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 mean, there is definitely something wrong with Trump, he’s almost 80.
I guess you could argue that what’s wrong with him doesn’t affect his ability to lead, but personally he hasn’t been mentally fit to lead for a long time now.
I have friends that can run a 10k at 80. If you live that long, you’re going to age, but decrepitude is not inevitable. My grandfather stayed strong, mentally sharp and mobile until his late 90s and was only frail for a couple of months at the end of his life. A lot of what’s wrong with Trump has to do with him being Trump, not specifically with his being old.