Trump's 60 Minutes Interview Hijacked by Diaper Rumors Again
It wasn't supposed to be the story. Donald Trump sat down with CBS's Norah O'Donnell for a nationally televised 60 Minutes interview, fresh off a dramatic exit from the White House Correspondents' Dinner after gunfire broke out nearby. It was the kind of moment that should have dominated the news cycle on its own merits. Instead, the internet fixated on something else entirely a bulge visible beneath the back of the president's suit trousers.
Social Media Runs Wild
Once Madden's post started circulating, the replies came in fast. "That's what happens when you're on a McDonald's diet and have incontinence," one user shot back. Others were even less subtle, joking that the supposed diaper had "its own zip code" or could "probably stop a bullet."
Not everyone was convinced it was what the more vocal critics claimed, though. Some users offered alternative explanations. One suggested it could be "some kind of medical device maybe a battery pack." Another floated the idea that what people were seeing was actually the edge of shapewear or a girdle, with the seated position causing the fat to bunch and look more pronounced. A few went further, speculating it might be a colostomy bag.
The range of theories says as much about how Trump is perceived online as it does about any actual visual evidence.
Not a New Rumor
These kinds of accusations aren't new. The diaper narrative has followed Trump for years, largely fueled by unverified claims from Noel Casler, a former staffer who worked on Celebrity Apprentice for six seasons. Back in 2020, Casler told the MediasTouch podcast that Trump had a history of losing bowel control on set, claiming production would occasionally have to halt filming to address the situation. He said the issue dated back to at least the 1990s.
Casler's claims were never independently verified and Trump's team has consistently denied them. They remain, as they always have been, unsubstantiated.
Trump, sitting during his 60 Minutes interview shows not only how morbidly obese he has become, but that he wears a very thick adult diaper. pic.twitter.com/ka0seNQM0E
The Oval Office Incident
Earlier this year, a separate but similar rumor briefly took hold online. When video circulated of reporters being abruptly ushered out of an Oval Office meeting on January 29, some social media users claimed the sudden ending was because the president had an accident. The clip spread quickly, with people reading into every small detail.
White House spokesman Steven Cheung moved quickly to shut it down, flatly calling the story false. Trump's personal physician has also maintained throughout his presidency that the 79-year-old is in "excellent" health a characterization that critics regularly dispute given his age and well-documented fast food diet.
Where This Leaves Things
None of this has been confirmed. The bulge could be a diaper, a medical device, shapewear, or simply an ill-fitting suit the kind of thing that happens when anyone in their late 70s sits down on camera in a tailored jacket. What's clear is that Trump's appearance continues to be scrutinized in ways that go well beyond policy or politics, and that the internet is more than happy to fill in the blanks whenever something looks even slightly out of place.
Whether that scrutiny is fair is a separate debate altogether.
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