# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1122 "2025-12-13T16:44:24Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I don’t think anyone would question that 90 year old, after having some blood drawn, would have a big bruise for a week. I mean, Trump is old, but he’s not _that_ old. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1123 "2025-12-13T16:46:51Z")
Almost 80… I even looked it up first. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1124 "2025-12-13T16:56:45Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I don’t think anyone would question that 90 year old, after having some blood drawn, would have a big bruise for a week. _Tap-tap,_ is this thing ON? 🎙 These discolorations aren’t necessarily caused by having blood drawn. And you don’t usually have blood drawn from the back of your hand. These “bruises” (to me) indicate that trump is on coumadin or some other blood thinner. I’m old, and I live with old people, and I’ve dated old people, and I’ve seen this on the hands and arms of old people (who take coumadin) A LOT. 🤦🏽‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1125 "2025-12-13T16:58:19Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > These “bruises” (to me) indicate that trump is on coumadin or some other blood thinner. I’m old, and I live with old people, and I’ve dated old people, and I’ve seen this on the hands and arms of old people (who take coumadin) A LOT. Indeed. My dad (age 92) has been on a blood thinner since he had a minor stroke about a decade ago; ever since then, the backs of his hands and his forearms have always had some level of bruising. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1126 "2025-12-13T17:01:48Z")
Coumadin is essentially rat poison. So they just need to up the dosage. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1127 "2025-12-13T17:05:46Z")
Because he’s a rat or because it’s poison? ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1128 "2025-12-13T17:06:26Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > These “bruises” (to me) indicate that trump is on coumadin or some other blood thinner. I’m old, and I live with old people, and I’ve dated old people, and I’ve seen this on the hands and arms of old people (who take coumadin) A LOT. You don’t put bandages on bruises, especially on the elderly. > [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > Because he’s a rat or because it’s poison? Twelve of one and a full dozen of the other. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1129 "2025-12-13T17:08:13Z")
He’s a 250lb rat, so I think you know. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2025, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1130 "2025-12-13T17:44:23Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > There’s been research for years into other APIs that can be formulated into an oral dose with some success but I’m not aware of anything that’s gotten approval yet. It’s close. Lilly has submitted for approval of Orforglipron, and expects FDA review in early 2026. [https://www.lilly.com/news/stories/what-to-know-about-orforglipron](https://www.lilly.com/news/stories/what-to-know-about-orforglipron) ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1131 "2025-12-13T18:11:03Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > You don’t put bandages on bruises, especially on the elderly. You’re talking about what “normal” old people do. You cover them with a bandage if you want to pretend they’re not there, or pretend they’re not what they are, or get people to stop asking questions about them because you’re clearly the healthiest person in the world and you have lots of doctors ~~whom you have paid~~ who will confirm that. There’s nuttin’ wrong with you and you don’t take any kind of medication that would cause you to leak blood under your skin and _anyone who says you do is a treasonous poopiehead and how would you like to spend Christmas in El Salvador??_ Absent a bandage, you might try to cover the marks with makeup–oh wait–! This is trumpy we’re talking about, FFS. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1132 "2025-12-13T18:26:28Z")
I thought something similar at first - then I remembered reading that his changing hair color is because he’s too impatient to let the product (dye or Just for Men) sit long enough. I bet he doesn’t have the patience to let a professional do a good job. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1133 "2025-12-13T18:26:34Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > > [@OttoDaFe](#): > > > > while I may be misremembering, I recall reading on more than one occasion that the Orange Peril is quite a germaphobe. If true, that would argue against even moderate handshaking, let alone excessive handshaking. > > He’s a germophobe, but he’s also notorious for shaking people’s hands in a dominating painful death grip to show what a tough guy he is. > > [https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s\_!zcH1!,f\_auto,q\_auto:good,fl\_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7e35fd85-807c-4e68-938d-2760012d46ca\_400x225.webp](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zcH1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7e35fd85-807c-4e68-938d-2760012d46ca_400x225.webp) > > But handshaking wouldn’t explain a bruise on the back of his hand. As long as we’re tossing theories around, shaking hands a lot and being a germophobe are not mutually exclusive. Might he have overused disinfectants/sanitizers and thus [damaged skin on his hand](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7529601/)? I can’t quite buy “he’s on blood thinners” to explain hand bruisiing, seeing as we’ve been assured he’s a perfectly healthy specimen, so much so that doctors express their awe to him with tears in their eyes. Either he’s immortal or plans to clone him are well underway. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1134 "2025-12-13T18:47:06Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > I can’t quite buy “he’s on blood thinners” to explain hand bruisiing I have atrial fibrillation, which caused me to have a stroke a few years ago. I take blood thinners. Once I remember being unable to wash a green patch off my hand where I’d had an IV. Took me a bit to clue in that it was a bruise. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1135 "2025-12-13T19:04:12Z")
Novo Nordisk already has an oral GLP-1 on the market, Rybelsus. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1136 "2025-12-13T19:20:20Z")
Hardly has to be a professional. I could do it in two minutes, and I’ve never worn make up. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1137 "2025-12-13T21:45:05Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > He already wears a ‘coffin clothes’ suit. His **hole** cabinet does. Best typo (?) of the month. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1138 "2025-12-13T22:31:59Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Best typo (?) of the month. I just thought the (ass) part in front was implied. ---
**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:** [December 13, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1139 "2025-12-13T22:34:33Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > And you don’t usually have blood drawn from the back of your hand. Right, but if you need something infused into you and your inside-the-elbow veins aren’t good, the needle might very well go into a vein in your hand. And you do get bruising from that. One theory: Donald has been prescribed an Alzheimer’s medication called Leqembi, the use of which requires regular MRIs: > [@](#): > > Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) tweeted last week that the 79-year-old president is showing signs he’s taking the Alzheimer’s disease drug Leqembi …“The Alzheimer’s drug Leqembi: Is administered through an infusion (for example, through the hand); Can cause swelling, bleeding, or fluid leakage in the brain, requiring regular MRIs; Can cause tiredness," Kamlager-Dove had posted on Dec. 4. … This is from _rawstory_, so not exactly verified. But it hasn’t been ruled out, either. > **[White House denies congresswoman's suggestion that Trump's taking Alzheimer drug](https://www.rawstory.com/trump-dementia-2674394109/)** > > A Democratic lawmaker's "curious" theory about President Donald Trump's health forced an official White House denial.Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) tweeted last week that the 79-year-old president is showing signs he’s taking the Alzheimer’s... ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1140 "2025-12-13T22:54:26Z")
Why doesn’t he have bruising on his left hand? Hubster has bruising like that. Now he does not take anything but one low dose aspirin a day, but his bruising is not limited to only one hand. It’s on both hands at different times and up and down his arms. ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1141 "2025-12-13T22:59:21Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Best typo (?) of the month. Thank you! In a perfect world, it would have a [sound effect](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5rBtQPWNtr0). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=58)