Uhh.... Erdogan is 6ft according to Business Insider

[shelshaw]

https://www.businessinsider.com/world-leaders-ranked-height-tallest-shortest-2019-8#the-uss-joe-biden-6-feet-182-cm-10

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan shakes hands with Donald Trump during a meeting at Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, on July 7, 2026, on the sidelines of the NATO Summit.

[MustLoveBeagles]

1. About the same height but not quite

dump is slightly shorter.

[2naSalit]

2. Neither one of them...

Look like this wasn't staged. Look at their faces!

[Jose Garcia]

3. Trump may very well have been 6' 2" when he was younger

Most people I know who are over 80 are a few inches shorter than they used to be.

[Johnny2X2X]

6. He wears lifts still

I doubt he was ever 6 feet, probably 5-11 and change at his tallest, probably 5-10 or less now.

[maxsolomon]

7. Trump may be a fucking liar who wears lifts.

But yes, he has to have shrunk carrying around an extra 50 lbs of lard for 60 years.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. A Few Inches?

Seems like a lot.
My wife is 1" shorter than when she was younger; I'm only 3/16ths of an inch shorter.
We're still 10 years short of 80, but a "few inches" seems like a lot.
I get the compression of discs in the spine, but a few inches is a LOT of compression.

[ananda]

11. I lost a half inch this past year.

But my feet are at least an inch longer.

Go figure.

[ProfessorGAC]

12. Wow!

I've honestly never heard of a change that big!
I'm quite surprised & never would have guessed.

[canetoad]

14. Last time I was measured

At the doctor's, I'd lost 2 cm from a lifetime height of 167cm.

[ProfessorGAC]

18. About 1.3%

I'm less than that (only about 0.3%) but your number isn't surprising.
Other here are reporting 3 or 4%.
I didn't realize we could shrink that much.

[ananda]

16. Me either.

When I got walking shoes the other day,
I had to get a men's 11, and they fit
perfectly and look good too.

New Balance... good shoes.

[sammythecat]

15. I've lost a good 4 inches over the years n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Wow!

I never expected to hear that.
I was 5'9" tall when I was 19. (I stopped growing pretty late.)
At my physical last January I was 5'8&13/16ths of an inch.
So for me, its only been 0.1875" in 51 years.
That's why I'm so surprised.

[mopinko]

10. he's been lying about it for a long time.

and a few inches is a lot.

[City Lights]

4. When Pedo claims to be 6'3", it's actually his circumference. nt

[PCIntern]

5. His butt looks like a medicine ball

You young’uns can look that up

[City Lights]

13. Absolutely true!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Trump lies about his height and weight

trump is NOR 6 foot 3 inches and weighs far more than 215 lbs