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White House Covers Up TrumpAs Cankles in Official Photos

he presidentAs cankles appeared to bulge over the tops of his shoes on
Monday, but the White House ensured his legs stayed out of frame.

The White House is finding ever more conspicuous ways to avoid showing President Donald TrumpAs cankles.

The 79-year-old president, whoAs been photographed with bruising on both
hands and swelling in both legs in recent days, met South Korean President
Lee Jae Myung on Monday.

The administrationAs official X account posted a photo from the Oval Office meeting, with Trump and Lee standing shoulder to shoulder while smiling for the camera and giving a thumbs-up.

But the shot committed a glaring photography faux pas, slicing off both leadersA ankles, conveniently leaving TrumpAs cankles out of frame.

Another photo posted by the White House puts LeeAs healthy-looking ankles
on full display, but TrumpAs feet remain obscured behind the Oval Office coffee table and the Air Force One model on top of it.

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As pool photos from the day show, however, the swelling in TrumpAs legs has persisted.

One shot of the president seated shows his cankles appearing to bulge over
the tops of his shoes, making them look uncomfortably tight.

The Daily Beast has sought comment from the White House.
President Donald Trump tried to keep the months-old bruise on his right
hand out of view Monday. The White House has put down the mark to too much handshaking.
President Donald Trump tried to keep the bruise on his right hand out of
view Monday. The White House has said it was the result of too much handshaking. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Whether from having run out of concealer or going for a fresh look, the commander-in-chief did not slather the enduring bruise on the back of his right hand in makeup for the meeting on Monday, leaving the purple-gray discoloration in full view.

He did try his hardest to keep the months-old bruise out of the spotlight though, by covering it with his left hand or hiding it under the Oval
Office desk.

Meanwhile, the new bruise on his left hand that was first spotted on
Saturday seems to have faded since, as bruises typically do.

Trump was diagnosed with Chronic Venous Insufficiency (CVI) last month
after noticing swelling in his lower legs. The condition, common in people over the age of 70, occurs when damaged veins slow blood flow back to the heart.

As for the bruise on his right hand, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attributed it to the president, the oldest ever to be inaugurated, shaking hands oall day every dayo when it first appeared half a year ago. Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin
The meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump on Aug. 15 gave the
world the chance to compare the two leadersA ankles. Getty Images

TrumpAs physician Sean Barbabella later said that the bruising ois
consistent with minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and
the use of aspirin, which is taken as part of a standard cardiovascular prevention regimen.o

Though forthcoming with the CVI diagnosis, the White House has remained evasive as questions about TrumpAs physical and cognitive health have
mounted.

During an executive order signing Monday, the president rambled about an imaginary governor named oKristi Whitman,o perhaps conflating Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen
Whitmer.


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