Washington (AP) – Sometimes it feels like it’s barely possible to pass by an hour President Donald Trump. So when he didn’t show up in the day, speculations of two and three began to swirl online about his health.
A president who visited the golf course over the weekend was not even enough to stop the rumors of social media being fueled by his political opponents. Trump was asked directly about it at his first public event in the week on Tuesday.
“How did you find yourself dead over the weekend?” asked Fox News’ Peter Doucy. “Did you see that?”
“No,” Trump, 79, responded firmly. Senators and administrative authorities gathered around him. Space Command Headquarters Announcements I changed my weight and smiled.
The president said he didn’t know he was wondering if he had died, but he had heard he had concerns about his health.
“What they’re saying is, ‘Is he okay? How is he feeling? What is he doing wrong?” Trump called the speculation “fake news” and “it was very active over the weekend.”
Recently, Trump has been seen with bruises behind his right hand, sometimes not hidden by makeup, and has been swollen around his ankles.
Trump’s hands on September 2nd in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
The White House said Trump was diagnosed Chronic vein deficiencythat is, the veins in the legs cannot properly return blood to the heart, and they pool in the lower limbs. This is quite common for older people.
As far as bruises go, spokesman Caroline Leavitt said it was due to “frequent hand shakes and aspirin use.”
Trump pointed out on Tuesday that he had conducted several interviews during the days when he had not appeared publicly, and he also posted on his social media site, Truth Social. He wrote some “long truths” and some “pretty touching truths” as the post is known.
In one of these posts, he said, starting on Sunday, “I will never feel better in my life.”
In the past, Trump has been less transparent about his health.
After he announced his first campaign in 2015, he released a hyperbolic letter from a doctor saying “his physical strength and stamina are extraordinary” and he would become “the healthiest individual ever elected president.”
In 2020, the White House withheld some details about Trump’s Covid-19 hospitalization, including lower blood oxygen levels. It was later revealed that the president was far more ill than the White House cited.
