Donald Trump’s sometimes troubling hair isn’t so big because it’s full of national secrets (that’s what Mar-a-Lago bathrooms are for), and the world may never learn the truth about how he constructs his intricate comb-over. However, Joe Biden believes that he knows where its distinctive color comes from.
While speaking at the North American Building Trades Unions 2024 Legislative Conference, Biden reminded attendees of something Trump said when it was his job to educate Americans on how to stay safe during the pandemic. “By the way, remember when he was trying to deal with COVID, he suggested, ‘Just inject a little bleach in your veins?'” Biden said (via The Recount). “He missed. It all went to his hair.” The audience loved Biden’s needle-sharp jab, but Trump didn’t outright suggest that jabbing syringes full of bleach into the body was an effective way to fight the virus. What Trump actually said was, “I see the disinfectant that knocks it out in a minute … is there a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning?” (via NBC News). Still, Time reported that there was an increase in poisonings from ingested disinfectants after he made his comments.
Biden also brought up Trump’s bleach-blond mane during a campaign stop in North Carolina. “I’ll be happy to compare physical characteristics with Donald Trump,” he said, per the White House website. “Granted, I don’t have his orange hair.”
