Donald Trump 'definitely doesn't wear' a bathrobe, says Sean Spicer ... but Twitter disagrees
The White House has gone on the offensive after a New York Times report painted a picture of a chaotic first couple of weeks for Donald Trump's presidency.
But while the article describes the "bungled rollout" of the executive order on immigration and "a flurry of ... embarrassments", it was the assertion that Mr Trump wears a bathrobe that seemed to particularly irk the administration.
The failing @nytimes was forced to apologize to its subscribers for the poor reporting it did on my election win. Now they are worse!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 7, 2017
Calling it the "epitome of fake news", Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said: "I don’t think the president owns a bathrobe. He definitely doesn’t wear one."
Twitter users begged to differ.
The assertion prompted a flurry of pictures showing the president lounging around in white bathrobes.
Sean Spicer: "I don't think the president owns a bathrobe." (via @justinsink
Let's see, Google "Trump" "bathrobe" ... OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/bnb0odcTXD— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) February 6, 2017
Donald Trump would never wear a bathrobe. pic.twitter.com/uGo1unhwE6
— John Aravosis (@aravosis) February 7, 2017
Speaking of Donald Trump and bathrobes, Mike Rowe once auctioned an autographed Trump bathrobe https://t.co/gxBktjoCYdpic.twitter.com/V7vB6mQ6xT
— Hunter Schwarz (@hunterschwarz) February 6, 2017
The images were not an entirely welcome sight for some users.
America's reaction upon hearing Sean Spicer felt the need to say Trump doesn't own a bathrobe… pic.twitter.com/aTOnNT2Q9O
— kate hannon (@CoastalKate) February 6, 2017
OMG NO MORE PHOTOS OF TRUMP IN A BATHROBE!
— Katie Jacobs Stanton (@KatieS) February 6, 2017
Me: "Time to log onto the ol' Twitter!"
*HUNDREDS OF PHOTOS OF TRUMP IN A BATHROBE*
Me: pic.twitter.com/mTGg5OfUbl— Jenna Mullins (@JBomb11) February 6, 2017
Some people, meanwhile, wondered how exactly Mr Spicer could confirm this.
The idea that Spicer can definitively confirm that Trump never puts on a bathrobe after getting out of the shower is a tad creepy #bathrobe
— �� (@jaytay777) February 7, 2017
T: Another thing.
Spicer: Yeah?
T: Tell 'em I don't even own a bathrobe.
Spicer: (looks at Trump, who's wearing a bathrobe)
T: You heard me.— Brian Ted Jones (@briantedjones) February 6, 2017
I pray I go the rest of my life not knowing how Sean Spicer became aware of Trump not owning a bathrobe
— Fiddler (@cFidd) February 6, 2017
And others noted that, as the owner of a luxury hotel chain, Mr Trump "definitely has a bathrobe".
.@seanspicer Trump has hotels. Each room has a bathrobe. There's probably a warehouse full of bathrobes. He definitely has a bathrobe.
— John Levenstein (@johnlevenstein) February 6, 2017
"Uh, yeah, I don't think hotel owner Mr Trump owns a bathrobe, or a tiny thing of shampoo, or a mini tube of Pringles, or a shower cap..."
— Paul Bradley Carr (@paulbradleycarr) February 6, 2017
Twitter users also suggested Mr Trump shouldn't be so defensive about wearing a bathrobe, showing pictures of his predecessors wearing such a garment.
@WestWingReport Also weird to see Spicer & #Trump getting all defensive about a #bathrobe when their hero wasn't shy about it. #BathrobeGatepic.twitter.com/2WN76Ad1pU
— Avi Bueno (@JasperAvi) February 6, 2017
LBJ in bathrobe, with advisors on Air Force One, 1966: #LBJLpic.twitter.com/KXsDGtRjrI
— Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) February 6, 2017
Nick Merrill, Hillary Clinton's press secretary, was more concerned more important matters weren't being looked at while he was lounging around in his bathrobe.
It would be much better for all of us if you got out of your bathrobe and made sure there wasn't something going on in the Sit Room. https://t.co/gNleVFjswu
— Nick Merrill (@NickMerrill) February 7, 2017
