Overview
- Photographs from the Dec. 28 Mar-a-Lago meeting show heavy concealer on the president’s right hand and visible discoloration on the left.
- Social media users posited makeup coverups or IV-related bruising, while prominent supporters insisted his health is strong.
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reiterated that frequent handshakes and a daily aspirin explain the bruising seen in recent images.
- Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, has called the issue minor soft tissue irritation and maintains the president remains in excellent health.
- The White House previously disclosed a chronic venous insufficiency diagnosis and said cardiac testing showed no signs of heart failure, as Trump and Zelensky discussed a proposed Ukraine peace framework.