Politics - News Analysis Man Who Wears Shoe Lifts Launches Disgusting Attack on the Height of Mike Bloomberg

Donald Trump went after “Mini Mike” Bloomberg in a series of tweets early Sunday morning and in a preview of a pre-Super Bowl interview, claiming the former New York mayor wants a box to stand on during a Democratic presidential debate.

“Mini Mike is now negotiating both to get on the Democrat Primary debate stage, and to have the right to stand on boxes, or a lift, during the debates,” the president posted on his Twitter account in the last of three postings about 5-foot-8 Michael Bloomberg. “This is sometimes done, but really not fair!”

Trump also takes a shot at Bloomberg’s stature during an interview with Sean Hannity that will air later Sunday on Fox’s Super Bowl pre-game programming.

“I just think of little. Now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. Okay, it’s okay, there’s nothing wrong. You could be short, why should he get a box to stand on, OK? He wants a box for the debates,” Trump said on a snippet of the interview Hannity played on “Fox & Friends.”

“Why should he be entitled to that? Does that mean everyone else gets a box?”

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Obviously this is just horribly mean and petty.

We can’t help how tall we are. We simply can’t.

It’s also quite hypocritical because it has been rumored that Trump wears lifts in his shoes and also lies about his height.

It appears Donald Trump was 6’2” for years before he entered the 2016 Republican Primary, then he shot up to 6’3”.

This may have had more to do with his rivals at the time, Jeb Bush and Rick Santorum who are both 6’3”. History confirms in the race for president the taller candidate is most likely the victor.

Trump resents people who are taller than him and does not like to look small in front of his opponents. He is man obsessed with being the biggest, the best, the most impressive, and does not feel constrained by objective facts to prove it.

Photograpic comparisons with others of known height appear to tell a conflicting story. During his inauguration, standing next to former president, Barack Obama (6’1”), Donald Trump looked smaller in stature.

When he and former FBI Director, James Comey (a whopping 6’8″), were photographed the latter towered over the former, and more than the official 5 inch difference in height.

When Trump stood beside Justin Trudeau (6’2″), the two appear to be the same height. Yet, Trudeau, appears at least an inch taller than Trump in a photo taken at the G7 summit. The two men stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the image along with fellow world leaders.

Human height has long been associated with interpersonal dominance and social status. Both sociological studies and historical evidence confirm taller people receive a more positive perception of themselves as well as greater social success. The idea height alone defines a man’s value is archaic and part of a very backward notion of masculinity.

None the less, tall men seem to command more respect and reverence. Thanks to anthropometric research data, it is possible to calculate a person’s height from their hand length, as the two measurements are highly correlated. Taller people tend to have bigger hands, although there is some variance in human proportions

Length = 27 + (0.095 × height)

Madame Tussaud in Las Vegas keeps a brass hand print of Donald Trump’s hand which measures 7.4” long.

The 1988 US Army Anthropometry Survey (ANSUR) data , provides hand height comparisons, and when the Tussaud hand is measured in the same way, Trump’s corrected hand length is 7.8 inches, which would make him approximately between 5’ 9” and 6’ tall . Trump’s hand length is almost exactly 1 standard deviation below what we would expect of someone as tall as he claims.

Unfortunately, for the benefit of analysis, there is not a Trump footprint. As with the hand, a linear correlation between foot size and height exists and taller people generally have bigger feet. Officially Donald Trump is a size 12 (US), with is consistent with a man of 6’3” stature. However, shoe size is not a perfect measure of foot size, and people can wear longer shoes to give the impression of larger feet.

Comparisons between Justin Trudeau (Size 11 US) and President Trump (size 12 US) do suggest Donald J Trump may have smaller feet than widely reported. The combination of elevated shoes worn longer than the feet however, like clown shoes would lead to an unsteady gait, particularly when negociating stairs. It has been claimed Donald Trump suffers from bathmophobia, or the fear of slopes or stairs.

Throughout his presidency, Trump appears to wear expensive suits that just did not seem fit him. We are told he prefers to buy off the peg clothing but refuses to have them tailored. Further it seems he persists with being taller than he actually is and wear suits cut for a 6’3″ man. Common sense might tell you even wearing shoe lifts this suiting will not match the physique of a significantly smaller frame.

The President of the United States in ill-fitting suits makes him appear at time comical with or without elevated shoes. No doubt this accounts for his change of wardrobe to long coats to help streamline an expanding waistline. Officially, according to his latest medical records, Trump is 6-foot-3, weighs 243 pounds, and has a body mass index of 30.37 (Class 1 obese).

This interesting Twitter thread also says Trump’s posture is because he has lifts in his shoes to make him taller:

1/ In the past several days, it's been reported that Donald Trump has been "standing weird". Although the President's leaning-forward posture has been displayed in the past, recently this stance has been used more consistently. Why? What are the body language ramifications? — Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) April 29, 2019

2/ Donald Trump is standing with this posture – primarily because he has specially crafted, 'lift shoes'. His added 2.0 – 3.0 inch heel-height causes him to lean forward. This configuration is accentuated by his obesity. — Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) April 29, 2019

3/ Trump is quite self-conscious about his height. President Trump's claimed height is 6'3" – yet, this is demonstrably false. — Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) April 29, 2019

4/ In the above photo, taken on the morning of his inauguration, Trump is clearly approximately 0.5 inch shorter than President Obama (Obama's feet are further apart, which effectively lowers his height a bit, relative to Trump). pic.twitter.com/694N8jT1CN — Dr. Jack Brown (@DrGJackBrown) April 29, 2019