TAPPER: The Press Secretary was additionally requested earlier at present concerning the bandages we proceed to see on President Trump’s hand. Take a pay attention.
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LEAVITT: The President is actually continuously shaking fingers. The Oval Office is like Grand Central Terminal. He is assembly with extra folks than any of you even find out about every day. He’s additionally on a every day aspirin routine, which is one thing his bodily examinations has stated previously as properly, which might contribute to that bruising that we see.
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TAPPER: So, David, initially, we haven’t seen bruising like this on the fingers of different presidents who additionally presumably shake lots of fingers or senators.
AXELROD: Really extra hand — extra fingers on this President.
TAPPER: Yes, properly, and sure, I imply, and — and to not point out members of the House, members of the Senate. The White House gave the identical rationalization for bruising again in July. Obviously, he’s 79 years outdated. And there’s something happening together with his well being that they’re not telling us, as a result of in any other case, why did he have that MRI?
AXELROD: Yes. I imply, look, lack of transparency is a typical theme all through all of those discussions and positively on this. I imply, lots of extraordinary issues have occurred when the President of the United States has, you already know, an MRI and might’t bear in mind or identify what a part of the physique the MRI was about.
There are — there are questions, there are points right here. And the query is whether or not the American folks should know they had been raised relative to President Biden. They must be — they need to be raised now as a result of clearly one thing’s happening.
TAPPER: Yes. And until the president Trump is a self-described germaphobe, he has stated he doesn’t like shaking fingers. Do you purchase this rationalization?
GRIFFIN: Listen, I do know that the president doesn’t just like the dialogue round this, and I can’t think about that he loves the — the spin from the rostrum at present. Listen, these questions had been all the time sure to occur. In the matchup of Biden versus Trump, we had been both manner going to have the oldest sitting president when he left workplace.
And these questions are going to proceed to canine him. These questions that the general public has about this MRI that he received. I believe that there’s going to need to be a greater reply. What occurs with this, we’ve seen it earlier than, is the rumors and the hypothesis should tackle a lifetime of their very own if there’s not some type of a transparent medical reply.
But I believe we’ve seen sufficient from the primary Trump time period and so far as we’re in now that we’re not going to get an entire lot extra data than what we’ve gotten to this point.
AXELROD: Here’s a greater reply. How concerning the fact? How about info? That can be good.
TAPPER: Yes. And — and clearly, you already know, Biden is — what occurred with Biden is instructive.