Is President Donald Trump traveling with a body double?
According to surprising new video footage, a man striking an uncanny resemblance to Trump was spotted within feet of Trump near Air Force One.
A now-viral clip originally aired on “The Daily Show” showed a man in a navy suit and blue tie, who appeared to be around the same age as Trump and with a similar build and gait, wandering near Air Force One at the same time the president was addressing the media at Joint Base Andrews following the World Cup final in New Jersey.
The footage threw lefty comedian host Jon Stewart for a loop.
“What’s up with the guy behind Trump? Can we see that again? Can you bring that out?” Stewart said after playing the clip during last Monday’s show.
“Who the f–k is this guy?” Stewart exclaimed.
“Who in the world is it? Oh my God! Is that a back-up Trump?”
Stewart went on to jokingly suggest the mystery man may serve as Trump’s body double.
“Wait, what? Wait, who? What? Is that a back-up Trump or is that Trump?” he said.
“Wait, is the one we’ve been dealing with back-up Trump or is that Trump?”
Wait… is there a Trump body double? pic.twitter.com/rYbyBxHa2o
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) July 21, 2026
However, joking aside, it was confirmed that this so-called Trump look-alike was his father-in-law, Viktor Knavs, who attended the World Cup final with the president and his daughter, first lady Melania Trump.
Knavs is two years older than the president, has grayer hair, and is shorter than Trump. But from the camera angle Stewart referenced on his show, the duo does have a similar look from a distance.
This is not the first time that alleged “body double” conspiracies have followed the Trump White House.
During Trump’s first term, claims that Melania employed a body double flooded the internet, and even went viral as “#FakeMelania” across social media.
The allegations enraged Trump at the time.
“The Fake News photoshopped pictures of Melania, then propelled conspiracy theories that it’s actually not her by my side in Alabama and other places,” Trump wrote on X in March 2019.
“They are only getting more deranged with time!” the president fumed.