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?”
I really don’t understand why they always feel the need to cover up presidential health issues. I know the answer is “national security,” but how exactly is it secure to have a man in obvious mental and physical decline going around “shaking hands” with other world leaders? Just own up to it and have him die at Mar-a-lago playing golf like he probably wants. That was the whole point of having JD as a backup, right?
My bet is that they’re trying to get to the two year mark before kicking Trump out. That way JD gets a little less than two years in the white house, but is still eligible to be president two more times.
I doubt that’s the reason. Vance doesn’t have the skills or the personality to be president. I’d expect to see him impeached more than win an election.
Trump has neither the skills nor the personality to be regarded as human, but there he is.
You can hate him as a person, but his ability to maintain a cult of personality is impressive.
They think they’ll last 10 years before they’re ground into a paste.