Is Donald Trump a Bald Bald-Faced Liar?

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It is well established that Donald Trump is a liar. Many journalists have documented his consistent disregard for the truth. For example, the highly regarded Politifact points out that 76 percent of Trump's statements are "mostly false," "false," or "pants-on-fire" outrageous lies.

But Politifact didn't bother to investigate Trump's comments about one of his most interesting characteristics-his hair. Last year, Today's Emily Sher compiled Trump's statements about this important topic, including this explanation, which Trump tweeted in April of 2013: "As everybody knows, but the haters and losers refuse to acknowledge, I do not wear a 'wig.' My hair may not be perfect, but it's mine."

Last August, at a campaign rally in Mobile, Alabama, Trump said: "If it rains, I'll take off my hat, and I'll prove once and for all that it's mine."

The color, cut, and combing of Trump's hair beg the question: Is the GOP's nominee-in-waiting also lying when he claims that his hair is his own?

In other words, we know that Trump is a bald faced liar. We just don't know for sure if he's a bald bald-faced liar.

This has been the subject of much journalistic investigation and speculation.

In "An Illustrated History of Donald Trump's Hair," Vanity Fair offered photos of the evolution of Trump's hairstyle over many years, but came to no conclusion about whether the mop on top was actually his.

In "The 100 Greatest Descriptions of Donald Trump's Hair Ever Written," The Washington Post's Monica Hess explored the many ways, over 30 years, that people have categorized and labeled Trump's hair (both color and style), but refused to resolve the question: real or fake?

Earlier this year, for an article headlined "Hairdressers Reveal the Secrets of Donald Trump's Hair," The New York Post's Doree Lewak talked to Louis Licari, who colored the hair of Trump's first wife, Ivana, for 20 years. Licari told Lewak: "I think it's all his hair-through transplants," adding, "I saw him several times in the office of Dr. Norman Orentreich in the early '80s," referring to the specialist who, in 1952, performed the first-ever hair transplant.

In an extensive investigation for Gawker, "Is Donald Trump's Hair a $60,000 Weave?" Ashley Feinberg reached a bolder, as well as balder, conclusion: Trump probably wears a $60,000 hair weave.

In light of Trump's obvious insecurity about his masculinity, his vanity and his narcissism, it will hardly be surprising if an independent PAC tries to get under Trump's skin (and on top of his scalp) by running an ad showing The Donald without any hair, accompanied by the headline, "BALD BALD FACED LIAR?"

Trump is likely to go ballistic.

History books might record the ensuing controversy as the Battle of the Mane.

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