Overview
- Photos from Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting showed two Band-Aids on the back of President Trump’s right hand, with observers noting what looked like concealer.
- During a Wednesday Oval Office event, he wore a single diagonal bandage on the same hand and largely kept his hands at his sides.
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said an October preventative MRI was “perfectly normal,” and the administration continues to describe his health as excellent.
- Physician to the president Sean Barbabella has attributed the recurring bruising to frequent handshaking and daily aspirin use, with a previously disclosed diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency described as benign.
- Trump has touted a recent physical and a perfect score on a cognitive test, while online commentators speculate about alternate causes and question his stamina based on brief eye-closing during events.