{"id":39037,"date":"2025-08-01T09:29:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39037\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T09:29:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T09:29:08","slug":"maga-nfl-star-harrison-butker-64-towers-over-63-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/39037\/","title":{"rendered":"MAGA NFL Star Harrison Butker, 6\u20194\u201d, Towers Over 6\u20193\u201d Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

In defiance of his age, Donald Trump still stands tall at 6 foot 3, according to his recent White House annual physical<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But on Thursday, standing beside 6-foot-4<\/a> NFL star Harrison Butker, the 79-year-old president didn\u2019t quite measure up. Despite their one-inch difference on paper, the Kansas City Chiefs kicker towered over the president, even factoring in distortion from camera angles.<\/p>\n

\"HarrisonPresident Donald Trump appeared noticeably shorter than Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker, even accounting for distortion from camera angles. Jim Watson\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

On Fox News\u2019 live feed, Butker\u2019s head grazed the top edge of the frame, while Trump\u2019s signature coif appeared to sit several inches below. The president was joined by Butker and other athletes\u2014including 6-foot-4<\/a> WWE icon Triple H\u2014to announce his executive order bringing back the Presidential Fitness Test<\/a> to public schools.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Vice President J.D. Vance, also in attendance, looked to match up more closely to Trump in height. Vance is 6 foot 2, according<\/a> to his communications director, William Martin.<\/p>\n

Trump has long shown a preoccupation with height, often touting the stature of his son, Barron, who appears to be between 6 foot 7 and 6 foot 9.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldVice President J.D. Vance is 6 foot 2, according to his communications director. Jim Watson\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

The medical report<\/a> released by Trump\u2019s physician in April put him at 75 inches, or 6 foot 3. Back in 2012, however, Trump listed his height at 6 foot 2 in his New York drivers license, which Politico<\/a> obtained through an open records request. <\/p>\n

It appears that during the decade that took him from reality TV to the presidency, Trump experienced a late-in-life growth spurt. By 2018, his first White House medical report put him at 6 foot 3. <\/p>\n

\"TrumpTrump often touts his “very tall son” Barron, who is reportedly between 6 foot 7 and 6 foot 9. Jim Watson\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Trump did not acknowledge the height discrepancy as he introduced Butker, 30, with a glowing endorsement at Thursday\u2019s executive order signing ceremony, calling him a \u201chandsome guy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s usually not my thing but he is a good-looking sucker,\u201d he said, looking up at Butker, who smiled shyly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Trump described Butker, who clinched the Super Bowl LVII title for the Chiefs with a game-winning field goal, as \u201cone of the most accurate kickers in NFL history\u2014a young guy still. He can kick it long, I think he\u2019s\u2014I guess he\u2019s considered the best there is in the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

Butker endorsed Trump during a Josh Hawley for Senate event back in October, saying<\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m supporting the president that\u2019s going to be the most pro-life president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"DonaldDonald Trump holds the arm of Triple H, while delivering remarks at the White House. Kent Nishimura\/Reuters <\/p>\n

The White House event also featured golfer Bryson DeChambeau and former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor<\/a>, among others. In addition to reintroducing the fitness test, Trump\u2019s executive order will also expand the President\u2019s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. <\/p>\n

During Thursday\u2019s event, Butker said he was \u201cobviously very excited to be here\u201d and thanked Trump for \u201callowing me to serve on the council.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast has reached out to the White House for confirmation on Trump\u2019s height. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In defiance of his age, Donald Trump still stands tall at 6 foot 3, according to his recent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[28331,49,48,17292,1377,407,24558,3311,1727,514,82],"class_list":["post-39037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-barron-trump","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-doctor","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-fitness","tag-fox-news","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-chiefs","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}