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Sympthsical

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29. Looks the same to me. Old hand + IV

Thu May 14, 2026, 08:04 AM

May 14

Which we kind of knew he was getting an IV for something.

That's just how that ends up looking sometimes.

But "chunk of flesh!" is certainly some clickbait.

Understandable that everyone's hopeful, but this doesn't look that unusual in someone hedging 80 who's had peripheral IVs.

I am dreadfully curious what he's being treated for. Of course there is tons of speculation, but even educated guesses are still diagnosing from afar. One imagines we'll find out someday. The people around him can't keep anything quiet ever for very long.

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Trump's hand is missing a chunk of flesh..new speculations about his health [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd May 14 OP

Is that a prosthetic? Girard442 May 14 #1

Oh, god. If he's going bionic COL Mustard May 14 #3

What a nightmare! wnylib May 14 #23

It looks pretty mutilizated. Harker May 14 #2

Where is the "missing chunk" located? Silver Gaia May 14 #4

I think the reference is to a perceived divot in the lower center of the backside of the right hand. John1956PA May 14 #7

If you enlarge the image, and look right above the cuff, there is a niyad May 14 #8

I am an old woman. When I hold my hand at the same angle, I have a deep divot to the right of the tendon and a shallower ratchiweenie May 14 #59

I don't know bucolic_frolic May 14 #5

that was one hell of a puncture eShirl May 14 #15

Rot away malaise May 14 #6

Bleed long and fester. nt Xipe Totec May 14 #32

March on, oh Spirochete! displacedvermoter May 14 #42

I see what you did there CanonRay May 14 #55

This message was self-deleted by its author Xipe Totec May 15 #68

Don't hate me... zanana1 May 14 #9

I'm 83. My hands don't look nothing like those claws. 3Hotdogs May 14 #21

No...there is definitely flesh missing... Trueblue Texan May 14 #47

ahve plenty of folks in my life 70-98, none of their hands are like that obamanut2012 May 14 #56

His fuckhead KKKultists will call it stigmata Orrex May 14 #10

That is some disgraceful shit there Redleg May 14 #14

"Rubes" is far too polite a term for those ignorant racist fuckheads Orrex May 14 #18

To prove that he is Jesus, he would have to wnylib May 14 #30

It is far too polite for some of them- I am trying to moderate my language somewhat Redleg May 14 #50

That's scarrification from getting ongoing IV sticks indusurb May 14 #11

Looks the same to me. Old hand + IV Sympthsical May 14 #29

Yes ... plus he plays a lot of golf ... so a lot of time in the sun FakeNoose May 14 #35

Oh let's speculate! yardwork May 14 #46

He's main lining prime rib. dem4decades May 14 #48

Don't you mean Big Mac's? The Madcap May 14 #53

For chemo, they generally create a port. NH Ethylene May 14 #58

Yes. They put a port in the upper chest for chemo. Silver Gaia May 14 #67

Yeah MustLoveBeagles May 14 #62

OUCH zanana1 May 14 #37

He just needs more cholesterol. twodogsbarking May 14 #12

Yes, a favorite sign from the No Kings marches: "Cholesterol - Do your job!" TheRickles May 14 #13

Whatever it is, I hope it is nothing minor.. niyad May 14 #16

Okay :: That Took Me a Second (Look) Or Two ahnakneemoose May 14 #40

That's understandable. It is early yet. niyad May 14 #44

I have a missing muscle under my left thumb on the palm side. I'm back in the US to have sinkingfeeling May 14 #17

Absurd. He has old hands because he is old. I don't see chunks gone. Ridiculous. Srkdqltr May 14 #19

Blow the photo up... Trueblue Texan May 14 #49

Necrosis is a terrible thing. Kid Berwyn May 14 #20

Chemo Johnny2X2X May 14 #22

US media is part of the Trump Crime Syndicate. Irish_Dem May 14 #26

So true Johnny2X2X May 14 #39

He wins because of all of it, not just the media. Irish_Dem May 14 #43

His lawsuit vs the IRS Johnny2X2X May 14 #45

It's definately weird looking. Like a circular burn, the skin next to the circle looks more normal. Swede May 14 #24

I'm not seeing it. It just looks like an arthritic, wrinkly, gross, tiny hand. Vinca May 14 #25

He's been shaking too many hands... sop May 14 #27

Stigmata. C_U_L8R May 14 #28

That hand photo needed to come with a trigger warning. NCDem47 May 14 #31

Melania is slapping his hand away more vigorously nowadays. Norrrm May 14 #33

It looks more like a bulging vein to me GoCubsGo May 14 #34

Too many needle sticks pfitz59 May 14 #36

Chunk of flesh? Nah . . . but definitely shitty circulation, courtesy of age and needles . . . hatrack May 14 #38

Think RFK Jr. Leech or piranha therapy. usonian May 14 #41

I'm calling it... Happy Hoosier May 14 #51

So is his brain. His mane just covers it. spanone May 14 #52

Looks like fat atrophy to me. Ms. Toad May 14 #54

It may just be Ebola. gab13by13 May 14 #57

Nothing is missing on his hand. MineralMan May 14 #60

Proceed. Blue Owl May 14 #61

trump is not well LetMyPeopleVote May 14 #63

Yes, impatient republianmushroom May 14 #64

Nothing remarkable for an almost 80-year-old on aspirin or blood thinners. Too much wishful thinking. Doodley May 14 #65

My dad will be 82 in July and his hands look nothing like that Rob H. May 14 #66