トランプ氏、体重ごまかし疑惑　米

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】２０２０年米大統領選の敗北を覆そうとしたとして起訴され、ジョージア州の拘置所に出頭したドナルド・トランプ前大統領について、当局は体重９７．５キロと発表したが、その信ぴょう性をめぐり議論が起きている。（写真は米国のドナルド・トランプ前大統領のマグショット。米ジョージア州フルトン郡保安官事務所提供）
　トランプ氏は２４日、ジョージア州フルトン郡の拘置所で「マグショット」（逮捕時などの顔写真）を撮影され、被収容者番号「ＰＯ１１３５８０９」が割り当てられた。同氏が提供を認められたデータによると、身長は６フィート３インチ（約１９０．５センチ）、体重２１５ポンド（約９７．５キロ）、髪の色は「ブロンドまたはイチゴ色」とされていた。
　トランプ氏は４月に起訴された際は、ニューヨークの警察に対し、身長６フィート２インチ（約１８９センチ）、体重２４０ポンド（約１０９キロ）と伝えたと報じられている。５か月で１１キロ減量したことになる。
　ソーシャルメディアには、トランプ氏とスポーツ選手を比較する画像が相次いで投稿された。ＭＳＮＢＣもこれに続き、トランプ氏とスポーツ界のレジェンドの全盛期の全身写真を同サイズで並べた画像を放送した。
　米ナショナル・フットボール・リーグ（ＮＦＬ）のスター選手だったトム・ブレイディ氏（約１９５センチ、約１０２キロ）や伝説のボクサー、モハメド・アリ氏（約１９２センチ、約９７キロ）に比べ、トランプ氏は明らかに太鼓腹だ。
　トランプ氏は、自身は健康だと大げさに表現することが多いが、ここ何年も情報が矛盾しており、実際の健康状態は不透明なままだ。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/08/28-16:25）

Does Donald Trump truly weigh 215 pounds, as stated by authorities after his arrest on racketeering and conspiracy charges in Georgia? Many Americans are not buying it.
Trump, who posed for a mug shot during the booking process in Atlanta on Thursday, was reportedly allowed to provide his own statistics to the Fulton County Jail.
It listed the height of inmate number PO1135809 as six foot three inches (1.9 meters), his weight as 215 pounds (97 kilograms) and his hair color as either Blond or Strawberry.
The response was skeptical.
If Donald Trump is 215 lbs, like he said on his booking sheet, I dated Halle Berry, liberal commentator and former South Carolina lawmaker Bakari Sellers quipped on CNN.
Trump reportedly told police in New York when he was arrested there in April that he was 6'2 and weighed 240 lbs -- meaning the 77-year-old apparently lost 25 lbs, and grew one inch, in five months.
MSNBC -- following the lead of many, many social media users -- broadcast a striking gallery of full-length portraits of Trump and sports legends in their prime with similar measurements.
It showed the former president with a distinct paunch compared to American football players Tom Brady (6'4, 225 lbs) and Lamar Jackson (6'2, 215 lbs), or boxer Mohamed Ali (6'3, 214 lbs).
Trump, an avid golfer, has often used hyperbole to describe his physical well-being, mental acuity and genes -- but contradictory and incomplete information over the years has ensured his actual health status remains cloudy.
In 2015, his campaign released a letter claiming Trump's lab results were astonishingly excellent and he would be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. His physician later said Trump dictated the letter.
White House doctors, in relatively vague annual reports, always certified he was in good shape -- though technically obese, with the publicly disclosed check-up in 2020 claiming he was 6'3 and weighed 244 lbs.
Trump's rival, President Joe Biden, stands at 6 feet tall and weighs 178 lbs, according to his February 2023 medical checkup.