Germaphobe-In-Chief Makes His Body Guard Carry Around Hand Sanitizer

WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 05: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media prior to his departure from the White House July 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump and the first lady will spend their wee... WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 05: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media prior to his departure from the White House July 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Trump and the first lady will spend their weekend at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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“Give me the stuff.”

That’s all President Trump has to say to inform his body guard that he’s desperate for a hit of hand sanitizer, Politico reported. 

As a self-described germaphobe, President Trump’s germ aversion has shown up in colorful ways throughout the first two years of his presidency and is expected to be on display increasingly while he campaigns for a second term.

“If you’re the perpetrator of a cough or of a sneeze or any kind of thing that makes you look sick, you get that look,” a former Trump campaign official told Politico. “You get the scowl. You get the response of — he’ll put a hand up in a gesture of, you should be backing away from him, you should be more considerate and you should extricate yourself from the situation.”

Trump regularly asks Oval Office visitors to wash their hands before entering the room, he’s asked his own military doctor to check on aides he hears coughing and has even ordered his top adviser out of the room — during a video interview with the media — for daring to cough in his presence. Aides are advised to not go near the Oval Office with a cold, according to Politico. Trump doesn’t often initiate handshakes with guests.

Read the full Politico report here. 

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  1. Well, the guy (I bet it’s a guy) is a BODY guard.

  2. Funny how Mr. Doesn’t Use Condoms with Pornstars is all germaphobic…

  3. Something is telling me no amount of hand sanitizer is going to cleanse the Purell President of his upcoming very bad very awful very terrible week.

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  4. “Give me the stuff.” That’s all President Trump has to say to inform his body guard that he’s desperate for a hit of hand sanitizer.

    I hope “body guard” was meant to be “body man” because it’s not the Secret Service’s job to keep Dump’s toiletries until they are asked for.

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