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8 POLICY Trump’s Time
Trump loses weight post-presidency,
ditches spray tan for Florida sun
Leaving the White House may be a weight off former President Donald
Trump's shoulders in more ways than one, with observers noting that
physical changes in the former president's appearance may demonstrate
the physical toll the presidency took while also signaling future
ambitions.
Trump had lost about 15 pounds as of years in the White House," according to
April, and he traded his typical spray the Washington Post.
tan for a natural hue at his Mar-a-Lago
estate in Florida, according to Business The turnaround in diet and exercise
Insider. Trump advisers say the former has raised the question of whether
p r e s i d e n t h a s s e e n m a r k e d Trump is being groomed for another
improvements to his health, upgrading reelection bid in 2024, a possibility he
his diet and playing golf frequently. has neither confirmed nor denied.
"Mar-a-Lago guests frequently Others argue the opposite, attributing
comment about how good he's looking c h a n g e s i n Tr u m p ' s p h y s i c a l
over these last couple of months," a appearance to a more relaxed lifestyle
source told the outlet. "He feels great free of the pressures of the campaign
as well.” trail. According to former White House
physician Ronny Jackson, former
Earlier this year, multiple leaders President Barack Obama lost five
visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago, including pounds in the last two years of his
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, presidency — when reelection was no
who said the former president was "a longer a possibility.
lot more relaxed than [during] his four