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Spanish potato farmer Dolores Leis looks a lot like Donald Trump

‘I say that it must be because of the colour of the hair’

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Dolores Leis stands in a field on her farm in Galicia, in northern Spain, on April 19, 2018. Leis, has found unexpected fame on social media after many found she bore a striking resemblance to US President Donald Trump. Photo: AP
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A woman in Spain has risen to unexpected fame on social media after many found she bore a striking resemblance to US President Donald Trump.

A journalist reporting on farming in northwestern Spain posted on Instagram a picture of Dolores Leis dressed in farm clothing with a hoe over her shoulder, prompting thousands of responses.

The 64-year-old has since been asked to comment on pressing US policy and international issues – though she has shown more concern for a moth plague threatening her potato crops.

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“I say that it must be because of the colour of the hair,” Leis told the La Voz de Galicia newspaper Tuesday.

She is different to Trump on one issue though – she doesn’t use a mobile phone and has little interest in online chatter.

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