Ex-Trump Aide Reveals What President Really Looks Like Without His Signature Orange Makeup

What does Donald Trump look like without makeup? A short-lived aide from his first term says that, in a way that isn’t flattering to the president.

The aide is Anthony Scaramucci, known as “The Mooch,” who was the White House communications director for 11 days in 2017.

“Having observed Trump at close range, Scaramucci is uniquely positioned to reveal what the president is genuinely like in private settings. And criticism from Scaramucci’s mother, a make-up artist, regarding the president’s makeup routine sparked an extraordinary revelation about his grooming habits,” The Mirror reported.

“I’ve seen Donald Trump without make-up. He looks like Spam,” Scaramucci said. He stated that his mother hates Trump’s makeup.

“It’s like an orange bronzer he buys from a supply shop in the Bronx. He looks like an open can of Spam without make-up,” Scaramucci said in an interview this week.

Anthony Scaramucci, Trump’s former friend, revealed that Trump uses makeup to obscure a very unhealthy-looking skin tone. Scaramucci said, “He looks like an open can of Spam without makeup.” https://t.co/DHenRES5Re

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“He puts it on in the morning. Sometimes he reapplies it at night. It’s a tanner. He thinks it looks fantastic, by the way.”

Scaramucci also said that he doesn’t know anyone who actually likes the president.

“I have yet to find a person that really likes Trump. Including all of his family members. Nobody likes him,” Scaramucci said in the interview.

“My wife hates Trump almost as much as Melania. And if she was here, she would say more than Melania,” he added.

I bet Natalie Harp is the one who does Trump’s hand makeup. It’s probably her own foundation/concealer, which is why it NEVER matches the orange. pic.twitter.com/MPSdOn66yt

— Allie Cat (@CatAandCatB) August 21, 2026

Last year, a pair of makeup experts told Buzzfeed what they think Trump’s makeup routine is, and shared some tips about how to avoid looking like him.

Trump has also been known to put makeup on his swollen hands, something that’s been obvious to observers both at the FIFA World Cup and at a NATO summit in Turkey this summer.

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