# Li'l Donnie forgot his lifts **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 25, 2019, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512 "2019-05-25T20:02:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/61 "2019-05-27T21:00:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s probably the cheap shit he sells on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/stores/DonaldTrump/node/5371022011?productGridPageIndex=3). > > Yep, Trump has an Amazon storefront. LMFAO. They have a suit for $133 and a TIE for $249. Yes, a SUIT for $133, and a TIE for $249. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/62 "2019-05-27T21:05:59Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > They are cheap [Brioni knock-offs from Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Brioni-New-Black-Suit-40/dp/B06W5XMPKQ/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=brioni+suit&qid=1558987591&s=gateway&sr=8-2). Inseam 37", width at Hem=8.5". Hem it to 32" inseam and it’s closer to 9.5". Is that really counterfeit Brioni clothing? Because the suit is quite openly being sold as the real thing, and $2,000 is within striking distance of the genuine goods. Actually, that’s more than very good suits from brands like Hickey Freeman cost at full price from a reputable department or mens store. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/63 "2019-05-27T21:30:04Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Frankco Brioni. He’s on the street corner between 10 and 11. Has a nice van. And he can find you a date to go with that suit. If you’re not too picky. ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/64 "2019-05-27T22:09:20Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > My guess as to the reason he _doesn’t_ have his suits tailored is that would require him to be measured and he’s too vain to allow that. He’s a narcissist and therefore believes that he looks good in anything. Tailors are for losers who need their clothes tweaked to help them look right. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/65 "2019-05-27T22:16:37Z")
It’s entirely possible that a jokester on his staff told him that Obama preferred a slim fitting pair of pants, and that Obama HATED baggy trousers. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/66 "2019-05-27T22:42:12Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > LMFAO. They have a suit for $133 and a TIE for $249. Yes, a SUIT for $133, and a TIE for $249. Well, be fair, there is a lot more material in a DT tie, than there is in a suit. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/67 "2019-05-27T23:01:02Z")
I remember I once bought a pair of super long pair of pants without trying them on. I looked like Trump did in that picture. Rather than looking like a buffoon, I got some tape and hemmed those bad boys. Then I walked into my job interview. Does the president not have any duck tape? No safety pins? No stapler? Aren’t the bottom of his pants going to get all raggedy? ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/68 "2019-05-27T23:14:35Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I’m surprised it’s not orange. many are hoping for that to happen soon ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/69 "2019-05-27T23:16:21Z")
Trump’s pants bear a striking resemblance to his buddy Kim Jong Un’s. Here are a few pics of Kim’s stovepipe pants: [![](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/26/1411725921979_Image_galleryImage_North_Korean_leader_Kim_J.JPG) ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/26/1411725921979_Image_galleryImage_North_Korean_leader_Kim_J.JPG) [![](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article11213960.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/North-Korean-leader-Kim-Jong-Un-poses-for-photo-during-a-visit-to-a-fruit-orchard-in-Kwail-county-S.jpg) ](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article11213960.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/North-Korean-leader-Kim-Jong-Un-poses-for-photo-during-a-visit-to-a-fruit-orchard-in-Kwail-county-S.jpg) [https://hips.hearstapps.com/esquireuk.cdnds.net/17/39/480x383/gallery-1506342682-ttt.jpg?resize=320:](https://hips.hearstapps.com/esquireuk.cdnds.net/17/39/480x383/gallery-1506342682-ttt.jpg?resize=320:)\* NPR reporter Elise Hu tweeted about the comparison last month: [https://twitter.com/elisewho/status/988295008087261185?s=19](https://twitter.com/elisewho/status/988295008087261185?s=19) Vanity Fair has an article about Trump’s pants, which I haven’t read yet, but which I will try to get to after I get my casserole out of the oven. [What Is Going on with Trump’s Pant Legs? One Humble Theory | Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2018/04/donald-trump-wide-leg-pants-growing/amp?__twitter_impression=true) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/70 "2019-05-27T23:39:21Z")
“By George, a handsome man look good in ANYTHIN.” — Albert the Alligator, the **Pogo** comic strip, circa 1951 ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2019, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/71 "2019-05-27T23:46:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Is that really counterfeit Brioni clothing? Because the suit is quite openly being sold as the real thing, and $2,000 is within striking distance of the genuine goods. Actually, that’s more than very good suits from brands like Hickey Freeman cost at full price from a reputable department or mens store. I may have rushed to judgement. But I’m always suspicious of any high priced brand being sold at a deep discount on Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/72 "2019-05-28T00:08:45Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > It’s probably the cheap shit he sells on [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/stores/DonaldTrump/node/5371022011?productGridPageIndex=3). > > Yep, Trump has an Amazon storefront. That’s because he can’t afford the rent on a brick-and-mortar store, especially since no one would shop there. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/73 "2019-05-28T00:42:29Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > I may have rushed to judgement. But I’m always suspicious of any high priced brand being sold at a deep discount on Amazon. According to my daughter in and out of the rag trade\*, brands have two lines, a quality one and a shitty one to fill the racks at outlet stores because no manufacturer produces that many seconds or overstocks and survives long. She laughs because her store uses the same cloth, often the same patterns, as those quality brands while selling at close to outlet prices. - - A trade that has apparently served one side of my family well all the way back to the shtetl, with a one or two generation interruption. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/74 "2019-05-28T00:57:06Z")
> [@Defensive\_Indifference](#): > > Trump’s pants bear a striking resemblance to his buddy Kim Jong Un’s. Here are a few pics of Kim’s stovepipe pants: > > [https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/26/1411725921979\_Image\_galleryImage\_North\_Korean\_leader\_Kim\_J.JPG](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/09/26/1411725921979_Image_galleryImage_North_Korean_leader_Kim_J.JPG) > > [https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article11213960.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/North-Korean-leader-Kim-Jong-Un-poses-for-photo-during-a-visit-to-a-fruit-orchard-in-Kwail-county-S.jpg](https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article11213960.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/North-Korean-leader-Kim-Jong-Un-poses-for-photo-during-a-visit-to-a-fruit-orchard-in-Kwail-county-S.jpg) > > [https://hips.hearstapps.com/esquireuk.cdnds.net/17/39/480x383/gallery-1506342682-ttt.jpg?resize=320:](https://hips.hearstapps.com/esquireuk.cdnds.net/17/39/480x383/gallery-1506342682-ttt.jpg?resize=320:)\* They are both just huge [Talking Heads](http://factmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/StopMakingSense210514.jpg) fans. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/75 "2019-05-28T01:11:24Z")
Not to be serious in this delightful thread, but it illustrates a huge problem very well. One of my aunts (who I assume voted for him, based on other horrid things she’s said and the fact that she’s batshit crazy) got miffed at me one day when I mentioned his lack of sartorial sense. 100% serious, she said to me “What’s wrong with how he dresses? I think he always looks nice.” For the sake of family harmony, it was good that I was too flabbergasted to respond. I have rarely been so utterly dumbfounded. How could she not see the terrible hair, the orange skin with white raccoon eye patches, the knee-length taped ties, the suits that look like a kindergartner cut them out of felt and Elmer’s glued them together? How could she look at that complete mess of a physical specimen and say “Sure, that’s good.” Not “Eh, he’s too busy to bother” or “Many men don’t care about fashion,” bullshit justification, but at least some effort put in to explain it. But alas, it was just “He looks good to me.” Trump supporters are structurally incapable of seeing the bad in him, no matter how glaringly obvious it is. And they do NOT get a pass about they themselves not giving a shit about fashion if they ever mentioned Obama’s tan suit or Hillary’s pantsuits. etc. I mean, other than the fact that I’d have to look at his stupid face, I could look at his fashion fails and laugh all day. But it also bothers me on that other level, that there are just some people who are so blinded by their own failings that they can’t even acknowledge his most obvious, non-partisan ones. ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/76 "2019-05-28T13:12:00Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > How could she not see the terrible hair, the orange skin with white raccoon eye patches, the knee-length taped ties, the suits that look like a kindergartner cut them out of felt and Elmer’s glued them together? Don’t forget the mandrill-violet eye bags… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/77 "2019-05-28T14:41:45Z")
Can’t Trump That ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/78 "2019-05-28T15:07:25Z")
My favorite Twitter comment: “He pooped his trousers on the way over. There’s a tall, pants-less Secret Service agent in a limo nearby.” ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/79 "2019-05-28T15:32:50Z")
> [@monstro](#): > > I remember I once bought a pair of super long pair of pants without trying them on. I looked like Trump did in that picture. Rather than looking like a buffoon, I got some tape and hemmed those bad boys. Then I walked into my job interview. > > Does the president not have any duck tape? No safety pins? No stapler? Aren’t the bottom of his pants going to get all raggedy? We know he has scotch tape…for his tie. I’ll admit I used a scotch tape hem on occasion in my younger, lazier days, but he has no excuse. Also, as someone clinging the short side of “average height” by my fingernails, I always have to hem pants. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512/80 "2019-05-28T15:34:06Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > My favorite Twitter comment: “He pooped his trousers on the way over. There’s a tall, pants-less Secret Service agent in a limo nearby.” Nice loose pants make the diaper less obvious. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lil-donnie-forgot-his-lifts/834512.md?page=5)