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Donald Trump could not, in good conscience, be described as a chic man. He is not “sartorially elegant”, as the fashion designer Tom Ford has said of the current US president. He is neither trendy nor traditionally stylish. But is Donald Trump, nonetheless, a style icon? 

That was the claim made by a sycophantic former aide, Stephen Miller, during an appearance on Fox News last week — one for which he has been widely panned. Miller had apparently been left incensed by a piece in the New York Times that lavished praise on “dapper” Joe Biden’s “timeless” style. It gushed: “Mr Biden gives offhand master classes on the wardrobe tricks that distract from the inevitable predations of time.” 

Miller fought back. “The most stylish president and First Lady in our lifetimes are Donald Trump and Melania Trump. Donald Trump is a style icon!” he told — or rather shouted at — Fox anchor and Trump ally Sean Hannity. “He changed American fashion in The Apprentice — people spent the next ten years trying to dress like Donald Trump!