President Donald Trump — lengthy recognized for utilizing his handshake as a present of dominance — tried the identical transfer throughout a latest White Home occasion, however this time, it didn’t go the best way he anticipated.
Whereas greeting a gaggle of younger athletes, Trump out of the blue shifted from his ordinary bravado to an odd criticism that left some critics on-line in stitches and others involved.
The president complained about school athletes “ripping his arms up” after welcoming the Louisiana State College and LSU-Shreveport baseball groups — nationwide champions within the NCAA and NAIA, respectively — to the White Home on Oct. 20.
“They’re very sturdy arms, I’m noticing,” he mentioned, in keeping with The Each day Beast. “, they’re ripping me, they’re ripping my hand up!”
The feedback got here as he shook arms with Louisiana State College baseball participant Steven Milam, 21, and former participant Josh Pearson, 23.
Trump’s arms have been underneath scrutiny for months. They’ve appeared black and blue in press images, after which closely made up with mismatched concealer. A number of occasions, his arms have been lined in mysterious pink splotches.
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The state of his arms, mixed with swollen ankles and occasional stumbling, has raised widespread well being considerations and sparked a frenzy of hypothesis.
Trump’s physician, Sean Barbabella, attributed the bruising to minor gentle tissue irritation brought on by frequent handshaking and his use of aspirin. Trump’s mouthpiece, Karoline Leavitt, revealed that he suffers from continual venous insufficiency, which might result in leg swelling.
In the meantime, the pink markings have been linked to every thing from {golfing} blisters and paper cuts to extreme hand-washing (Trump is a infamous germaphobe). Armchair medical doctors on the web, nevertheless, are satisfied that extra critical well being issues are afoot.
“Shake it off, large man. Healthiest specimen?” wrote a commenter on Fb, calling into query Trump’s latest declare of “wonderful well being.” One other surmised: “Whenever you’re too previous for handshakes, you’re too previous.”
Trump’s penchant for prolonged greetings — like his latest 26-second grip on French President Emmanuel Macron — has many scratching their heads in confusion over his latest moaning. “Didn’t he use sturdy handshakes to intimidate folks????” requested one.
“It’s a bit of his personal drugs. He likes to do the tough handshake to say dominance. Additionally, that’s his port hand. The place they administer the medication to maintain him alive and kicking. For this reason he has the fixed bruising on his proper hand… so yeah, handshakes would exacerbate that,” one Fb person wrote.
Nevertheless, many say it’s par for the course at his age: “The person is 79. That’s anticipated.” One other wrote, “It’s not mysterious, he’s clearly receiving IV drugs,” although IV use has by no means been confirmed.
Not less than through the go to with the LSU athletes, his arms have been reportedly blemish-free.
“Neither of his arms appeared to show any bruising on Monday, and press photographers haven’t captured any images that show seen bruising since Oct. 5,” the outlet acknowledged.
