'I asked AI to imagine Donald Trump totally bald and the results are shocking'

Donald Trump's second term as the 47th president of the United States has witnessed him relentlessly attacking media outlets he perceives as unfair or critical. His most recent outburst targeted TIME magazine over their photograph selection for a front cover story about his role in brokering Middle East peace.

OnTruth Social, an incensed Trump posted: "Time Magazine wrote a relatively good story about me, but the picture may be the Worst of All Time. They 'disappeared' my hair, and then had something floating on top of my head that looked like a floating crown, but an extremely small one. Really weird! I never liked taking pictures from underneath angles, but this is a super bad picture, and deserves to be called out. What are they doing, and why?".

While it was merely unfortunate lighting that seemed to erase Trump's famously blonde locks, the notion of his "disappearing" hair is nothing new.

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So I decided to challenge artificial intelligence imaging tool Midjourney to visualise what Trump would genuinely appear like completely bald. And the outcomes are, frankly, shocking.

The pictures reveal Trump with a sleek scalp interrupted by the occasional stray strand of hair on the crown and forehead.

There are also abundant quantities of ear hair and hints of modest sideburns before his ears, plus a notable gleam across the top and sides of his head. In another profile shot, he appears more like an ageing Lex Luthor from Superman - perhaps not an image he'd want.

Whether Trump would choose to commit to a look of this nature in the future is not known. Trump's hair has long-been a topic of discussion, particularly when he's been pictured in buffeting winds.

In 2015 he joked about suspicions he wore hairpieces. He told a crowd in Alabama: "If it rains, I'll take off my hat, and I'll prove once and for all that it's mine."

And, despite fan conspiracies, most celebrity stylists suggest he does not have hair plugs and instead achieves his style with extensive combing.

Award-winning celebrity hair stylist Matthew Curtis told Gentleman's Journal: "It's definitely a strange creation - but it's also a bafflingly cleverly crafted structure."

He added: "I'd call it a back-to-front mullet with a new romantic fringe."

In 2016 Trump's former hair stylist, who worked with him on the set of The Apprentice, claimed the businessman is very particular about his hair.

She also dispelled any rumours the reality TV star was wearing any hair pieces or had plugs, at least at that time.

She told The Mirror: "He has really long hair and he combs it back straight. He does it himself. It is real and it is his hair - he doesn't have plugs."