An official line from the White House on President Trump Donald John TrumpBubba Wallace to be driver of Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin NASCAR team Graham: GOP will confirm Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election Southwest Airlines, unions call for six-month extension of government aid MORE’s complexion is that his skin color is the result of “good genes,” a senior administration official told The New York Times.

The official, who spoke to the Times on the condition of anonymity, added that the president applies a dab of powder to his skin before making appearances on television.

But the official said the powder is translucent and added that it is not a bronzer.

The official’s account runs contrary to past claims Trump’s former aide, Omarosa Manigault Newman Omarosa Onee Manigault NewmanTrump hurls insults at Harris, Ocasio-Cortez and other women Pelosi makes fans as Democrat who gets under Trump's skin The Memo: Impeachment's scars cut deep with Trump, say those who know him MORE, made in her tell-all book, “Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House.”

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In the book, Manigault Newman reportedly wrote that the president used a tanning bed often and also alleged an usher was terminated in the past for mishandling transport of the machine.

Former FBI Director James Comey James Brien ComeyDemocrats fear Russia interference could spoil bid to retake Senate Book: FBI sex crimes investigator helped trigger October 2016 public probe of Clinton emails Trump jabs at FBI director over testimony on Russia, antifa MORE also suggested Trump tanned in his book, “A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies and Leadership,” which provides his first extensive public recounting of his brief time in the Trump administration and the events surrounding the 2016 presidential election.

In his in-depth description of Trump’s appearance when recounting their first in-person meeting in the book, Comey wrote that Trump’s face “appeared slightly orange” and featured "bright white half-moons under his eyes where I assumed he placed small tanning goggles.”

But three sources who have spent time in the White House told the Times in its report published on Saturday that no such apparatus exists in the residence.

Two top Trump administration officials also insisted to the Times that no such bed exists in the residence.