The President, 79, has been covering bruising on the back of his hand with makeup that doesn’t match his skin tone for some time now
Donald Trump’s health is under the spotlight again today, after a large smear of makeup was spotted on his hand.
The President, 79, has been covering bruising on the back of his hand with makeup that doesn’t match his skin tone for some time now.
But today a large spread of makeup could be seen on the back of his hand Friday that appeared more pronounced than usual.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has said Trump’s hand bruising is “consistent” with irritation from his “frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin.”
He had been out of the public eye for several days following his summit with Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday and meetings with European leaders on Monday.
He was only seen in a single photograph, and gave only radio interviews until last night, when he addressed law enforcement officers in Washington DC during an hour-long visit in an otherwise minimal schedule.
Today, he visited the White House gift shop and took a few questions before travelling to the Kennedy Centre, in another part of DC.
Leavitt was asked at a press briefing earlier this month how the President is being treated for the chronic venous insufficiency he was diagnosed with in July.
And she was asked if Trump’s doctor would be made available to answer questions about his condition.
Ms Leavitt replied: “I don’t want to make that commitment on behalf of the physician, but it’s certainly something we can look into and explore out of the effort of transparency, because unlike the previous White House, there is nothing to hide.”
She said the President is seen “literally 24/7 all of the time”, and said she would seek an answer.
Pressed to give further details of his treatment, she did not directly answer.
“Look, you see the President every day,” she said. “He’s moving, he’s working. There have been no adjustments made to his lifestyle.”
Earlier in the briefing, questions were raised about Trump’s apparent confusion over where the summit with Vladimir Putin was going to take place.
He’d said twice from the podium the previous day that it would take place in Russia, when in reality it will take place in Alaska.
Leavitt dismissed the question, suggesting he might have been referring to a future trip to Russia – though it was clear from the footage that the President was referring to this week’s summit.
On Monday, during his meeting with European leaders he referred to the “Republic of the Condo”, and failed to recognise Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, who was sitting right in front of him.
He has also had trouble in recent days mixing up Albania and Armenia.
Last month, Ms Leavitt read a doctor’s letter about Trump which she said was intended to dispel health concerns about swelling in his ankles and make-up spotted on his hand.
She said Trump had noticed “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was evaluated by the White House medical unit. She said the tests showed “no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease”, but that Trump has “chronic venous insufficiency”, a fairly common condition in older adults.