--- title: Donald Trump Comments on His Bald Spot at CPAC description: President Donald Trump indulged in a bit of self-admiration as he took the podium at the Conservative Political Action Conference. canonical: https://time.com/5172530/donald-trump-cpac-bald-spot/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-23T15:42:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:03.593Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Opens CPAC Speech by Admiring Himself on TV og:description: "I try like hell to hide that bald spot, folks" og:url: https://time.com/5172530/donald-trump-cpac-bald-spot/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf976afad5c8fc390/698928b34ee262879a310fea/donald-trump-cpac-bald-spot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: Donald Trump at CPAC og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Opens CPAC Speech by Admiring Himself on TV twitter:description: "I try like hell to hide that bald spot, folks" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf976afad5c8fc390/698928b34ee262879a310fea/donald-trump-cpac-bald-spot.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'I Try Like Hell to Hide the Bald Spot.' 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Looking at a reflection of himself on the television, the president remarked, “what a nice picture that is, look at that, I’d love to watch that guy speak,” as the audience began cheering. He then turned around and fixed his famous hair. “I try like hell to hide that bald spot, folks, I work hard at it,” he said. “We’re hanging in there folks — together we are hanging in.” He then turned to discussing his accomplishments on the judicial circuit, noting the [number of judges](http://time.com/5139118/inside-trumps-plan-to-dramatically-reshape-us-courts/?xid=homepage&pcd=hp-magmod) that have been confirmed to the bench during his tenure in the White House.  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