Last month, the White House revealed that president Donald Trump's "mild swelling in his lower legs," visible in press pool photos, was the product of chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), a disorder that causes blood to pool in the extremities rather than pump back to the heart.

Life since that July admission has, for the most part, gone on. But a few pundits have started poking fun at Trump's "cankles" — and now, this infamously vain president is crying "fake news" to distract from his vein disorder.

In a fresh broadside, MSNBC anchor Chris O'Donnell joked that the White House may be engaged in a cankle coverup after Trump was filmed sitting behind the Oval Office's Resolute Desk during a recent meeting with European leaders instead of sitting on the couches with them, as is customary. H

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