Presidential physician Sean Barbabella explained that the red spot on President Donald Trump's neck that was spotted by reporters on Monday, March 2, was the result of preventive skin treatment with a commonly used cream prescribed by the White House physician[1][2]. The President has been using this treatment for one week and the redness is expected to last for several weeks[1][2]. The statement did not specify what specific cream was used or why the president needed the skin treatment[1]. The White House announced last summer that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency as the cause of leg swelling, a condition in which blood pools in the lower extremities, causing swelling, cramps and skin changes.[1][2] In an interview in January, Trump said that he was taking more blood-thinning aspirin than his doctors recommended, but that his health was otherwise perfect, according to him[1][3].