As a natural bully with dated social mores who doesn’t read and is concerned with looking tough, it makes sense that Trump doesn't want to wear, or be seen wearing, reading glasses
Photo: AFP Contributor/AFP via Getty Images Trump’s obsession with the image of his presidency has become a cornerstone of his presidency, whether it’s his need to hire stern-looking staffers from “central casting”; firing pollsters for making him look bad; or refusing to be seen outside of a suit.
As a natural bully with dated social mores who doesn’t read and is concerned with looking tough, there’s an intuitive level of sense to Trump’s desire not to wear, or be seen wearing, reading glasses. As someone who has made fun of people for wearing glasses — and said in 2014 that he was “too vain” — to wear them, it’s quite possible that he does not consider them appropriate for the image of his presidency.
Though this is the first report on Trump’s vision as president, there has been speculation about his corrective needs before. Trump has read teleprompters incorrectly despite boosting the font size from the text of previous administrations, squints a whole lot, and is reportedly afraid of stairs. As with many of the president’s image-based decisions, there’s a victim for his reported policy of not wearing glasses in public: White House social-media director Dan Scavino. After Trump arrives in the West Wing at the very reasonable hour of 10 a.m., Scavino takes over the Twitter feed, printing out tweet drafts in extra-large fonts to show his boss.
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