# Trump is dying **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 27, 2025, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520 "2025-08-27T07:09:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 106
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2102 "2026-04-06T10:01:15Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Or any other pre-planned event which is designed to get a lot of media coverage. merkins ~~irony~~ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2103 "2026-04-06T19:54:17Z")
Today’s “Price is Right” got cut into with the Breaking News graphic. I stated getting excited that maybe it was Dead! Disappointed again. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2104 "2026-04-06T22:27:45Z")
> [@dougrb](#): > > Stronger evidence would be if he does show up and the kids are rolling HIM across the lawn. That would take some muscular kids! As we know, he did show up. He rambled incoherently to questions, but he did show up. On the ‘something happened at Walter Reed this weekend’ front: > **[Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social)](https://bsky.app/profile/angrystaffer.bsky.social/post/3mitkoa6sgs2h)** > > Turns out, he did come back with a comically swollen right hand. > > Looks like a water balloon with a terrible makeup job. > > H/T: @atrupar.com > > \[contains quote post or other embedded content\] ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2105 "2026-04-07T02:33:59Z")
“Do you want me to wake you up in the middle of the night if he dies?” “I want you to wake me up in the middle of surgery if he dies!” ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2106 "2026-04-07T03:19:28Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > [@angrystaffer.bsky.social on Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/angrystaffer.bsky.social/post/3mitkoa6sgs2h) Any thoughts on what that could be? I’m assuming this is the same hand that appears bruised and miscolored in the past? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2107 "2026-04-07T03:25:08Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > Any thoughts on what that could be? > **[Lecanemab](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecanemab)** > > Lecanemab, sold under the brand name Leqembi, is a monoclonal antibody medication used for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Lecanemab is an amyloid beta-directed antibody. It is given via intravenous infusion or subcutaneous injection to people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia. In clinical trials, it demonstrated modest efficacy in reducing relative cognitive decline compared to placebo. The most common side effects of lecanemab include headache, infusion-relate Lecanemab w... ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2108 "2026-04-07T04:46:56Z")
… must resist joke about there being nothing in his head to ache… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2109 "2026-04-07T05:09:45Z")
There **is** such a thing as bone pain. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2110 "2026-04-07T06:04:12Z")
Artemis II went behind the moon, amirite? ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2111 "2026-04-07T14:38:08Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > [Lecanemab - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecanemab) So is discoloration and swelling an actual side effect of the drug? Online people have said it’s a side effect of the IV itself which makes no sense to me, IVs are usually in the arm, and that doesn’t look like the bruising IVs cause (I’m not a doctor but been around a lot of people with long term IVs) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2112 "2026-04-07T15:00:42Z")
On the rare occasions when I have an IV (as for light anesthetic for a procedure), it is in the hand. There is usually a modest amount of bruising (depending on the skill of the nurse or phlebotomist) but I have not had swelling. It wouldn’t be surprising to me that a man in his general physical condition would not have good, accessible arm veins. ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2113 "2026-04-07T15:47:31Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > There is usually a modest amount of bruising Yeah I’ve seen some pretty nasty bruising on my daughter from the IV when she spends time in the ICU. But nothing like what is shown in those [pictures](https://vid.alarabiya.net/images/2025/08/26/41bb64a9-abd8-4561-8bde-a2d36a372d64/41bb64a9-abd8-4561-8bde-a2d36a372d64.JPG?crop=1:1&width=1000) and presumably this can’t be a long term IV. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2114 "2026-04-07T19:14:55Z")
I’ve had IVs in both the arm and the back of the hand. I typically get a little bruising either way. Yes, he’s probably getting IV something. I don’t think we have any reason to believe it’s anything in particular, and there are lots of possibilities. ---
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2115 "2026-04-07T20:26:00Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > nothing like what is shown in those [pictures](https://vid.alarabiya.net/images/2025/08/26/41bb64a9-abd8-4561-8bde-a2d36a372d64/41bb64a9-abd8-4561-8bde-a2d36a372d64.JPG?crop=1:1&width=1000) My Dad, who is close in age to Trump, has hands with a similar dark spot as Trump’s left hand in those pictures. Not the right one, with what looks like a large bruise, but the left that has a less bruise-looking dark spot covering the back of his hand. My Dad asked me what it was, and I told him to ask his dermatologist, because I don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2116 "2026-04-08T00:54:00Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If we follow the Wilson administration’s example, then Melania is going to have to take over. Nah… She doesn’t care. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2117 "2026-04-08T01:17:17Z")
Do U? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2118 "2026-04-08T01:38:22Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > IVs are usually in the arm, Not necessarily. In the hospital before and after my hip replacement my IV line was set up on the back of my hand, with the port taped in place. Which makes sense given that a needle inserted into the inside of the elbow would greatly restrict the ability to use that arm. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2119 "2026-04-08T02:04:06Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Not necessarily. In the hospital before and after my hip replacement my IV line was set up on the back of my hand, with the port taped in place. When I wound up in the hospital after catching rotavirus from a train bathroom and going into hypovolemic shock a few years back, they had to put an IV in my neck to get blood pressure boosters into my system faster than an arm IV would have. It was a minor surgical procedure that took 45 minutes or so. The surgeon thanked me for having shaved that morning so he wouldn’t have to do it himself. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2120 "2026-04-08T12:31:30Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > > [@griffin1977](#): > > > > IVs are usually in the arm, > > Not necessarily. In the hospital before and after my hip replacement my IV line was set up on the back of my hand, with the port taped in place. Which makes sense given that a needle inserted into the inside of the elbow would greatly restrict the ability to use that arm. I think the only time I’d gotten an IV in my arm was when they removed my appendix when I was fourteen. Every other time has been the back of my hand. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/2121 "2026-04-08T17:13:47Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > I’ve had IVs in both the arm and the back of the hand. Man, I first read this as “back of the head,” And I was thinking “whoa, that’s weird.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=105) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=107)