Donald Trump's height claims came under renewed scrutiny in Washington this week after a photo of him beside Senate Majority Leader John Thune prompted fresh mockery from critics who said the president looks shorter than the White House says he is.
The row, which flared on the back of a Capitol Hill appearance on Wednesday, June 24, has reopened an oddly persistent Trump story, one that mixes vanity, image management and a very public obsession with looking larger than life.
