President Donald Trump drew renewed scrutiny over his health in the Oval Office on 19 March after photographs from a White House meeting with Japan's prime minister appeared to show his ankles swollen over his shoes, reviving questions about whether the 79-year-old president can sustain the pace his aides insist still sets him apart.
The White House has already said Trump was diagnosed last summer with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition in which weakened leg veins struggle to push blood back to the heart, sometimes causing swelling and aching in the legs. Trump himself acknowledged the issue in January, telling The Wall Street Journal he had tried compression socks but 'didn't like them,' and had instead been getting up from his desk more often and walking around.
