The president’s done his part; now it’s Donald Trump’s turn to show us some proof—of the authenticity of his hair. “Balders,” Vanity Fair explains in a challenge to the real estate mogul, are “a small but increasingly vocal group of conspiracy theorists” who’ve “hijacked the news cycle,” and it’s time to put the matter of Trump’s scalp to rest.
Is it natural, or a hairpiece? Or perhaps a transplant?Already, a number of theories have reared their head, writes Juli Weiner. The most radical balders believe it to be “a deliberately deceptive hairpiece that only resembles a bad comb-over,” or possibly “several smaller hairpieces stitched together.” Sure, Trump has called it “actually my hair,” but that doesn’t rule out a transplant."Vanity Fair" goes on to mock the birther movement with its own "balder" movement, or those who doubt that Trump's hair is genuine."In the event that significant members of the Balder community question the validity of the [barber's] notarized certificate, we insist that Trump submit to air, wind, and Dutch rub tests to be administered by an independent board-certified hair-care expert that will debunk, once and for all, these corrosive conspiracy theories.
Trump made headlines this week for reviving the argument of "birthers" who question whether President Obama was born in the United States.
