The US president answered direct questions about his health, noting that “he was not aware that people were wondering if he had died, but had heard that there were concerns.”
After he did not see it in public for several days, the Speculations On the Internet about the health status of the US president, Donald Trump. Not even a visit to his golf course during the weekend were enough to stop rumors on social networks, fed by his political opponents.
Trump addressed direct questions about his health on Tuesday, noting that “he was not aware that people were wondering if he had died, but had heard that there were concerns.”
“I knew that something like: ‘is okay? How do you feel? What do you have?'” Trump said, describing speculation as “false news” and said “he was very active over the weekend.”
In recent days, Trump has been seen with bruises on the back of his right hand, sometimes badly disguised with makeup, and swelling around his ankles.
The White House has said that Trump was diagnosed Chronic venous insufficiencywhich means that the veins in the legs cannot properly carry the blood back to the heart, causing it to accumulate at the bottom of the legs. It is a fairly common condition in older adults.
As for bruises, the press secretary Karoline Leavitt He said they are for “strengthening hands frequently and for the use of aspirins”, which Trump takes regularly to reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke.
Trump says he was publishing on his Truth Social platform
Trump said he gave some interviews during the days he was not seen in public, in addition to being published on his Social Network Platform Truth Social.
Trump has not been precisely transparent in terms of his state of health on previous occasions. After announcing his first campaign, in 2015, he published a hyperbolic letter of his doctor in which he assured that “his physical strength and resistance are extraordinary” and that it would be “the healthiest individual ever chosen for the presidency.”
Source: Ambito
