# 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:** 89
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1762 "2026-03-04T02:13:13Z")
That’s not just makeup. It looks like a layer of Tegaderm with makeup on top. Pretty sure that’s what’s is used on his hand too. Maybe there’s a version used by makeup artists, or it’s just the off-the-shelf medical stuff. You can see on him if you zoom in how the texture on it is different - kind of wrinkled. > **[Tegaderm](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegaderm)** > > Tegaderm is a transparent medical dressing manufactured by 3M. Tegaderm transparent dressings can be used to cover and protect wounds and catheter sites. > Advantages of Tegaderm include its breathability and conformation to the skin such that it adheres in places such as the fingers and toes. > Tegaderm may also be used in "buddy strapping" of fingers. Buddy-strapping is a method of finger splinting that allows protected active movement in situations such as stable phalangeal fractures, undisplace... ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1763 "2026-03-04T03:07:54Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > That’s not just makeup. It looks like a layer of Tegaderm with makeup on top. Pretty sure that’s what’s is used on his hand too. That would certainly lend credence to the hypothesis that the back of his hand is being used as an IV site. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1764 "2026-03-04T03:26:46Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > That would certainly lend credence to the hypothesis that the back of his hand is being used as an IV site True, but it’s also just a good surface to slather makeup on. Smooths out the crustiness. You can get it in sheets without the gauze. [![](https://s7d9.scene7.com/is/image/mmmspinco/tegaderm-iv-advanced-pdp-module-3-ms-ipss-en) ](https://s7d9.scene7.com/is/image/mmmspinco/tegaderm-iv-advanced-pdp-module-3-ms-ipss-en) ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1765 "2026-03-04T03:29:53Z")
Further contrasts between the Biden and Trump presidencies: Joe Biden had a skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) removed during his time in office and it [was matter-of-factly reported](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1161049252/biden-skin-cancer) by the White House. Trump’s skin lesions (including the probable neck pre-/in situ squamous cell carcinoma) have been obfuscated by a captive medical staff. That illustrates the difference between the Biden presidency and the Cult of the Leader. \*Trump’s lesion(s) might also have provided a good teaching moment about the value of sunscreen, except that would have necessitated candor, as well as going against MAHA claims that sunscreen is dangerous. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1766 "2026-03-04T03:33:17Z")
And Jimmy Carter had hemorrhoid surgery. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1767 "2026-03-04T03:40:28Z")
“Doesn’t it seem odd that Ronald Reagan had an operation on his ass and George Bush had an operation on his middle finger?” -George Carlin ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1768 "2026-03-04T04:04:16Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Joe Biden had a skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) removed during his time in office and it [was matter-of-factly reported](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1161049252/biden-skin-cancer) by the White House. Reagan, too, from his nose. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1769 "2026-03-04T04:36:30Z")
Joe Biden had Reagan removed from his nose? 🤡 ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1770 "2026-03-04T05:00:44Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Joe Biden had a skin cancer (basal cell carcinoma) removed during his time in office and it [was matter-of-factly reported](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/03/1161049252/biden-skin-cancer) by the White House. > > Trump’s skin lesions (including the probable neck pre-/in situ squamous cell carcinoma) have been obfuscated by a captive medical staff. > > > WDPAnews @WDPAnews > [@AG Pam Bondi](#): > > President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in American history. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1771 "2026-03-04T16:17:11Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Full Quasimodo by the Fourth of July!!! That just triggered a memory in me. Fifty-odd years ago I spent three weeks in Europe galavanting here and there in a Eurail pass. When I got off the train in Cologne one afternoon I could hear church bells ringing. After a few minutes I realized they were [ringing changes](https://youtu.be/3lyDCUKsWZs), a pattern where every every bell in a set is rung in every order. Intrigued I walked over to the cathedral and found someone important to the church had died and they were in the process of burying him that afternoon. The funeral procession included priests, nuns, and bretheren from all over the world and the graveyard next to the cathedral where the open grave was waiting had only about a dozen graves in it. Even as a strong agnostic I found it quite moving. I have since found out that changes are rung as a celebration. For example, churches all over England rang changes on VE day and for the opening of the 2012 Olympics. Anyway, to bring this to relevance, do Catholic and Anglican cathedrals celebratory ring changes? If so could they do it right after the announcement of his nibs’ as a celebration? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1772 "2026-03-04T20:23:04Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Trump’s lesion(s) might also have provided a good teaching moment about the value of sunscreen, except that would have necessitated candor, as well as going against MAHA claims that sunscreen is dangerous. Seriously? What is their beef with sunscreen? ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1773 "2026-03-04T20:28:18Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > If so could they do it right after the announcement of his nibs’ as a celebration? I have friends who ring bells (changes) as a hobby. You need to gather several people to do it. So unless the announcement was predicted in advance, no. But they could certainly do it for the funeral. Probably even a day or three after the announcement. And maybe, possibly, if a group of bell ringers was already scheduled to meet, they could pivot right away. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1774 "2026-03-04T21:00:22Z")
They claim it causes cancer. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1775 "2026-03-04T21:11:40Z")
Well, I’ve known several people with skin cancer, and none of them wore sunscreen. That’s _why_ they got skin cancer. Those MAHAs are so messed up. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1776 "2026-03-04T21:13:01Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Seriously? What is their beef with sunscreen? Did science tell you something? Did medicine tell you something? Then we will do the opposite to prove them wrong. Waahhhhh!!! 🍼 ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1777 "2026-03-04T21:17:12Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > What is their beef with sunscreen? Using sunscreen is an admission of weakness. ---
**Author:** ![Sigene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1778 "2026-03-04T21:23:19Z")
Can I Pit this thread? I’m tired of seeing “Trump is dying”….Sure he’s dying and someday the prediction will be true and we can smugly say we were right….even if its years from now, because SOMEDAY, it will happen. Clearly it wasn’t as imminent as was originally thought. Now this thread has just become a stupid farce of itself. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1779 "2026-03-04T21:24:33Z")
There used to be a problem with sunscreen that it blocked the frequencies of light that cause sunburn, but not some other frequencies that cause cancer. So by encouraging people to spend more time soaking up dangerous rays, they actually did increase the risk of cancer. I’m pretty sure that issue was addressed a couple of decades ago, though. ---
**Author:** ![Toxgoddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Toxgoddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxgoddess)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2026, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1780 "2026-03-04T21:26:24Z")
The subtlety of that argument is beyond Trump, RFK Jr and your average MAGA. They don’t want to use sunscreen because someone smarter than them told them it was good for them. That’s it. ---
**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:** [March 4, 2026, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520/1781 "2026-03-04T22:07:21Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > There used to be a problem with sunscreen that it blocked the frequencies of light that cause sunburn, but not some other frequencies that cause cancer. Thanks, that seems vaguely familiar, but, yeah, it was _ages_ ago that it was fixed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-dying/1022520.md?page=90)