Less than a week after worries were raised about President Donald Trump’s hands, focus has seemingly shifted to… his legs.
A video of the President playing golf appears to show his right leg dragging slightly behind his left after he got off a golf cart at Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
Many pointed out his ‘wobbly’ legs, with others raising worries about potential underlying health issues.
It comes just days after a large bruise appeared to cover the back of Trump’s right hand as he sat with his hands folded while meeting French President Emmanuel Macron.
Social media users have speculated the bruise could be from IV infusions, thin skin, or the president’s old age.
The bruise was covered by skin-coloured makeup but was still visible. Some joked that it came from Macron moving Trump’s hand away from his knee during their meeting.
Similar worries were raised for former President Joe Biden shortly before he left office – many Republicans took those photos as a chance to attack the former president for his age.
Biden’s bruise also appeared to be covered up by makeup, and many suggested it was also from rumoured IV treatments.
Trump has boasted about his health for years, at one point claiming he was ‘healthier than Obama’, who is 15 years younger than him.
Trump, 78, also claimed his former opponent Kamala Harris had ‘dangerous’ conditions, citing seasonal allergies.
Months ago, a professor said Trump’s ‘slurred speech’ and ‘repeated errors’ showed he had cognitive decline ‘more apparent’ than Biden’s.
Paul Quirk, a political science professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada, told Newsweek how Biden’s grey hair and wrinkles have been the go-to targets for Republican attacks.
Yet, he said: ‘From the standpoint of the campaign, Biden’s age should be less of an issue than Trump’s more apparent cognitive decline – displayed in slurred speech and gross, repeated errors in one campaign rally after another.’
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