Stop Body Shaming Donald Trump

Venus and Cupid Warming Themselves, by Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640)

The use of Donald Trump’s bodily characteristics to reinforce and indulge in feelings of disgust toward him is nothing new. But as he reported for booking at Fulton County Jail, social media exploded with speculation about whether his processing would finally reveal his accurate height and weight.

Would Trump still be able to present himself as taller and thinner than he really was, as he presumably had in the…