and your post.”

Then, he asked the former Illinois congressman, “But let's just start with your post. The odor, the stench. The stink. How bad is it? What do you know about that?”

Kinzinger responded, “Yeah, I mean, it's not good. The best way to describe it, I've tried to, like, so take like, armpits, ketchup, like a butt, and kind of put it in a blender and makeup and put that all in a blender and you bottle that as a cologne. That's kind of that.”

He then expanded on his original tweet and the virality of the topic of Trump’s stench on social media after that, by saying, “But it's amazing. I've been amazed that everybody's just kind of learning about this now. But again, I think the bigger point is he's a weak human being.”

Kinzinger went on to address the backlash he’d received from those on Trump’s campaign team.

He said, “But look at this. He had his people respond to me on this, by the way, they're always unnamed spokesmen because none of them want to put their names, even though I think I know who's doing, like, they don't want to put their names behind that because they know that their words are going to live forever.”

He then forecasted a scenario where Donald Trump wins his re-election and secures his seat in the Oval Office. He said, “And my goodness, I mean, Vladimir Putin, I'm going to tell you, Xi, President Xi of China, they're licking their chops at the idea of another Donald Trump term because I sat in the Oval Office once when Donald Trump begged a group of us to pull China ZTE out of the sanctions list from the National Defense Authorization Act because he made a personal promise to President Xi, because Xi asked him nicely on the phone.

“This is the kind of leader of the greatest country in the world that we're looking at reinstating,” he added.

Kinzinger posited upon Trump’s dismal stench and said, “And the odor is the odor. And I think that needs to stay alive. People need to keep talking about it because he's the kind of guy that would use something like that all the time against other people. He needs a taste of his own medicine.”

The hashtag #TrumpSmells takes the Internet by storm

People on X have shared their experiences of run-ins with Donald Trump, with many alleging that the former POTUS frequently soils his bottoms which, in turn, lead to the virality of the hashtag on the social media platform.

While MEAWW cannot confirm the claims made by those social media accounts, here are some of the quirky reactions and remarks made by netizens on the subject of Donald Trump’s abject bodily odor.

One X user wrote, “Makes me wanna barf, bigly."

Another user quipped, "Ew de Toilet cologne."

Another user said, "Christian Nationalist must believe that is the smell of blessings."

One user stated, "It shocks me that there weren't more "anonymous" sources saying this. I listened to someone say that this was the case in the 80's or 90's. Was it talked about in NY all those years?"

Another X user remarked, "Gives new meaning to all those people who approach him “with tears in their eyes” doesn’t it? It was the stench."

Another user said, "I agree 100%. He needs a taste of his own medicine. Perhaps he’d like to market a new ticTac flavor to pay his attorneys. I can almost hear him now. Trumps TicTac flavor “smelly belly.”"

This article contains remarks made on the Internet by individual people and organizations. MEAWW cannot confirm them independently and does not support claims or opinions being made online.