# 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:** 58
**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, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1142 "2025-12-13T23:02:24Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > … his bruising is not limited to only one hand. It’s on both hands at different times and up and down his arms. To me the '_bruising on the back of one hand, only’_ is the clearest indication that Donald is receiving an infusion in that hand, rather than experiencing the body-wide effects of some oral medication. Also, why can’t they find makeup that actually matches his skin tone??? He _cannot_ be enjoying all this talk about his hand. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1143 "2025-12-13T23:21:08Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > He _cannot_ be enjoying all this talk about his hand. Good. OTOH (heh) it distracts from the Epstein files. ---
**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, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1144 "2025-12-13T23:25:32Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > To me the '_bruising on the back of one hand, only’_ is the clearest indication that Donald is receiving an infusion in that hand, rather than experiencing the body-wide effects of some oral medication. Could be a combo - when I was on Plavix (and low dose aspirin) an IV in the back of my hand, or having blood drawn would give me huge bruises. And I had a nosebleed so bad I had to go to the ER. Didn’t get that before I started taking the Plavix nor after I stopped. In my case, it didn’t cause bleeding out of nowhere - it just caused me to bleed longer/heavier when something caused bleeding. Which would explain why it’s one hand. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1145 "2025-12-13T23:27:27Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > > [@Sherrerd](#): > > > > He _cannot_ be enjoying all this talk about his hand. > > Good. > > OTOH (heh) it distracts from the Epstein files. It’s a veritable shit sandwich Presidency. You put bruising in one hand and Epstein in the other, see which fills up headlines first. ---
**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, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1146 "2025-12-13T23:29:21Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > He _cannot_ be enjoying all this talk about his hand. He had a hand, but it went bad, so he lopped it off at the wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1147 "2025-12-13T23:33:35Z")
You are awesome. 🙂 ---
**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, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1148 "2025-12-13T23:47:06Z")
One small hand for Man One giant hand for Mankind. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1149 "2025-12-14T00:24:46Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Also, why can’t they find makeup that actually matches his skin tone??? No way does Trump have the patience to sit still and let a professional put makeup on him. He does it to himself and is convinced that nobody can notice it. > [@Sherrerd](#): > > He _cannot_ be enjoying all this talk about his hand. If you watch him at his media ops lately, he’s made a habit of either hiding his hand under the desk or covering it with his left hand. No doubt he thinks he’s being sly and nobody has caught on. ---
**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 14, 2025, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1150 "2025-12-14T00:25:45Z")
> [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](#): > > One giant hand for Mankind. “Private Handjob, what do you think you are doing to my beloved Corps?!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1151 "2025-12-14T02:49:32Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > If you watch him at his media ops lately, he’s made a habit of either hiding his hand under the desk or covering it with his left hand. No doubt he thinks he’s being sly and nobody has caught on. “Yeah, that doesn’t look so bad at all…” > **[Reddit - The heart of the internet](https://www.reddit.com/r/whoselineisitanyway/comments/fvwkyb/ryan_accidentally_spills_water_on_himself_and/)** ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1152 "2025-12-14T04:25:21Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > plans to clone him are well underway I am reminded of: > “To clone any one of you would be a crime against humanity even _I_ am incapable of.” > –Dr. Drakken, _Kim Possible_ (referring to his inept henchmen) ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1153 "2025-12-14T05:21:16Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > One theory: Donald has been prescribed an Alzheimer’s medication called Leqembi, the use of which requires regular MRIs: That theory came up only because there was news about that med that popped up online. There are myriad of meds he’s a candidate for. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1154 "2025-12-14T05:30:04Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Hardly has to be a professional. I could do it in two minutes, and I’ve never worn make up It would have been the right color, if his hand hadn’t turned all red for some reason… ---
**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 14, 2025, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1155 "2025-12-14T17:03:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > These discolorations aren’t necessarily caused by having blood drawn. And you don’t usually have blood drawn from the back of your hand. I’m not saying he actually had blood drawn, just that would plausible enough not to invite more questions. Having said that, I like the ‘it’s from shaking people’s hands’ excuse since, if there’s at least one thing we all know about Trump, it’s that he has very thin skin. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1156 "2025-12-14T17:14:28Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > These discolorations aren’t necessarily caused by having blood drawn. And you don’t usually have blood drawn from the back of your hand. The back of the hand is frequently used for infusions if veins in the arm are unsuitable for whatever reason. In 2008, I lost so much blood from a gastric bleed, more than one nurse and doctor could not insert a line in my arm for fluids and blood. It all went in through my hand. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1157 "2025-12-14T17:33:25Z")
Infusions are a type of IV, aren’t they? I think every IV I’ve ever had was in the back of my hand - and every time blood was drawn for testing it was around my elbow. So if someone with a history of not being truthful told me they had a bruise on the back of the hand from having blood drawn, I’d wonder why they were trying to cover up that they had an IV. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1158 "2025-12-14T17:35:58Z")
You can’t draw blood from the arm if you can’t access an arm vein. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1159 "2025-12-14T17:50:44Z")
Of course not - but if you were talking about having vials of blood drawn for testing from the back of your hand then I’m not sure why you mentioned infusions. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1160 "2025-12-14T18:00:03Z")
Because we are talking about bruising on Trump’s hand, which could be from either blood draw or infusion. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2025, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1161 "2025-12-14T19:53:05Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > > [@ThelmaLou](#): > > > > These discolorations aren’t necessarily caused by having blood drawn. And you don’t usually have blood drawn from the back of your hand. > > The back of the hand is frequently used for infusions if veins in the arm are unsuitable for whatever reason. In 2008, I lost so much blood from a gastric bleed, more than one nurse and doctor could not insert a line in my arm for fluids and blood. It all went in through my hand. I always have blood drawn and infusions done through my hand. My arm veins are hopeless. The good phlebotomists can do it so there is no bruising or else a very small bruise that disappears in a day or two. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=59)