Trump's recent physical lists him as 6' 3'' despite being half a head shorter than Musk and a head shorter than Vance in this article's photo.
Donald Trump's annual health report lists the 78-year-old as 6ft 3", indicating he may have grown an inch since 2016 as images of him alongside JD Vance, Elon Musk and Prince William spark doubts
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Trump has demonstrated that he tends to lie about even the most trivial things, so this could be just another example. However, Musk and Vance seem to be a little closer forward to the camera in the picture than Trump, which can distort the comparison a little, making Trump seem slightly shorter, but in most photos that show them side-by-side or shaking hands, etc., Musk appears to be obviously taller than Trump and so does Vance. They aren't far enough from each other in that particular picture for it to be distorted all that much, so Trump is clearly shorter than both Musk and Vance. Google-fu says that Musk and Vance are both 6'2" and it's unlikely that either of them are
under-reporting their height, so it's likely that they are both no taller than 6'2", and they might even possibly be little bit shorter, given that, as the article references, people tend to shrink in height a little as they age, starting around 40 years old, losing eventually a couple inches in height. Interestingly, Google also lists Trump's height as 6'2".
In my anecdotal experience, guys tend to report their height for life as whatever their tallest height was, without ever making any account for their lost height over time. My Dad always reported his height as 6'3" until he passed away, and he surely was, at one point in his life, but he was certainly not that height in his old age, because I was significantly taller than him by the time I finished High School and I never reached 6'3". I had a funny conversation with my friend/neighbor's Mom many years back, where she refused to believe that I was taller than my Dad, despite the fact that I clearly was. She remarked to me at the time "Well he must have shrunk, then, cause I know he used to be taller than you." I responded that of course he was taller,
when her son and I were little kids, but she shook her head and adamantly replied that "No, he was taller
than you are right now." Up until that point, it had never even crossed my mind that an otherwise healthy person could
shrink in height, (besides due to some kind of physical illness, disability etc).
Since Trump Vance and Musk are all over 40, but Vance is only 40 and Musk is 53, while Trump is 78, it could be that Trump was 6'3" at one point, and continues to claim to be 6'3", but has shrunk down a couple inches to 6'1" or even 6'0", while Vance and Musk remain at 6'2" because they haven't started shrinking yet. That could also explain why Trump is claiming to be taller than two men who are clearly, demonstrably taller than he is.
