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By Alayna Treene, CNN

(CNN) — The White House said Thursday that bruising on President Donald Trump’s left hand stemmed from him hitting it on the signing table during a Board of Peace event in Davos, Switzerland, earlier in the day.

“At the Board of Peace event today in Davos, President Trump hit his hand on the corner of the signing table, causing it to bruise,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement.

A White House official added that the president and his physicians have previously said he is susceptible to hand bruising due to his daily aspirin intake.

The official shared photos of the president in Davos on Wednesday, telling CNN: “Pictures from yesterday clearly show no bruising.”

At the start of the Board of Peace signing event, video of Trump did not appear to show heavy bruising on his hand. However, the bruising was noticeable roughly 10 minutes later after he was sitting at the table and signing several documents.

Trump has long had bruising on his right hand, which CNN has reported predated his return to the White House. But it drew more attention after he began trying to cover it with heavy makeup and bandages and shield it from cameras with his other hand. And left-hand bruising spotted late last year raised further questions about his health.

Trump told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published earlier this month that he takes a higher dose of daily aspirin than his doctors recommend, arguing “aspirin is good for thinning out the blood.”

The president’s physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, told the Journal that Trump takes 325 milligrams of aspirin a day, arguing that it causes him to bruise easily. According to the Mayo Clinic, a low dose of aspirin, which “can help prevent heart attack or stroke,” ranges from 75 to 100 milligrams, and 81 milligrams is commonly recommended. The Mayo Clinic also says that for aspirin therapy, the daily dose “is usually between” 75 to 325 milligrams.

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By Eric Levenson, August Phillips, CNN

(CNN) — Dozens of swastikas were painted on a playground in a predominantly Jewish area of Brooklyn, New York, in two separate incidents this week, prompting a hate crime probe, the New York Police Department said.

Gov. Kathy Hochul on X called the vandalism “a depraved act of antisemitism,” which comes during an extended period of such threats to the city’s Jewish community.

Officers responded on Monday to a call at Gravesend Park in the southwest Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park, where they found about 16 swastikas painted in red on slides, walls and the ground.

Then on Wednesday, police responded to another call and found about 57 swastikas drawn at the same playground in red, blue and yellow. “Adolf Hitler” was also scrawled in paint.

The NYPD’s hate crimes task force is investigating both incidents. No arrests have been made, the NYPD said.

The Brooklyn Community Board 12, which represents the area, posted photos of the vandalism on X.

The vandalism comes amid a general rise in antisemitic incidents over the past few years, particularly since the Israel-Hamas war began in October 2023. There were 576 hate crime incidents in New York City last year, with about 330 targeting Jews, according to NYPD data.

The Borough Park neighborhood is home to about 46,000 Jewish adults and 50,000 Jewish children, and about 45% of households there include a Jewish person, according to a 2023 study from the nonprofit UJA-Federation of New York.

New York political officials condemned the vandalism and pledged an investigation in a series of statements.

“I am sickened by this antisemitic vandalism in Borough Park,” Mayor Zohran Mamdani said in a statement. “Antisemitism has no place in our city, and I stand shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish New Yorkers who were targeted.

“My administration is working closely with the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force as well as our Parks Department, and those responsible will be investigated and held accountable.”

Hochul similarly said she directed the state’s Hate Crimes Task Force to offer assistance to the NYPD.

“A depraved act of antisemitism. In a children’s playground where our kids should feel safe and have fun. There is no excuse. There is zero tolerance,” she wrote.

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