President Donald Trump was seen with an alarming skin rash on his neck Monday, with many initially suspecting he may be having a flare-up of shingles — but the cagey response from the White House has led some medical experts to fear a cover-up of something potentially worse.
“President Trump is using a very common cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventative skin treatment, prescribed by the White House Doctor," White House physician Sean Patrick Barbabella wrote in a statement flagged by The Daily Beast. "The President is using this treatment for one week, and the redness is expected to last for a few weeks.”
However, the Beast continued, doctors are pointing to another potential thing the rash could be.
“The White House medical team didn’t know [Trump] got a CT scan. They claimed it was a MRI for weeks,” wrote Dr. Vin Gupta, a frequent commentator on MS NOW, in a post to X. “Now instead of acknowledging he might have a pre-cancerous skin condition, they dance around the issue. “Trying to fool the public just makes it worse.”
CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner agreed, writing, “Preventative skin treatments (such as topical 5 flurouracil) are commonly used to prevent overt skin cancer in people with precancerous skin lesions. We don’t know what specific treatment the president is receiving, but why all the secrecy for something that is potentially easy to treat and very common in older people?”
This comes after a number of other medical oddities surrounding the 79-year-old president, including unexplained bruising on his hand and ankle swelling that can be associated with heart problems.
