A red rash has been spotted on the neck of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been embroiled in health speculation multiple times. The White House explained it as preventive skin treatment, but interest in the elderly president's health condition is growing again.
According to CNN on Monday (local time), Dr. Sean Baravella, Trump's personal physician, said "the president is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck for preventive skin treatment." He added that "the cream will be used for a week, and the redness is expected to persist for several weeks." However, the specific treatment background or diagnosis was not disclosed.
At a Medal of Honor ceremony held at the White House in Washington D.C. that morning, redness was visible spreading from Trump's upper neck to below his ear. As video footage and photos from the scene were released, speculation about his health condition resurfaced.
Trump, 79, is the oldest U.S. president at inauguration. He has been spotted stumbling while climbing Air Force One stairs, and dark bruises on his hands and swollen legs have been visible at public events. Scenes of him appearing to doze during events have repeatedly fueled health speculation.
On January 22, dark bruises were visible on his left hand at the launch ceremony of the "Board of Peace," which he founded. Trump explained at the time that he bruises easily due to taking high doses of aspirin.
Prior to this, in July last year, the White House explained that Trump's leg swelling was due to "chronic venous insufficiency."
Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October last year for his second annual physical examination and claimed his MRI results were perfect. However, the White House did not disclose the purpose of the examination or detailed results. With the revelation that he had undergone an MRI for the second time since April last year, doubts about his health have not fully subsided.