Did Donald Trump seriously launch a small-scale gas attack on Putin? – We Got This Covered

Donald Trump‘s flatulence is legendary and is practically a diplomatic power move at this point. What better way to establish dominance over world leaders and political opponents than by purposefully and powerfully passing gas in a confined space and forcing your companion to breathe your tainted air?

But would he seriously try this trick on Vladimir Putin? After all, Putin is one of a handful of world leaders Trump can’t shove around, and the president is staking his foreign policy reputation on securing an end to the Ukraine war!

Well, whether by design or simply because he couldn’t hold it in, images appear to show a horrified Putin inside the presidential limousine holding his nose as his eyes water from an unexpected blast of noxious vapor:

Trump farted in the limo… there I said it. 🤢 pic.twitter.com/q82r8Dd1sQ

— Tanked Putin (@TankedPutin) August 17, 2025

So, is this image real or an AI-generated hoax? Well, the car in the image is indeed the presidential limousine, and video footage from the day shows that Putin was indeed sitting in the left-hand passenger seat in that position. However, though the artefacting suggests this is a capture of a video, I’ve been unable to find any footage of Putin holding his nose in this manner. So, at least as far as this image goes, the jury is out.

“It’s very stinky around him”

Even so, evidence that Trump is living up to his name is stacking up. During his New York criminal trial in 2024, Trump fell asleep and “farted audibly” while the judge was asking juror questions:

BREAKING: Donald Trump fell asleep at court again today, and farted audibly while the judge was answering juror questions.

— The Halfway Post (@HalfwayPost) April 16, 2024

MeidasTouch co-founder Ben Meiselas also reported that “Donald Trump is actually farting in the courtroom and that it’s very stinky around him”. In other incidents, Trump is reported to have passed gas during his lengthy rally speeches, with one observer in Detroit saying: “Trump was ranting about politics, paused to fart loudly, and then resumed his rant!!!”

Everybody farts, and it’s nothing to be ashamed of (though please avoid doing it in confined spaces), so we shouldn’t be surprised that a 79-year-old man who consumes an inordinate amount of cheeseburgers does it a lot. Even so, there’s a competing theory as to what happened.

Working on the tried-and-tested rule that “he who smelt it, dealt it”, could it be possible that this was an underhanded move by Putin to fart and then blame it on Trump? He’s a wily customer, so perhaps this is some secret KGB psychological warfare technique to unnerve opponents?

#SATIRE
“People are saying I did it — because I was ‘afraid’ of Putin. Totally false! At the Alaska Summit, we were in The Beast (my car — the greatest car in the world, everybody knows it). Putin farted — very bad, VERY BAD. Then he covered his nose so fake news media blamed ME! pic.twitter.com/kblsY8xBku

— Swapnil Karma 🇮🇳 (@swapnil_karma) August 18, 2025

Without sniffing the interior of the presidential limo, we may never know for sure. But, frankly, my limit for journalistic investigation stops some way short of intentionally smelling Trump’s farts. So, for now, this is just going to have to be an unsolved mystery.