It’s bad enough that an old photo of Donald Trump in bed wearing a white bathrobe was resurrected during the presidential campaign, but the image must have left an impression on The New York Times.
At night, Trump moves through the residence in a bathrobe, with Keith Schiller as only aide who occasionally pops up https://t.co/4sFV11e2Jo
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) February 6, 2017
Conjuring up images of Genovese family mob boss Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, who feigned insanity to throw off the feds by wandering around in a bathrobe, The Times writes in a piece on the new administration:
“When Mr. Trump is not watching television in his bathrobe or on his phone reaching out to old campaign hands and advisers, he will sometimes set off to explore the unfamiliar surroundings of his new home.”
White House press secretary Sean Spicer disputed the claim, insisting The Times article “was so riddled with inaccuracies and lies that they owe the president an apology.”
“I don’t think the president owns a bathrobe; he definitely doesn’t wear one,” Spicer said Monday. “From top to bottom they made up stories that just don’t exist. And I think that’s unfortunate.”
Spicer says the NYT "made up stories" about Trump: "I don't think the president owns a bathrobe" https://t.co/d8NVy2o81I pic.twitter.com/iWGS4NRJKS
— The Hill (@thehill) February 7, 2017
Either way, the idea of Trump in a bathrobe suddenly became all the rage on social media, both for the lack of desire to envision such a thing and for the “fake news” the story represents.
Here’s a sampling of responses from Twitter:
Cue the bathrobe photos. https://t.co/q9Wg1PSJu4
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT @nytimes why?!?! why did you that to us?!?
— Amanda (@amandawilson123) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT @nytimes Great. Now I’ve got THAT image burned in my consciousness.
— Nancy Goldstein (@nancygoldstein) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT @nytimes and Biden walked around naval observatory naked
— Steven (@ArlingtonSteve) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT @nytimes … and you just wrote Baldwin’s SNL sketch
— Drew Biondo (@drewbiondo) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT Trump after dark.
— Manhattanmania (@Renois) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT for the love of God, what is up with all this #FakeNews.
— Policy Lord (@PolicyLord) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT @nytimes Seriously, this is all you got..I believe he is able to wear whatever he wants to b4 bedtime..how would you know anyways
— Sassy (@bbnfan89) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT @nytimes You so-called journalists are really scraping the barrel.
— NOYB (@ddindy04) February 6, 2017
@maggieNYT Glad to see you are back to work after Obama’s Tenure. Eight Year Vacation! Awesome, You Go Girl for that Pulitzer!
— M’Kay? (@ImSpellWoken) February 7, 2017
@thehill pic.twitter.com/5me3SPFNXL
— ElElegante101 (@skolanach) February 7, 2017
@thehill I’m haunted now by the image of Trump tweeting in his bathrobe. Thanks for that.
— Jeff Likes (@JasperJ77) February 7, 2017
@thehill NO ROBE??? pic.twitter.com/w4SiP9WvSC
— AMERICA (@BetterThanChump) February 7, 2017
@thehill who cares what Trump wears, I’m more concerned by his actions & evidence shows he does watch a lot of TV, just read his tweets!
— Vicky Mayne (@VickyMayne4) February 7, 2017
@thehill FAKE NEWS
— Restoration (@Restoration) February 7, 2017
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