--- title: Donald Trump Driving License Says He's Shorter Than Thought description: His drivers' license says he is 6'2" canonical: https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/ author: Charlotte Alter article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-23T16:06:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:54:49.014Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Driving License Says He's Shorter Than Thought og:description: His drivers' license says he is 6'2" og:url: https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb1fe6c18df50091/6988b3ee0b72e3c3cf6ec21c/gettyimages-630158978.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: US-POLITICS-TRUMP og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Driving License Says He's Shorter Than Thought twitter:description: His drivers' license says he is 6'2" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb1fe6c18df50091/6988b3ee0b72e3c3cf6ec21c/gettyimages-630158978.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump May Not Be As Tall As He Says He Is ## Video: TIME 2016 Person of the Year: Donald Trump [Watch (HLS stream): TIME 2016 Person of the Year: Donald Trump](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Q0tBuF3M.m3u8) (4:12)  _Published 2016-12-07. The 2016 Person of the Year is Donald Trump, the President of the divided states of America._  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Dec 23, 2016 4:06 PM UTC  US President-elect Donald Trump waves to supporters in Mobile, Alabama, during a 'Thank You Tour 2016' rally on December 17, 2016\. (JIM WATSON--AFP/Getty Images) US President-elect Donald Trump waves to supporters in Mobile, Alabama, during a 'Thank You Tour 2016' rally on December 17, 2016\. (JIM WATSON--AFP/Getty Images)JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Senior Correspondent Dec 23, 2016 4:06 PM UTC Donald Trump and Donald Trump’s[ doctor say he’s 6’3″,](https://www.washingtonpost.com/apps/g/page/politics/letter-from-donald-trumps-doctor-on-his-latest-physical-exam/2091/?tid=a%5Finl) but his drivers license apparently says otherwise. A copy of the president-elect’s driver’s license, newly obtained by _Politico_, suggests that Trump is only 6’2″ — and not 6’3″, as he likes to say. He has previously spoken of his [annoyance](https://books.google.com/books?id=i6kDDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT11&dq=%22trump%22+%226-foot-3%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiFppXB%5FpHPAhVIHh4KHUI8CHUQ6AEIITAB#v=onepage&q=%22trump%22%20%226-foot-3%22&f=false) that so many media outlets misreport his stature. [Slate ](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the%5Fslatest/2016/12/20/dual%5Freports%5Fsay%5Fclinton%5Fwas%5Fhunting%5Ffor%5Fapprentice%5Ftapes.html)speculates that Trump may want to add an inch to his height to avoid being classified as clinically obese. Trump weighs 236 lbs, and if he’s 6’3″, that puts his BMI at 29.5– overweight, but not obese. But if he’s actually 6’2″, which it appears he is, then that means his BMI is 30.3, which means he’s officially obese. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/"},"headline":"Donald Trump May Not Be As Tall As He Says He Is","datePublished":"2016-12-23T16:06:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:54:49.014Z","description":"His driver's license cuts an inch from his previously acknowledged height","url":"https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Obesity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb1fe6c18df50091/6988b3ee0b72e3c3cf6ec21c/gettyimages-630158978.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcb1fe6c18df50091/6988b3ee0b72e3c3cf6ec21c/gettyimages-630158978.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP","caption":"US-POLITICS-TRUMP","creditText":"JIM WATSON—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/","name":"Donald Trump May Not Be As Tall As He Says He Is"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME 2016 Person of the Year: Donald Trump","description":"The 2016 Person of the Year is Donald Trump, the President of the divided states of America.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Q0tBuF3M/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-12-07T12:09:51.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Q0tBuF3M.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/","duration":"PT4M12S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4617469/donald-trump-driver-license-height/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```