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Trump's hand is missing a chunk of flesh..new speculations about his health (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday OP
Is that a prosthetic? Girard442 Thursday #1
Oh, god. If he's going bionic COL Mustard Thursday #3
What a nightmare! wnylib Thursday #23
It looks pretty mutilizated. Harker Thursday #2
Where is the "missing chunk" located? Silver Gaia Thursday #4
I think the reference is to a perceived divot in the lower center of the backside of the right hand. John1956PA Thursday #7
If you enlarge the image, and look right above the cuff, there is a niyad Thursday #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 Thursday #59
I don't know bucolic_frolic Thursday #5
that was one hell of a puncture eShirl Thursday #15
Rot away malaise Thursday #6
Bleed long and fester. nt Xipe Totec Thursday #32
March on, oh Spirochete! displacedvermoter Thursday #42
I see what you did there CanonRay Thursday #55
This message was self-deleted by its author Xipe Totec 10 hrs ago #68
Don't hate me... zanana1 Thursday #9
I'm 83. My hands don't look nothing like those claws. 3Hotdogs Thursday #21
No...there is definitely flesh missing... Trueblue Texan Thursday #47
ahve plenty of folks in my life 70-98, none of their hands are like that obamanut2012 Thursday #56
His fuckhead KKKultists will call it stigmata Orrex Thursday #10
That is some disgraceful shit there Redleg Thursday #14
"Rubes" is far too polite a term for those ignorant racist fuckheads Orrex Thursday #18
To prove that he is Jesus, he would have to wnylib Thursday #30
It is far too polite for some of them- I am trying to moderate my language somewhat Redleg Thursday #50
That's scarrification from getting ongoing IV sticks indusurb Thursday #11
Looks the same to me. Old hand + IV Sympthsical Thursday #29
Yes ... plus he plays a lot of golf ... so a lot of time in the sun FakeNoose Thursday #35
Oh let's speculate! yardwork Thursday #46
He's main lining prime rib. dem4decades Thursday #48
Don't you mean Big Mac's? The Madcap Thursday #53
For chemo, they generally create a port. NH Ethylene Thursday #58
Yes. They put a port in the upper chest for chemo. Silver Gaia Thursday #67
Yeah MustLoveBeagles Thursday #62
OUCH zanana1 Thursday #37
He just needs more cholesterol. twodogsbarking Thursday #12
Yes, a favorite sign from the No Kings marches: "Cholesterol - Do your job!" TheRickles Thursday #13
Whatever it is, I hope it is nothing minor.. niyad Thursday #16
Okay :: That Took Me a Second (Look) Or Two ahnakneemoose Thursday #40
That's understandable. It is early yet. niyad Thursday #44
I have a missing muscle under my left thumb on the palm side. I'm back in the US to have sinkingfeeling Thursday #17
Absurd. He has old hands because he is old. I don't see chunks gone. Ridiculous. Srkdqltr Thursday #19
Blow the photo up... Trueblue Texan Thursday #49
Necrosis is a terrible thing. Kid Berwyn Thursday #20
Chemo Johnny2X2X Thursday #22
US media is part of the Trump Crime Syndicate. Irish_Dem Thursday #26
So true Johnny2X2X Thursday #39
He wins because of all of it, not just the media. Irish_Dem Thursday #43
His lawsuit vs the IRS Johnny2X2X Thursday #45
It's definately weird looking. Like a circular burn, the skin next to the circle looks more normal. Swede Thursday #24
I'm not seeing it. It just looks like an arthritic, wrinkly, gross, tiny hand. Vinca Thursday #25
He's been shaking too many hands... sop Thursday #27
Stigmata. C_U_L8R Thursday #28
That hand photo needed to come with a trigger warning. NCDem47 Thursday #31
Melania is slapping his hand away more vigorously nowadays. Norrrm Thursday #33
It looks more like a bulging vein to me GoCubsGo Thursday #34
Too many needle sticks pfitz59 Thursday #36
Chunk of flesh? Nah . . . but definitely shitty circulation, courtesy of age and needles . . . hatrack Thursday #38
Think RFK Jr. Leech or piranha therapy. usonian Thursday #41
I'm calling it... Happy Hoosier Thursday #51
So is his brain. His mane just covers it. spanone Thursday #52
Looks like fat atrophy to me. Ms. Toad Thursday #54
It may just be Ebola. gab13by13 Thursday #57
Nothing is missing on his hand. MineralMan Thursday #60
Proceed. Blue Owl Thursday #61
trump is not well LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #63
Yes, impatient republianmushroom Thursday #64
Nothing remarkable for an almost 80-year-old on aspirin or blood thinners. Too much wishful thinking. Doodley Thursday #65
My dad will be 82 in July and his hands look nothing like that Rob H. Thursday #66

Silver Gaia

(5,424 posts)
4. Where is the "missing chunk" located?
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:01 AM
Thursday

That shot is so blurry. All I see is a gnarled, wrinkly old guy hand.

John1956PA

(5,118 posts)
7. I think the reference is to a perceived divot in the lower center of the backside of the right hand.
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:27 AM
Thursday

It is believed by many that the backside of his right hand underwent trauma from insertion of IV needles. It is thought that he wore bandaging and makeup on it last year.

niyad

(133,971 posts)
8. If you enlarge the image, and look right above the cuff, there is a
Thu May 14, 2026, 06:32 AM
Thursday

depression just to the left of center.

ratchiweenie

(8,240 posts)
59. 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
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:13 AM
Thursday

one to the left. This is not missing flesh, it is just old wrinkled skin.

Response to Xipe Totec (Reply #32)

Trueblue Texan

(4,599 posts)
47. No...there is definitely flesh missing...
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:07 AM
Thursday

and notice the bruising is broader than previously. The makeup isn’t stretched quite as far as the bruising. I wonder if he had some kind of incident with an IV.

obamanut2012

(29,507 posts)
56. ahve plenty of folks in my life 70-98, none of their hands are like that
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:55 AM
Thursday

None.

That isn't from arthritis.

Redleg

(7,026 posts)
14. That is some disgraceful shit there
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:21 AM
Thursday

They have to be rubes to believe that Trump is Christ-like or an instrument of God (or god if you prefer).

Orrex

(67,377 posts)
18. "Rubes" is far too polite a term for those ignorant racist fuckheads
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:34 AM
Thursday

They already worship him; they happily equate him with Jesus, except that Jesus didn’t suffer nearly as much (in their view).

Redleg

(7,026 posts)
50. It is far too polite for some of them- I am trying to moderate my language somewhat
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:15 AM
Thursday

I pride myself on my facility to swear in great vulgar torrents and to devise creative new combinations of filthy and derogatory terms. The problem is that I don't have the words to truly describe the absolute shit-fuckery of these worthless people.

indusurb

(342 posts)
11. That's scarrification from getting ongoing IV sticks
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:01 AM
Thursday

That's almost a perfect match, in miniature, of the scars I got in the crooks of both elbows from selling plasma twice a week for two years back in the eighties. Granted they were using twelve gauge needles on me, whereas they're using much smaller needles on Trump, but elderly skin doesn't heal as well and scars quicker.

Still he must be getting a heck of a lot of IV sticks for some malady or other. Look for one of those divots to show up on his left hand because once you get that kindof scar tissue it's tough and painful to get a needle through it.

Sympthsical

(11,106 posts)
29. Looks the same to me. Old hand + IV
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:04 AM
Thursday

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.

FakeNoose

(42,362 posts)
35. Yes ... plus he plays a lot of golf ... so a lot of time in the sun
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:15 AM
Thursday

I'm sure he's got age spots (former freckles) on his skin. That's partly why he wears that awful orange makeup on his face, but most people never think to cover age spots on the hands or arms.

yardwork

(69,585 posts)
46. Oh let's speculate!
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:01 AM
Thursday

Separating this from Trump, what are some possible reasons for regular IV infusions in the hand over a long period of time?

I don't have much knowledge about this. Maybe...

Chemo infusions for cancer or an autoimmune disease? Or a weird woo-woo elixir of life treatment recommended by RFK, Jr.?

I would not be surprised if he's doing some kind of weird woo-woo treatment recommended by the weirdos around him.

NH Ethylene

(31,394 posts)
58. For chemo, they generally create a port.
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:03 AM
Thursday

I had one on my chest when I had cancer. I don't understand why they would repeatedly give him IVs in his hand when they could use a portal that's always available.

But I don't know much about this sort of thing.

Silver Gaia

(5,424 posts)
67. Yes. They put a port in the upper chest for chemo.
Thu May 14, 2026, 03:01 PM
Thursday

Multiple hand IVs would be impractical for chemo infusions..

sinkingfeeling

(58,023 posts)
17. I have a missing muscle under my left thumb on the palm side. I'm back in the US to have
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:28 AM
Thursday

medical tests run on it. I've been told it's a known condition that can be the result of carpal tunnel. I even posted about it with photos a few months ago.

Trueblue Texan

(4,599 posts)
49. Blow the photo up...
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:10 AM
Thursday

Where the central tendon meets his cuff, there is definitely flesh missing. But it looks like it’s mostly healed. My guess is he had a bad experience with an IV.

Johnny2X2X

(24,428 posts)
22. Chemo
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:52 AM
Thursday

There are types of chemo that can eat the skin, but they would probably not give that through the hand.

Why didn’t the media ask him about it more?

Johnny2X2X

(24,428 posts)
39. So true
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:33 AM
Thursday

I think I fully realized it during the 2024 campaign when Trump was completely controlling the media coverage of both he and Biden and then Harris. When it came out in court before that that Trump basically had medi9a members from the NY Times and MSNBC on his campaign payroll and it was barely covered as a scandal I realized that he spent the last 4 years corrupting the media and if he had plants at the NYT and MSNBC, he had plants everywhere. I told a friend that if he has the media in his pocket like I think he might, it won't matter who runs against him, he will beat them. And that's exactly what played out where the media just magnified his campaign's themes and hammered Biden and then Harris. The his buddy took over Twitter and he started paling around with Zuckerberg and I knew he had social media too.

I don't know if we can win with the media being controlled like this. Substance doesn't matter when the GOP can just utter their opponent is woke, and then the media parrots it while social media fills voters' social media feeds with propaganda. I don't know if we can break through that without doing work behind the scenes to uncorrupt all of this.

Irish_Dem

(82,251 posts)
43. He wins because of all of it, not just the media.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:37 AM
Thursday

He owns the courts, congress, corporations, universities, voting machines,
districting efforts, and most of the media, US military and ICE.

And he is silencing any criticism with his arrests and lawsuits against whistleblowers.

He has the entire system sewn up.

Even if he doesn't win, he can declare fraud and get the troops in place.

Johnny2X2X

(24,428 posts)
45. His lawsuit vs the IRS
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:47 AM
Thursday

I think that's a trial balloon for me. He's negotiated a multi $billion dollar settlement with himself. How this gets covered is a litmus test. If it doesn't garner the largest media outrage ever, we are cooked.

I think they'll try to seal the terms of the settlement, but the amount will leak. If this isn't a massive story, we just don't have any hope. And if he gets away with it, expect more lawsuits for bigger amounts.

Swede

(40,026 posts)
24. It's definately weird looking. Like a circular burn, the skin next to the circle looks more normal.
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:55 AM
Thursday

Rotting in real time.

Vinca

(54,316 posts)
25. I'm not seeing it. It just looks like an arthritic, wrinkly, gross, tiny hand.
Thu May 14, 2026, 07:56 AM
Thursday

Looks like there's an indentation where he gets some kind of IV, but that's been there. My husband disagrees with me. He says it looks like something's been sucked out of his hand. No bruising, no bandage??

NCDem47

(3,522 posts)
31. That hand photo needed to come with a trigger warning.
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:06 AM
Thursday

Vomit city.

I'm sorry...nothing about that looks normal.

hatrack

(65,122 posts)
38. Chunk of flesh? Nah . . . but definitely shitty circulation, courtesy of age and needles . . .
Thu May 14, 2026, 08:19 AM
Thursday

.

Ms. Toad

(38,806 posts)
54. Looks like fat atrophy to me.
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:37 AM
Thursday

I'm familiar with it from a foot condition treated by injections of steroids between the toes. It things out the far pad on the bottom of the foot, and often also creates divots like that between the metatarsals on the top of the foot as the fat dies off in response to the the steroids.

MineralMan

(151,531 posts)
60. Nothing is missing on his hand.
Thu May 14, 2026, 11:24 AM
Thursday

That divot is the junction of two tendons in the back of the hand. On old people, they can stand out.|

The photo depicts no missing tissues.

Doodley

(12,078 posts)
65. Nothing remarkable for an almost 80-year-old on aspirin or blood thinners. Too much wishful thinking.
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:07 PM
Thursday

Rob H.

(5,912 posts)
66. My dad will be 82 in July and his hands look nothing like that
Thu May 14, 2026, 01:23 PM
Thursday

Granted, it's a sample size of 1 and my dad doesn't live on Big Macs and Diet Coke and isn't morbidly obese like Orange Foolius, but that doesn't look normal to me.

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