Washington – On Monday, the White House attributed a large red spot on President Donald Trump’s neck to a skin cream he uses, without clarifying the condition it treats.
The redness attracted widespread attention on Monday, when news photographers took close-up photos of the president’s neck during the Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
“President Trump uses a very popular cream on the right side of his neck, which is a preventive skin treatment, prescribed by the White House physician,” Shawn Barbabella, the president’s physician, said in a statement. “The president has been using this treatment for one week, and the redness is expected to last for a few weeks.”
The White House did not immediately respond to follow-up questions, such as what the cream was, when Trump started the treatment, and what condition it was supposed to prevent. Enlarged photos dating back to at least Trump’s visit to Rome, Georgia, on February 19 show visible redness on the president’s neck.
The president’s medical report from his April 2025 checkup indicated that he was taking mometasone cream “as needed” to treat an unspecified skin condition.
Trump (79 years old) became the oldest president to be sworn in when he was sworn in last January. In particular, because of his advanced age, Trump’s health is under scrutiny.
Barbabella said in December that Trump had an MRI of his heart and abdomen in October as part of a preventive screening for men his age, and the results were “completely normal.” Medical examinations conducted at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October found Trump to be in “exceptional health” overall, according to Barbabella.
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