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Journalist Aaron Rupar shared a video and photo from Wednesday's meeting showing Trump with heavy eyes, a slightly nodding head, and prominent swelling below his left eye. This came a day after his routine annual exam at Walter Reed, which the White House called a dental and preventive checkupwith Trump posting that everything checked out perfectly.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet

(Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)
RockRaven
(19,784 posts)Also might explain why he had floated going to Camp David -- to stay away from cameras while swelling and bruising resolved.
CurtEastPoint
(20,105 posts)GenThePerservering
(3,765 posts)To 'grow wealth' for kids.
Ms. Toad
(38,837 posts)The lighting from above may make it a bit more obvious - but it's been there for a a while.
From a year ago:
https://www.thelist.com/img/gallery/trumps-under-eye-bags-are-the-main-culprit-in-his-latest-tan-disaster/intro-1748106958.webp
From March:

bigtree
(94,692 posts)
obvious swelling below Trump's eye photo by (Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty)


Ms. Toad
(38,837 posts)I'm a photographer, so I pay a lot of attention to lighting - and its impact on appearance.
demmiblue
(39,974 posts)Blue Owl
(59,676 posts)Goonch
(5,650 posts)
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,290 posts)no_hypocrisy
(55,467 posts)Parents put in a small investment for a child(ren) at the beginning. As the child ages and gets a job, then instead of a portion of the wages being directed to Social Security, it goes to "Trump Accounts". Not both. Just TA's.
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,290 posts)eShirl
(20,453 posts)bif
(27,278 posts)Like most people. Instead of your idiotic texting into the wee hours of the morning!