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?”
Best explanation I’ve seen for these bandages over bruises is he is receiving an infusion intravenously every two weeks of a type of medication for dementia, like Leqembi or Kisunla. Patients on these drugs require regular MRIs to monitor brain swelling or bleeding. The drugs cause side effects of fatigue, cardiovascular changes, dizziness, etc. It doesn’t stop dementia but it does slow it down.
He has probably already forgotten his dementia diagnosis.
No shit, Sherlock.
Can the doctors be sued and brought to testify under oath that Donald is perfectly healthy?
Perjury has actual consequences IIRC
Does it? Does perjury have real consequences when literally nothing else does?
I mean, we’ve watched multiple justices perjure themselves in national tv.
I believe that between doctor patient confidentiality and HIPAA, that will be quite difficult.
Imagine that your doctor was forced to give testimony on your health. Nobody would want that.
I’m not in control of the most powerful military on the planet. Public servants need to be held to higher standards of accountability, including about personal health problems.
Idk I heard it was an abortion… That should do it
Is he dead yet?
I got a nice bottle of booze waiting for the announcement
Why say something now, Jake? Why not wait until after his presidency? Then write a book about it? Then sell that book while you’re doing your job on TV? Just a thought.
I’m $ure he ha$ hi$ rea$ons.
Because he’s holding out for a spot when Trump dies. Everyone in the conservative sphere is circling the White House like sharks because they know half of everyone is gone as soon as Vance sits down - because half of them are in those seats on account of being friends with Trump and nothing more.
It really doesn’t matter until he actually collapses to the floor. Even then they’ll try to spin it into something positive “Mr. president was exhausted for working the hardest anyone has ever worked.”
It is fun to watch him have mini strokes occasionally. The one video where you could see him testing his hands and his right side just didn’t respond was beautiful. Hope he gets trapped in his shitty body.
Bruised hand you say? JD is slacking on his primary duty
File that one under “No Shit Sherlock.” But he’s going to dodder along for another 8 - 10 years.
It’s called dying.
Not fast enough…
"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.”
As if that were even a slightly reasonable explanation.
So … he’s using the back of his hands to shake hands … of course he can’t do that right either
I have bandages on my finger tips because I type on a keyboard all day. Without these bandages, by fingers would fall off!
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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.
I do hope it’s serious
Trump died at 11:58 pst
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Considering he already walks and talks like a badly animated corpse, I don’t think that would make much of a difference.
