{"id":454805,"date":"2026-03-03T05:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/454805\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T05:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T05:42:08","slug":"trump-neck-rash-from-preventative-skin-treatment-white-house-says-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/454805\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump neck rash from \u2018preventative\u2019 skin treatment, White House says | Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump<\/a> was seen with a rash on the side of his neck during the Medal of Honor Ceremony on Monday, fueling more speculation about the state of the president\u2019s health.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Trump\u2019s personal doctor said that the rash was caused by a cream that the president was using as a \u201cpreventative skin treatment\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventative skin treatment,\u201d Dr Sean Barbabella said in a statement. \u201cThe president is using the treatment for one week, and the redness is expected to last for a few weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement did not specify what the cream is or why Trump needed the skin treatment.<\/p>\n

The<\/a> question<\/a> of<\/a> Trump\u2019s<\/a> health<\/a> has become larger in recent months, after the president was first seen with what appeared to be makeup on his hand in February 2025. He has since appeared with bruises on his hands multiple times. He also appeared to be<\/a> drowsy<\/a> in a cabinet meeting in December and at a meeting to promote lower costs of GLP-1 weight-loss medications.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump has bruises on his hand because he\u2019s constantly working and shaking hands all day every day,\u201d White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt previously said.<\/p>\n

In July last year, the White House announced that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency<\/a> after he noticed swelling in his legs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president underwent a comprehensive examination, including diagnostic vascular studies. Bilateral lower extremity venous Doppler ultrasounds were performed and revealed chronic venous insufficiency, a benign and common condition, particularly in individuals over the age of 70,\u201d a memo from the White House said at the time.<\/p>\n

In a January interview<\/a> with the Wall Street Journal, Trump said<\/a> he was taking \u201cmore aspirin\u201d than his doctors recommended but that otherwise his \u201chealth is perfect\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don\u2019t want thick blood pouring through my heart,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump also expressed frustration in the interview with the scrutiny of his health. He admitted that he regretted undergoing a cardiovascular and abdominal advanced imaging scan during a routine checkup<\/a> in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn retrospect, it\u2019s too bad I took it, because it gave them a little ammunition,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI would have been a lot better off if they didn\u2019t, because the fact that I took it said, \u2018Oh gee, is something wrong?\u2019 Well, nothing\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump was seen with a rash on the side of his neck during the Medal of Honor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454806,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-454805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=454805"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454805\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}