Back when Trump was arrested in April 2023 in New York, his records had him showing at 6’2″, 240 pounds. Then, when he was arrested again 3 months later in Georgia, his inmate record had him at 6’3″, 215 pounds.

That would already be some feat — for a man of his age and eating habits to both lose 25 pounds and grow a full inch.

The fact is, we knew all along he was greasing palms to get his doctors to say what he wanted them to say. Maybe he just forgot he’d said 6’2″ before and added another inch to be even more impressive.

And then the picture surfaced.

At the funeral for Melania’s mother, Amalija Knavs, the entire clan was gathered, including everyone but Ivanka’s children. But more specifically, another shot from that day showed just Donald and Melania, her father, and their son Barron, the only ones connected by blood (obviously Trump through his son’s, not his own).

Unfortunately for Donald, Barron’s exact height — 6’7″ — is a matter of public record. And with them standing directly adjacent to one another, it was a relatively easy bit of math for reporter Jules Suzdaltsev to convert that height to pixels, then compare how many pixels tall Barron is to how many vertical pixels Donald takes up.

Suzdaltsev posted to social media with his findings:

“Donald Trump is *exactly* 5’11. This pic of Barron & Trump makes it trivially easy to compare their heights. Trump is 458 pixels tall, Barron is 508 pixels tall (you can check). “If Trump were 6’3, Barron would be a hair short of 7ft tall. But Barron is exactly 6’7…”

Donald Trump is *exactly* 5'11.

This pic of Barron & Trump makes it trivially easy to compare their heights.

Trump is 458 pixels tall, Barron is 508 pixels tall (you can check).

If Trump were 6'3, Barron would be a hair short of 7ft tall.

But Barron is exactly 6'7… pic.twitter.com/rT8IasOz9B

— Jules Suzdaltsev (@jules_su) January 19, 2024

One commenter wondered, “Trump is leaning forward in this picture, as he is wont to do. If he were standing straight up, could he jump from 5’11” to 6’3″?”

As ironic as it might sound to you or me, this is just the type of thing that could push Trump over the edge during this, the most stressful time in his entire life. Imagine: You’re facing 91 felony counts spread across 4 indictments, you’ve already been ruled against in one of them, and you’ve been ruled against in an entirely unrelated civil case that found you liable for sexual assault and defamation.

Suddenly, a thing that you thought was a casual enough lie that people would just accept whatever you said about it gets turned on its ear. And it’s a point of pride. And it’s Donald Trump.

I can practically see the vein sticking out in his forehead right now.