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LetMyPeopleVote

(183,990 posts)
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:06 PM 20 hrs ago

Trump 'absolutely infuriated' after 'gross' habit exposed: senior official

trump is a slob who leaves food containers and wrappers everywhere. I am glad that the White House staff is now checking the trash for silver wear

A new book from two New York Times reporters has exposed a number of President Donald Trump's secrets, though one claim in particular has the president especially enraged — about his Trump’s bathroom and bedroom habits.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-06-26T17:30:14Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2677112651/

A new book from two New York Times reporters has exposed a number of President Donald Trump’s secrets, though one claim in particular has the president especially enraged, a senior Trump official revealed Friday.

Published earlier this week, “Regime Change” was written by Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, and had already rattled the White House before its release, with officials fearful that the book’s authors had acquired audio recordings from within the White House Situation Room, arguably the most secure area of the complex where top officials discuss matters of crises and national security.

There’s something in the book that hasn’t gotten nearly the level of attention of the aforementioned scoops… and yet it’s something that, according to sources familiar with the matter, has privately and absolutely infuriated the president and helped contribute to his decision to impose an intra-administration blackout on publicly talking about the book,” Zeteo reported Friday.

The claim in question is centered around Trump’s bathroom and bedroom habits, namely his preference for having a carpeted bathroom, which reportedly has sparked fear among White House staff of mold growth.

It makes him look so f------ gross,” a senior Trump appointee told Zeteo, speaking on the condition of anonymity. “The president sees everything, and he knows about the trash and bathroom sections, and thinks it’s complete bulls--- that it got published.”

According to those familiar with the matter who spoke with Zeteo, Trump, who Zeteo’s Asawin Suebsaeng described as “perennially image-conscious and self-obsessed,” was “complaining to aides and other longtime advisers about the book’s descriptions of his bathroom and bedroom habits.”

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Trump 'absolutely infuriated' after 'gross' habit exposed: senior official (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago OP
The fact he's a slob comes as no surprise to me. greatauntoftriplets 20 hrs ago #1
Agreed. ShazzieB 18 hrs ago #31
He's not called "The Slob Father" for nothing! Initech 17 hrs ago #44
"Look what they've done to my beautiful bathroom..." Blue Owl 13 hrs ago #53
EWWWW!! Initech 13 hrs ago #55
Exactly. One clue was how he termed himself a "germophobe" and a allegorical oracle 17 hrs ago #48
How does Trump know what's in the book?... lame54 20 hrs ago #2
You provided me with a good full 30 seconds of laughter PuraVidaDreamin 19 hrs ago #17
I'm sure they got advance copies. underpants 18 hrs ago #38
AI rendering of trumps bedroom at the White House based on leaked information LetMyPeopleVote 20 hrs ago #3
That can't truly represent Trump's bedroom in the White House. Staph 20 hrs ago #6
Umm, I see 'golden arches' everywhere. FailureToCommunicate 19 hrs ago #16
And no bronzer on the pillows! TommyT139 18 hrs ago #23
I think the Coke-flavoured chips in the foreground suggest it's AI. meadowlander 18 hrs ago #29
I think it's saying it's AI Katcat 18 hrs ago #32
Gahhh! buzzycrumbhunger 20 hrs ago #11
Gotta call bullshit! (I know) BidenRocks 18 hrs ago #42
but it didn't bother him about the meeting to cover up hookaleft 20 hrs ago #4
Checking the trash for silverware? Ilsa 20 hrs ago #5
First place to check canetoad 20 hrs ago #8
I always check my garbage disposal - first place I check FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #24
Whoa! Knife or fork in the garbage disposal. Yeehaw!! paleotn 18 hrs ago #39
I call B S Wifes husband 20 hrs ago #10
Just as... homegirl 19 hrs ago #21
It means nothing to him unless it's gold Wicked Blue 18 hrs ago #27
I bet he sneak-eats McDs and KFC, among Ilsa 20 hrs ago #7
Could hardly be his MOST grotesque behavior, I'd bet... hlthe2b 20 hrs ago #9
He'd better hope that Noel Casler doesn't write a tell-all. GoCubsGo 19 hrs ago #15
Stories of his conduct at Buckingham Palace corroborate this reporting Prairie Gates 19 hrs ago #12
I seem to recall from his first term popsdenver 19 hrs ago #19
I remember that too. Posted below. underpants 18 hrs ago #37
He doesn't do his own hair. He has, like, a triple comb-over. Plus, in an interview the first allegorical oracle 16 hrs ago #49
I heard a funny thing on the radio. underpants 16 hrs ago #52
It is not his effin house malaise 19 hrs ago #13
I don't really get this. Disaffected 19 hrs ago #14
Yes there are full-time servants in the White House FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #25
That is likely it. Disaffected 18 hrs ago #34
There were stories of his yelling at staff FOR cleaning up during his first term underpants 18 hrs ago #30
Recall all his complaints about the lousy showers not giving a strong stream of allegorical oracle 16 hrs ago #50
One thing for sure popsdenver 19 hrs ago #18
There's going to be some serious refurbishing, fumigation and de-bugging when a Democratic president... Crowman2009 19 hrs ago #20
And, how long homegirl 18 hrs ago #22
With a thousand volunteers? BidenRocks 17 hrs ago #43
Jill and Joe should know. BHDem53 18 hrs ago #26
Now THAT's a renovation I would recommend and support. Totally Tunsie 17 hrs ago #46
Where are the ketchup stains that are supposed to be on the walls? Wicked Blue 18 hrs ago #28
That ketchup thing happened in the smaller White House dining room FakeNoose 18 hrs ago #36
Sigh lonely bird 18 hrs ago #33
So he does not let staff in to clean it Racygrandma 18 hrs ago #35
Look at the film of him at the Knicks game: he was gobbling down a piece of pizza with fierywoman 18 hrs ago #40
But did they get the video The Wizard 18 hrs ago #41
Trump Has Never Worked A Day In His Life MissouriDem47 17 hrs ago #45
I just figured he would be gross. Figarosmom 17 hrs ago #47
Habits enid602 16 hrs ago #51
Let him wallow in his filth Blue Owl 13 hrs ago #54
The fact that trump is unhappy makes me smile LetMyPeopleVote 57 min ago #56

greatauntoftriplets

(179,581 posts)
1. The fact he's a slob comes as no surprise to me.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:13 PM
20 hrs ago

Just look at him, his appearance reeks of slobbiness. And the gods forbid if he would actually clean up after himself!

ShazzieB

(23,081 posts)
31. Agreed.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:58 PM
18 hrs ago

I'm sure he's had people whose job it was to clean up after him throughout his entire life, starting in childhood. Being a slab and leaving the mess to be cleaned up by others is his normal.

allegorical oracle

(6,697 posts)
48. Exactly. One clue was how he termed himself a "germophobe" and a
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:29 PM
17 hrs ago

"perfectionist" in 2015. My lifetime observations find that slobs often describe themselves that way.

lame54

(40,439 posts)
2. How does Trump know what's in the book?...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:15 PM
20 hrs ago

No way he would read it
No way his staff would level with him

Staph

(6,482 posts)
6. That can't truly represent Trump's bedroom in the White House.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:21 PM
20 hrs ago

There's not enough gold in the room - on the walls, on the bed, on the other furniture!


buzzycrumbhunger

(2,395 posts)
11. Gahhh!
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:32 PM
20 hrs ago

Why is he still alive if that’s been his diet for so many years?

McDonald’s, you need to step it up! How about the triple or quadruple McPresidential burger? the gallon jug of McTrumpy Flurry? the McFelon Mega Baconator with free bucket of fries? Enough of this half-arsed cholesterol bullshit!

hookaleft

(1,400 posts)
4. but it didn't bother him about the meeting to cover up
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:16 PM
20 hrs ago

his appearances in the Epstein files. He must think those are buried and gone.

Ilsa

(64,756 posts)
5. Checking the trash for silverware?
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:20 PM
20 hrs ago

I guess it's real silver, not stainless, but why would he throw it away, unless he used it for something gross or illegal?

canetoad

(21,217 posts)
8. First place to check
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:26 PM
20 hrs ago

If you're missing a piece of cutlery - the bin. It gets thrown out accidentally.

FakeNoose

(43,048 posts)
24. I always check my garbage disposal - first place I check
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:44 PM
18 hrs ago

Yes, stuff does get thrown out (or down the drain) accidentally.

paleotn

(23,084 posts)
39. Whoa! Knife or fork in the garbage disposal. Yeehaw!!
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:21 PM
18 hrs ago

Done that once or twice. The sound is unmistakable.

Ilsa

(64,756 posts)
7. I bet he sneak-eats McDs and KFC, among
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:25 PM
20 hrs ago

other things, in the middle of the night. Only a few Secret Service dudes know about it and are required to go the drive-thru lines to get his big snacks. They bring it to his bedroom where he is still up. I bet he hides the trash until it overflows.

hlthe2b

(115,200 posts)
9. Could hardly be his MOST grotesque behavior, I'd bet...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:26 PM
20 hrs ago

Perhaps his reaction is to what wasn't reported, but he feared had been or would be...

GoCubsGo

(35,080 posts)
15. He'd better hope that Noel Casler doesn't write a tell-all.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:03 PM
19 hrs ago

Casler was the "talent wrangler" for "The Apprentice." He has been spilling the beans on Trump since his first term. Let's just say that Trump is way more disgusting than what's described in the O.P.

Prairie Gates

(8,671 posts)
12. Stories of his conduct at Buckingham Palace corroborate this reporting
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:42 PM
19 hrs ago

As does, simply, the FBI images of his bedroom and bathroom at Mar-a-Lago, both disgusting.

He's a filthy slob.

popsdenver

(2,814 posts)
19. I seem to recall from his first term
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:17 PM
19 hrs ago

that he wanted a lock on his bedroom, that only he could open from inside the bedroom......The secret Service was extremely upset about that, and said no previous president had ever done that before......

underpants

(197,828 posts)
37. I remember that too. Posted below.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:15 PM
18 hrs ago

Last edited Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:30 PM - Edit history (2)

I’d forgotten about locking the door.

He’s a slob but a particular slob. He wanted the clothes and food wrappers thrown in the ground just as they were.

I doubt he bathes very regularly. He does his own hair and makeup 👀 so a shower would mean starting all over.

allegorical oracle

(6,697 posts)
49. He doesn't do his own hair. He has, like, a triple comb-over. Plus, in an interview the first
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:35 PM
16 hrs ago

time he campaigned, he said it takes two hours to do his hair. That was back when Hope Hicks was steaming his pants...while he was wearing them.

underpants

(197,828 posts)
52. I heard a funny thing on the radio.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:32 PM
16 hrs ago

Rush Limbaugh was into one of his mental deep dives and he said “You know, he does his own hair and makeup”. There was a noticeable pause. Dead air. Even Rush realized how stupid that sounded and how ridiculous it was.

Disaffected

(6,707 posts)
14. I don't really get this.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:01 PM
19 hrs ago

Does he not have ample staff to clean up after him??

Maybe he is like a kid who won't let anyone come in his bedroom?

FakeNoose

(43,048 posts)
25. Yes there are full-time servants in the White House
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:46 PM
18 hrs ago

But maybe he has banished them from his private rooms? I wouldn't be surprised.
But it would mean he has to clean up after himself, and we all know that ain't happening.

Disaffected

(6,707 posts)
34. That is likely it.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:09 PM
18 hrs ago

He has private areas where no one is allowed. Probably a bunch of incriminating stuff in there having to do with Epstein, Poutin, secret bribe/business deals etc. etc.

underpants

(197,828 posts)
30. There were stories of his yelling at staff FOR cleaning up during his first term
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:56 PM
18 hrs ago

He left clothes and food wrappers on the floor.

He and Melania sleep in separate rooms.

Oh, I doing think he bathes regularly, certainly not daily. He gets his hair and brush out right so he leaves it.

allegorical oracle

(6,697 posts)
50. Recall all his complaints about the lousy showers not giving a strong stream of
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:38 PM
16 hrs ago

water -- and the johns that have to be flushed repeatedly.

popsdenver

(2,814 posts)
18. One thing for sure
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:15 PM
19 hrs ago

I sure wouldn't want to be the maid who has to clean up his bathroom, with all the used diapers, etc....
Nor would I want to be his plumber, given his toilet habits.....or the cleaners that have to do his pants.....

Crowman2009

(3,640 posts)
20. There's going to be some serious refurbishing, fumigation and de-bugging when a Democratic president...
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 05:24 PM
19 hrs ago

...gets in the White House. May have to operate from the Eisenhower building and Camp David for a few months.

FakeNoose

(43,048 posts)
36. That ketchup thing happened in the smaller White House dining room
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:14 PM
18 hrs ago

I think there's a less-formal dining room where the TVs are always on, and that's where he sees the news stories that get him all bent out of shape.

The formal dining room is where the state dinners take place, he never goes in there. There are no TVs in the formal dining room.

Racygrandma

(212 posts)
35. So he does not let staff in to clean it
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:14 PM
18 hrs ago

Hmmmmm, interesting. What is it he does not want them to see?

fierywoman

(8,669 posts)
40. Look at the film of him at the Knicks game: he was gobbling down a piece of pizza with
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:24 PM
18 hrs ago

paper around it, and when he'd finished the pizza, he didn't look for a place to throw the paper, he just immediately threw it on the ground.

The Wizard

(13,942 posts)
41. But did they get the video
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:25 PM
18 hrs ago

of him putting his fingers in dark places and sniffing them?
Good bye dinner.
If you haven't heard a rumor by 5:00, start one. Make them talk about it.

MissouriDem47

(456 posts)
45. Trump Has Never Worked A Day In His Life
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 06:40 PM
17 hrs ago

So, what makes you think he would have ever cleaned up after himself? The world is here to serve him, not the other way around.

Figarosmom

(14,730 posts)
47. I just figured he would be gross.
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 07:04 PM
17 hrs ago

He just has that air about him. There's no way he would so much as pick up a fry off the floor (unless he was hungry) but throw away garbage? That'll be the day.

enid602

(9,794 posts)
51. Habits
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 08:03 PM
16 hrs ago

I’m sure all of us are obsessed with Trump’s bedroom and bathroom habits. Who wouldn’t be?

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