Donald Trump displayed visible neck scabs from preventative skin treatment and discoloured hands during a White House Medal of Honour ceremony, prompting health questions
Scabs have now joined the growing list of concerning health signs related to US President Donald Trump. The president was seen on Monday (March 2) with a dark red mark spread across his neck during a Medal of Honour ceremony at the White House.
Running over 40 minutes late, he once again showed discoloured hands whilst presenting awards to military personnel. White House doctor Sean Barbabella stated: “President Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventative skin treatment, prescribed by the White House Doctor.
“The President is using this treatment for one week, and the redness is expected to last for a few weeks.”
The 79-year-old also seemed to stumble and slur his words whilst trying to honour the final recipient of the ceremony. “Finally, we honour one more soldier, a fallen warria of world… of wars,” he was heard saying as he read from a teleprompter, reports the Mirror.
Trump has previously faced questions about his health following severe bruising on his hands and what appeared to be an attempt to hide it with makeup during a televised meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky in December. The White House has consistently dismissed concerns about the president’s health.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt had previously explained that Trump’s hand bruising resulted from “consistent” irritation due to “frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin”. Several months ago, the president was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency.
“Look, you see the president every day,” Leavitt had previously told reporters. “He’s moving, he’s working.
“There have been no adjustments made to his lifestyle.” On Monday, Trump abruptly left the ceremony without taking any questions from journalists.
At times, he wandered off topic, stopping to praise his controversial ballroom project that will alter the White House’s structure. “See that nice drape?
“When that comes down right now you see a very very deep hole, but in about a year and half you’re gonna see a very very beautiful building,” Trump said. “And there’s your entrance to it right there.
“In fact, it looks so nice I think I’ll leave it and save money on the doors. I picked those drapes.
“I always liked gold. I believe it will be the most beautiful ballroom anywhere in the world.”
He also discussed US-Israeli military action against Iran that led to the death of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Trump administration on Monday suggested it expected the operation to persist for weeks, with War Secretary Pete Hegseth declaring at a press conference that “Operation Epic Fury” would wrap up within weeks.
Trump appeared to contradict Hegseth, saying the US remains ready to “do whatever”. “We have right from the beginning projected four to five weeks, but we have capability to go far longer than that,” he declared.
“We’ll do whatever. Somebody said, ‘the president will get bored.’
“I don’t get bored. There’s nothing boring about this.”
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