Brett Meiselas

Gary Player is 90 years old.

He shot 70 with me the other day.

Trump gestured at everyone present, me, the doctors and press secretary, Caroline Leavitt.

to follow him into the room let's sit for a couple of minutes he said i hate to waste a lot of time on this but if you're going to write a bad story about my health i'm going to sue the ass off of new york magazine there will be a time when you can write that story maybe in two years three years five years five years no one is going to care i guess go ahead and sit down

Then Donald Trump showed his hand that was discolored and bruised.

This is only from shaking hands, he said, rubbing his left thumb over the back of his right hand, a claim he would repeat to other journalists.

Trump turned to the doctors, Captain Sean Barbarella, his lead physician, and Colonel James Jones, a physician's assistant with a PhD in health science.

Can you just verify that?

He said, absolutely, said Barbabella, a short man with close cropped hair and a nervous smile.

I've seen the president shaking hands for over an hour.

Trump held up his non-shaking hand.

Look, this one's perfect, he said.

People say, what beautiful skin you have.

What beautiful skin you have.

The White House said that the bruise that appeared on his left hand in Davos was caused by him hitting it against a table corner.

Trump also blamed women's fingernails and rings for the cuts on his right hand, including one particularly nasty slice that came from a botched high five with Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Levitt then turns to Jones and said,

Yes, I did, he said.

Jones had in fact worked from 2009 to 2018 as a senior medical leader in the White House.

At the end of his presidency, Barack Obama, a fitness fanatic, rumored to allow himself precisely seven almonds a night, was 55 years old.