{"id":630633,"date":"2026-03-04T03:04:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/630633\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:04:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:04:18","slug":"trump-79-flaunts-his-bulging-cankles-at-important-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/630633\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, 79, Flaunts His Bulging Cankles at Important Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump\u2019s cankles were on full display on Tuesday as he greeted a major European ally.<\/p>\n

Trump, 79, showed off his protruding ankles as he held a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the Oval Office on Tuesday. <\/p>\n

\"DonaldTrump’s calves merge seamlessly with his ankles. Jonathan Ernst\/Jonathan Ernst\/REUTERS \"DonaldSwollen ankles are a common symptom of chronic venous insufficiency. Jonathan Ernst\/Jonathan Ernst\/REUTERS <\/p>\n

Swollen ankles are a common symptom of chronic venous insufficiency, which the president was diagnosed with in July 2025. The president confirmed to the Wall Street Journal<\/a> that he briefly wore compression socks to help treat the condition, but stopped after a while because he \u201cdidn\u2019t like them.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the meeting, held in the wake of Trump\u2019s surprise war on Iran that he began on Saturday, which has resulted in the deaths of six American service members so far, the president rambled about the Supreme Court ruling against the legality of his tariffs and lambasted Spain and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

\"donaldTrump’s ankles appeared much thicker than those of JD Vance or Marco Rubio. Jonathan Ernst\/Jonathan Ernst\/REUTERS <\/p>\n

Trump told the German leader that \u201cwe actually won on tariffs,\u201d despite the conservative majority court\u2019s 6-3 ruling in favor of the contrary.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won on tariffs. We had a decision that was wrong,\u201d he said. \u201cIt totally reaffirmed. It said: you can use all of these (other) tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president also complained about the U.K. and Spain preventing the U.S. from using their bases to launch strikes against Iran, despite the U.K. allowing such action after an initial delay.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, Spain actually said that we can\u2019t use their bases, and that\u2019s alright, we don\u2019t\u2014” Trump said, before mumbling unintelligibly. \u201cWe could use their base. If we want, we could just fly in and use it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody\u2019s going to tell us not to use it, but we don\u2019t have to,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n

Trump, the oldest person to assume the presidency, caused a stir on Monday when he appeared at a White House Medal of Honor ceremony with a brand-new reddish rash just below and behind his right ear.<\/p>\n

\"WASHINGTON,Trump’s neck rash was visible at a Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House. Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

The president\u2019s physician, Sean Barbabella, issued a statement to media outlets, including the Daily Beast, that explained that Trump is using a \u201ccommon cream\u201d on his neck as part of a \u201cpreventative skin treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doctors showed skepticism at the White House\u2019s claims. Dr. Vin Gupta, a medical analyst for MS NOW, theorized that the rash could be \u201cpre-cancerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe White House medical team didn\u2019t know [Trump] got a CT scan. They claimed it was an MRI for weeks,\u201d Gupta wrote, referring to the advanced imaging that Trump revealed he had done in October 2025 for \u201cpreventative\u201d measures.<\/p>\n

The rash appeared to be slathered with makeup<\/a>\u2014a classic Trump move\u2014during Tuesday\u2019s diplomatic meeting.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldDonald Trump appeared noticeably oranger in the Oval Office on Tuesday (right) than the day prior (left). His neck rash, photographed on his right side on Monday, was also no longer visible. Getty Images <\/p>\n

The state of Trump\u2019s mental and physical health throughout his second term in office has been an area of concern that the Daily Beast has covered extensively.<\/p>\n

Whether he\u2019s wearing makeup to cover his bruised hands<\/a>, falling asleep<\/a> during public policy meetings, or having bouts of unintelligible gibberish<\/a> during speeches, Americans have expressed worry that the near-octagenarian\u2019s medical faculties may not be up to par for the office of commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

When reached for comment about Trump\u2019s swollen cankles, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said: \u201cPresident Trump is the sharpest, most accessible, and energetic president in modern American history. The only thing swollen is Vic Verbalaitis\u2019 stupidity that will prevent him from working for a legitimate news outlet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump\u2019s cankles were on full display on Tuesday as he greeted a major European ally. Trump,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":630634,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[77,117,210,50,77957,103],"class_list":["post-630633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-germany","tag-health","tag-news","tag-oval-office","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116168692104674904","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630633","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=630633"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/630633\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/630634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=630633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=630633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=630633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}