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Close-Up Photo Of Trump At U.S. Open Sparks Wild Speculation Over Object In His Mouth

What was that blue tablet in Donald Trump's mouth at the US Open?

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Was it a mint? Viagra? or something else?

Donald Trump appeared Sunday at the U.S. Open for the tennis tournament’s men’s final. And while the story, early on in the day, centered on whether the president had been booed when he appeared at the tournament, there was another bit of speculation later on: What was that mysterious blue tablet in the president’s mouth?

As reported by The Daily Beast, “a photograph of Donald Trump with a mysterious blue object between his teeth at the U.S. Open has sparked furious online speculation… Photographer Andres Kudacki snapped the president watching the men’s final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz on Sunday. The photo shows the president, flanked by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, about to bite down on the blue object.”

“I don’t know what it was specifically, I said it was a ‘tablet’ as that works for both, a mint or a tablet,” the photographer told The Daily Beast when they reached out for comment. He added that the president was “very discreet” about his ingestion of the tablet, whatever it was.

X speculation, as cited by the Beast, centered on everything from “blue-colored Wintergreen Altoid mints to a range of potential medication for various ailments available in blue pills, including the blue, square-shaped Hygroton, which is used for high blood pressure and Edema.”

Other social media posts also added to the speculation, including the continuing uncertainty about exactly what’s going on with the president’s health.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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