{"id":36313,"date":"2026-01-23T01:27:40","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/trump-clarifies-hand-bruise-to-cnn-and-offers-explanation-for-the-scratch\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T01:27:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T01:27:40","slug":"trump-clarifies-hand-bruise-to-cnn-and-offers-explanation-for-the-scratch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/trump-clarifies-hand-bruise-to-cnn-and-offers-explanation-for-the-scratch\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump clarifies hand bruise to CNN and offers &#8220;explanation&#8221; for the scratch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_a29c20b3429bef89\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-busy=\"false\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">US President Donald Trump said in a conversation with CNN that the large bruise that appeared on his left hand resulted from it hitting a piece of furniture in Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\">Trump told CNN correspondent Samantha Waldenberg aboard Air Force One: &#8220;I scratched it on the table, and I put a little cream on it\u2014what&#8217;s it called? But I scratched it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">CNN revealed discrepancies in the disclosure regarding the cause of Trump&#8217;s injury, as the White House had announced on Thursday that Trump scratched his left hand on a table while signing documents during the inauguration ceremony of the &#8220;Peace Council&#8221; in the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">Reports indicate that photos from the event show Trump&#8217;s hand intact at the beginning of the ceremony, with the marks beginning to appear afterward.<\/p>\n<hr data-path-to-node=\"4\" \/>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><b data-path-to-node=\"5\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">United News Network \u2013 UNN Arabic<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">An independent media platform providing reliable news and objective analysis, seeking to promote peace and cultural dialogue around the world, to convey the truth and build bridges of understanding between peoples.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\">For more news, you can visit our homepage:<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"5\"><a class=\"ng-star-inserted\" href=\"https:\/\/un-news.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-hveid=\"0\" data-ved=\"0CAAQ_4QMahgKEwjCxr29zKCSAxUAAAAAHQAAAAAQ9AI\">https:\/\/un-news.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump said in a conversation with CNN that the large bruise that appeared on his left hand resulted from it hitting a piece of furniture in Switzerland. Trump told CNN correspondent Samantha Waldenberg aboard Air Force One: &#8220;I scratched it on the table, and I put a little cream on it\u2014what&#8217;s it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-36313","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/un-news.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}