'The Ultimate Stench': Trump Mocked After Expert Reveals Campaign Suit Is Built to Minimise Odour

Donald Trump faced online mockery after a menswear expert suggested that a suit he wore on the campaign trail belonged to a budget line specifically advertised as helping to 'minimize body odor,' Raw Story reported.

The criticism followed writer Derek Guy's earlier examination of the former president's wardrobe that week, when he highlighted the overseas manufacture of Jos. A. Bank suits. His latest post shifted attention to the retailer's description of its clothing, prompting responses to the advertised odour-reducing feature.

Critics Pounce on Suit's 'Ultimate Stench' Tagline

Conservative lawyer George Conway, a frequent critic of Trump, echoed the company's language about stretch in a jibe directed at the former president.

'The "ultimate stretch" suit to combat the ultimate stench,' Conway wrote.

Another user responded to Guy's post by questioning why such a feature would be necessary, writing, 'Can he not just wear deodorant?'

'it Depends,' Guy replied.

Those comments were responses to Guy's assessment of the clothing. The product description did not establish anything about Trump's personal hygiene, and the account did not explain his reasons for selecting the suit.

Guy also noted that the discovery had brought to mind a forthcoming book on 'the politics of smell'. His comments moved beyond identifying a clothing label to considering the meaning attached to the garment's advertised purpose.

'What does it mean to wear a suit to reduce body odor?' he wrote. 'Much to think about.'

Suit Labels Link Trump to Jos. A. Bank Traveller Line

Guy, who posts as @dieworkwear, examined photographs of Trump holding his jacket open on stage. He circled the labels in those pictures and placed them beside a product photograph of a suit from discount retailer Jos. A. Bank.

The comparison linked the clothing visible in the photographs to a specific line sold by the company. Guy presented his identification as an apparent match, leaving some uncertainty about the precise garment.

'Trump's suit appears to be part of Jos. A. Bank's Traveler line,' Guy wrote.

'The suit is listed as having been made abroad using a wool-polyester-spandex blend. The company describes it as having the "ultimate stretch" and was designed to minimize body odor.'

The listing, as quoted by Guy, brought together the material blend, the overseas manufacture and the claimed benefits of the clothing. It was the reference to minimising odour that became the focus of the replies reproduced in the report.

The post had attracted nearly 400,000 views by the time of Raw Story's report. That audience figure accompanied an account of individual reactions, without establishing how widely Conway's remark or the other commenter's view was shared.

Earlier Scrutiny Over Trump's 'Cheap Import' Choice

In his earlier assessment, Guy had highlighted that Jos. A. Bank suits were manufactured overseas, 'typically in countries like China and Bangladesh.'

That comment described where such garments were generally produced. It did not identify the country in which Trump's particular suit was manufactured, although the listing Guy quoted described the product as manufactured abroad.

'I wonder why Trump chose the cheap import over the US-made suit,' Guy wrote at the time.

The description of the import as cheap was Guy's assessment. The report did not provide a price for the particular garment or a cost comparison with the US-made alternative.

The comparison concerned alternatives available from the same retailer. Alongside its imported clothing, Jos. A. Bank also sells a US-made line under the Joseph Abboud label.