LOADING ERROR LOADINGCNN host Jake Tapper isn’t buying the official White House explanation for President Donald Trump sporting bandages on the back of his hand, arguing on “The Lead” that there’s more to the president’s health picture than has been revealed. Tapper discussed the matter with CNN chief political analyst David Axelrod and ex-Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin after White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that Trump wears the bandages as a result of “constantly shaking hands.”Advertisement“The White House gave the same explanation for bruising back in July,” Tapper said Thursday. “There are questions, there are issues here.”Advertisement“And the question is whether the American people deserve to know,” he continued. Advertisement“I think that there’s going to have to be a better answer,” Griffin told Tapper. AdvertisementTapper and Axelrod both mentioned that the American people have never seen “bruising like this” on the hands of any other U.S. president, so there’s a warranted reason to pursue a convincing answer.

Source: Huffington Post December 13, 2025 22:11 UTC