White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the president wears bandages on the back of his hand because he’s “literally constantly shaking hands.”
CNN host Jake Tapper isn’t buying the official White House explanation for Donald Trump sporting bandages on the back of his hand, arguing on “The Lead” that there’s more to the president’s health picture than has been revealed.
Tapper discussed the matter with CNN chief political analyst David Axelrod and ex-Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that Trump wears the bandages as a result of “constantly shaking hands.”
“The White House gave the same explanation for bruising back in July,” Tapper said Thursday. “Obviously, he’s 79 years old. And there is something going on with his health that they’re not telling us, because otherwise, why did he have that MRI?”
If he’s getting bruised from constantly shaking hands, is that enough of a fucking problem too?!
I think easy bruising is a ton of conditions.
None of those conditions are “perfect health A+++++++!!!” that this admin puts out.
Most likely, warfarin. Less likely, some kind of IV infusion to treat dementia (though those tend to go into a vein near the elbow). Less likely yet, he’s getting frequent CT scans for some reason, and he gets hematomas from the cannula in a vein in his hand.
Or maybe he’s totally gaga and chews on the backs of his hands.
I meant it as in there’s a ton of reasons bruising can develop. If he’s on warfarin that means he’s at risk for blood clots, which leads credence to the stroke theory from that one weekend.