Trump’s 28-year-old White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — who just announced she’s pregnant with a 60 year old man’s baby—wants you to believe that Donald Trump’s bruised hands are simply the result of enthusiastic handshaking.
There’s just one problem: the bruises keep spreading—and they’re now on both hands.
WHAT’S GOING ON: Trump, 79, showed up to his Sunday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago with his now-familiar right hand caked in concealer makeup—and noticeable discoloration on his left hand as well.
When asked for comment, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt recycled the same statement she’s been using since February: Trump is just a “man of the people” who shakes more hands “than any other President in history.”
BUT BUT BUT: Here’s the thing about that excuse—Trump shakes hands with his right hand. He signs documents with his right hand.
So why is his left hand now showing the same mysterious bruising?
The White House didn’t respond to questions about that little detail. Leavitt has previously blamed the bruising on “minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin” as part of a cardiovascular prevention regimen. Social media users immediately noticed the logic problem when photos showed both hands looking battered.
THE DETAILS: The Daily Beast has been tracking Trump’s hand situation for months. On Christmas Eve, his right hand sported the now-signature makeup covering, while his left showed bluish discoloration.
Earlier this month, when Trump awarded himself the FIFA Peace Prize (yes, really), the bruising on his left hand was already visible.
Combined with reports of swollen ankles, a mysterious MRI, mental flubs, and two “annual” medical checkups in a single year, questions about the oldest person ever inaugurated are piling up.
The White House maintains Trump is in “excellent health.”
WHY IT MATTERS: We spent four years demanding transparency about Joe Biden’s cognitive fitness—and rightly so. But now we have a 79-year-old president whose administration can’t even keep their cover story straight about visible bruising.
The handshake explanation was always weak. Now it’s actively insulting.
If Trump’s health is fine, prove it. If it’s not, the American public deserves to know.
What we don’t deserve is a press secretary copy-pasting the same debunked statement while the evidence literally spreads before our eyes.