Donald Trump’s hands are rough and sometimes bruised from obsessive fans, and the former president admits he had to overcome his cleanliness, according to a new interview with the Washington Examiner.
Byron York, the news agency’s chief political correspondent, said: interviewed a former president Earlier this month, he briefly accompanied a group of Republicans in Palm Beach, Florida, to speak at Mar-a-Lago for a local Lincoln Day dinner.
Trump greeted and shook hands with lawmakers at his residence, and York reported that at one point the former president showed a reporter his bruised hand after York asked him about his past hygiene habits. .
Trump also reportedly had finger prints from a woman’s nails on his hands.
“In this business, you just have to get through it,” Trump said.
The former president has previously called handshakes “barbaric” and described himself as a “cleanliness freak” in the past.
Over the years and while campaigning, he said he has become accustomed to physical contact with fans.
“I happen to be a clean hands person. When I wash my hands as thoroughly as possible, I feel a lot better,” President Trump told The Hill in January 2016.
Still, he acknowledged his obligation to shake hands with fans, telling The Hill, “Can you imagine if I said I wouldn’t shake anyone’s hands?”
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