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World Leaders’ Summit Photos Fuel Fresh Social Media Debate Over Trump’s Appearance

Trump's cankles were prominent at the G7 meeting.

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For the first major event following his 80th birthday and the concurrent UFC card at the White House, President Donald Trump headed to France for the annual G7 summit. And there, the now 80-year-old president’s swollen ankles were once again prominent.

According to The Daily Beast, the ankles were again visible during a sit-down with Qatar’s leader.

“The 80-year-old president’s ankles look perpetually bloated, and he bared them for all the world to see beneath high-riding pants as he sat down with Qatar’s Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, 46, in Évian-les-Bains, France,” the Beast reported. “His thick ankles are just one of several health conditions that have become increasingly noticeable as the president enters his ninth decade.”

And it wasn’t just the cankles.

“As he and the Qatari leader spoke at the meeting early Tuesday, Trump waxed lyrical about the increased cooperation between their two countries. But as he did so, his voice appeared to wobble and crack. As the meeting went on, the president began to sound hoarse,” the Beast reported. ‘His left hand also appeared swollen in images from the engagement.”

There was also a moment when Trump’s hand looked, in the Beast’s words, “swollen and elderly.”

“In another bizarre incident during Tuesday’s proceedings at the G7, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz presented Trump with a replica of the German soccer jersey that its team is wearing for the World Cup, currently being held in the U.S., Mexico and Canada,” the outlet reported. “As Merz, 70, handed over the jersey, Trump’s hand once again looked swollen and elderly.”

And the swollen ankles were also prominent when Trump sat down with Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelenskyy at the G7 on Tuesday:

There were some social media reactions to the cankles picture

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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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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