{"id":3914,"date":"2026-03-03T10:17:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3914"},"modified":"2026-03-03T10:17:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T10:17:16","slug":"white-house-issues-explanation-for-large-peeling-scabs-on-donald-trumps-neck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=3914","title":{"rendered":"White House issues explanation for large peeling scabs on Donald Trump&#8217;s neck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"White House issues explanation for large peeling scabs on Donald Trump\u2019s neck\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2263902508.jpg?height=683&amp;width=1024\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>His physician has chimed in<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Following photos that emerged in which US President Donald Trump is seen having a large scabbing rash on his neck, the president\u2019s physician has been forced to make a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The rash on Trump\u2019s neck became visible during the Medal of Honor Ceremony on Monday, and speculations quickly started over the 79-year-old&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Sean Barbabella, Trump\u2019s doctor, said that the rash was caused by a cream that the president has been using as a \u201cpreventative skin treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventative skin treatment\u201d, the medical professional said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThe President is using the treatment for one week, and the redness is expected to last for a few weeks\u201d, Dr Barbabella added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full flex flex-col items-center max-w-[659px] 970:max-w-[630px] my-5\">\n<div class=\"w-[345px] tablet:w-[618px]\"><img alt=\"Article image\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"618\" height=\"329\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full h-auto object-contain rounded-[10px]\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.joe.co.uk\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-2263902471.jpg\"\/><img alt=\"Logo Camera in article\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"11\" height=\"9\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"absolute w-[11px] h-[9px] bottom-[11px] right-[11px] object-conatin tablet:hidden\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/static\/media\/camera.5e27b748.png\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He didn\u2019t give any indication as to what the cream could be for or why the president needs the treatment, however.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time that Trump\u2019s health has been the subject of speculation, as he was often spotted with makeup on his hand, while many people suspect that it\u2019s an attempt to cover bruises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It was previously reported that the bruises on Trump\u2019s hand are caused by the high daily dose of aspirin, which makes him prone to bruising.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cThey say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don\u2019t want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?\u201d, Trump said during an interview with the Wall Street Journal in January.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>On the other hand, according to Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, the bruises on Trump\u2019s hand are caused by \u201cconstantly working and shaking hands all day every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#White #House #issues #explanation #large #peeling #scabs #Donald #Trumps #neck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His physician has chimed in Following photos that emerged in which US President Donald Trump is seen having a large scabbing rash on his neck, the president\u2019s physician has been forced to make a statement. The rash on Trump\u2019s neck became visible during the Medal of Honor Ceremony on Monday, and speculations quickly started over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[109,1000,3859,853,176,1644,1952,3862,3860,3861,3858,192,2360],"class_list":{"0":"post-3914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-donald","9":"tag-donald-trump","10":"tag-explanation","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-house","13":"tag-issues","14":"tag-large","15":"tag-neck","16":"tag-peeling","17":"tag-scabs","18":"tag-the-white-house","19":"tag-trumps","20":"tag-white"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}