A Bruise on the hand of a 79-year-old mana would normally make headlines, unless that man is donald trump, the president who is capaigned in 2024 on being sharpers, stranger, stranger, and healthier thanaer Biden. What began as a curious blotch on his hand has spiraced into months of speech, with the white house offering shifting explanations that have deepened doubts about trumpThe Bruise that wouldn’t fadeThe saga began on February 24, 2025, when a getty photographer snapped trump Greeting French President Emmanuel Macron. The close-up revised a Dark Bruise Smeared With Makeup, Clumsily Concealed but unmistakable. Observers only realized the mark had ben visible as far back as spring 2024, when trump Himself disasted it as the byproduct of “overzealous handshakes.”“A woman gripped my hand so hard, the secret service had to step in,” Trump Told the washington examiner in 2024.But as the Bruise Lingred Into 2025, The explanation began to unravel.Makeup, Cameras, and Awkward ExcusesBy summer, trump was regularly spotted with mismatched concealer caked on his hand. A C-Span Cameraman Zoomed in on the Blotchy Makeup during a July Press Event, Sparking Fresh Scrutiny. The White House Doubled Down, With Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Calling The Bruise Nothing more than “Soft Tissue Irritation” from ENDLESS HANDSHAKES and DAIYAPIRIN.The ankle twistThen came the curveball. At the Fifa Club World Cup Final in New Jersey on July 13, Trump was photoograded with swollen ankles. Days Later, The White House Abandoned The Handshake Defense and Admitted The President Had Been Diagnosed with Chronic Venous Insufflicity (CVI), A Vascular Condition Common In Older Adults that Hampers Reds Flow from the legs to the heart.Trump’s Doctor, Sean Barbabella, Assured Reporters There was “No evidence of heart failure or serial illness.” But Crucial Details About Treatment Remain Undisclosed, with Leavitt Insisting, “You see the president every day, he’s working, he’s work, he’s moving, he’s continuing.”Experts weight inNot everyone is convined the story adds up. Dr Peter Henke, A Former Chair of the American Heart Association’s Vascular Council, Told New York Magazine That The Bruising On Trump’s hand is “Unrelated to Venous Insufficience.” INTEAD, henke suggested, aspirin use also could explain the unusual Bruising.The white house has not allowed Dr Barbabella to face questions directly, despite earlier promising transparency.
