WASHINGTON: The White Home mentioned on Thursday (Dec 11) the excessive quantity of handshakes by United States President Donald Trump explains the adhesive bandages he has worn on the again of his proper hand in latest days.
His spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt reiterated a response she gave months in the past after the 79-year-old president was seen with a bruise on his proper hand coated by a thick layer of make-up.
“As for the bandages on the hand, we have additionally given you a proof for that,” Leavitt instructed reporters.
“Up to now, the president is actually continuously shaking arms,” she mentioned.
“He is additionally on a day by day aspirin routine, which is one thing his bodily examinations has mentioned previously as nicely, which might contribute to the bruise that you simply see,” she added.
Because the oldest president ever elected within the US, Trump has fiercely defended his private well being, contrasting that together with his predecessor Joe Biden, whom Trump claims was shedding his colleges to the purpose of being unable to manipulate by the top of his time period.
Trump posted a protracted message defending his well being on his Fact Social platform on Tuesday night time, calling investigations by information organisations into his bodily health as equal to “sedition, perhaps even treason”.
In October, Trump underwent a medical examination, together with an MRI scan, and his physician reported the president was in wonderful well being.
