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Kingofalldems

(40,023 posts)
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 04:06 PM Yesterday

Looks like both hands now discolored.

These left-handed handshakes are even more intense than the right-handed ones.

John Moe (@johnmoe.bsky.social) 2025-12-28T20:46:41.729Z


And makeup on the right hand.

not only was Trump's right hand discolored on Christmas Eve, but it appears his left hand is now discolored too

(Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty)

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-12-28T18:21:33.642Z
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Looks like both hands now discolored. (Original Post) Kingofalldems Yesterday OP
It's spreading newdeal2 Yesterday #1
I would like to wake up to good news tomorrow!! niyad Yesterday #24
Nah bucolic_frolic Yesterday #2
Shit poisoning. Too full of shit. Emile Yesterday #3
They're upping his drug infusions. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #4
That would be my guess as well. NotHardly Yesterday #19
I imagine the bastard's veins are pretty shot by now Warpy Yesterday #21
If that's the case, I hope he keeps refusing the port. Iggo Yesterday #33
I can't imagine him allowing doctors to Ilsa 22 hrs ago #40
Veins in the feet and legs aren't generally used Warpy 9 hrs ago #43
Looks like puncture marks in the close up. Maybe that snake bit him. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #5
It's just pixelation. Ms. Toad Yesterday #14
As a nurse who has also done some professional portraiture, it looks Maru Kitteh Yesterday #37
I'm talking specifically about the spot alleged to be a "small hole." Ms. Toad 23 hrs ago #39
Creepiest thing on YouTube is T💩p reading "The Snake" poem. He is the snake and he knows it. OMGWTF Yesterday #17
Maybe that snake bit him. Conjuay Yesterday #27
Baby leopard. N/T usonian Yesterday #28
Two sets of shots canetoad Yesterday #6
His ankles are next dalton99a Yesterday #7
Perhaps the veins in right hand are no longer any good, Paper Roses Yesterday #8
Cankles. OMGWTF Yesterday #18
They are running out of places to insert needles... SWBTATTReg Yesterday #9
My thought as well. The injections are more frequent. Irish_Dem Yesterday #10
Surely he's just getting infusions pinkstarburst Yesterday #11
But they continue to lie about it. Kingofalldems Yesterday #12
Treatment for tertiary syphilis I have read displacedvermoter Yesterday #13
Collapsing veins. Joinfortmill Yesterday #15
Is it from wanking to much?? madinmaryland Yesterday #16
Not his normal healthy orange at all. nt eppur_se_muova Yesterday #20
Sometimes they infuse his other hand so that it feels like someone else Orrex Yesterday #22
Strange, to me. Linda ladeewolf Yesterday #23
Official photo just released. usonian Yesterday #25
Is that spackle, or primer, on his right hand? His left is swollen. (bottom pic) niyad Yesterday #26
That's what happens when you hire the more inexpensive makeup artist. marble falls Yesterday #30
And the cheapest makeup. niyad Yesterday #35
note to self - the Home Depot is a bad place to source for make up. marble falls Yesterday #36
An excellent reminder! niyad 23 hrs ago #38
And so is his black, black, evil souless heart. marble falls Yesterday #29
Backs of both hands discolored Grim Chieftain Yesterday #31
The Donny Death Watch just got more exciting Blue Owl Yesterday #32
Lastib started a pool the other day. yellow dahlia 21 hrs ago #41
Post removed Post removed Yesterday #34
He's rotting from the inside out. LudwigPastorius 18 hrs ago #42

Warpy

(114,371 posts)
21. I imagine the bastard's veins are pretty shot by now
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 06:24 PM
Yesterday

If his hands look sore, they are. I don't imagine his arms are much better.

Why the hell they haven't put in a Portacath for frequent infusions is beyond me unless he's scared of the surgery and pitches a snot slinging fit when the docs bring it up.

At this rate, they're going to be out of sites and at that point, they're just going to have to let him show the whole world the extent of his dementia. It is not going to be pretty.

Ilsa

(63,791 posts)
40. I can't imagine him allowing doctors to
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 11:39 PM
22 hrs ago

use a vein in his leg, or place a visible catheter in his hand, if they could even find a usable vein. He's too vain to allow himself to look weak by having a visible port.
I'm hoping he'll insist they stop the treatment.

Warpy

(114,371 posts)
43. Veins in the feet and legs aren't generally used
Mon Dec 29, 2025, 01:28 PM
9 hrs ago

unless there's a compelling reason, like extensive casting or amputation of the upper extremities. Complications just increase the farther away from the heart you are.

Plus, the valves are made out of cast iron and they're a pain to access.

Ms. Toad

(38,132 posts)
14. It's just pixelation.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 04:57 PM
Yesterday

The resolution is too low. When the resolution is too low, the gradation between dark and light is too dramatic to appear like a gradual change in colors. If you look to the right and slightly up, there are several similar lighter colored lines of pixelation.

Maru Kitteh

(31,215 posts)
37. As a nurse who has also done some professional portraiture, it looks
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:21 PM
Yesterday

like venipuncture sites, 2 or 3 sticks, about 3-6 days ago. My guess would be a simple blood draw. I can’t imagine why he prefers the hands but he is a very stupid man with strange habits and a historically poor capacity for logic so . . .

As an aside, I’ve not seen any evidence that he would be on an IV drug for Alzheimer's, because I haven’t seen any evidence of Alzheimer’s type dementia. Given his lifestyle, diet and known medical history, I can buy cognitive decline and perhaps early-ish stages of vascular dementia. I also see evidence of a minor stroke.

DuckDuckGo AI overview of Alzheimer’s vs. vascular dementia:

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Alzheimer's disease primarily causes memory loss and difficulties with language and problem-solving, while vascular dementia often leads to issues with attention, planning, and reasoning, and may present with sudden changes in symptoms following a stroke. Both conditions can overlap, but the early symptoms of vascular dementia may not emphasize memory loss as much as Alzheimer's.
Mayo Clinic National Health Service (NHS)

Ms. Toad

(38,132 posts)
39. I'm talking specifically about the spot alleged to be a "small hole."
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 11:25 PM
23 hrs ago

The light colored area that might look - at a slight distance from the picture - like the flakes of loose skin which develop around the edge of an opening in the skin are simply the result of pixelation of a low resolution image.

I've been restoring old photos and retouching pretty rough medical images (as a digital retouch artist for Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep) for more than two decades, and am currently working on a BFA in photography. I spend (and have spent) a lot of time looking at pixelated images.

The bruising on his hands does not look to me like it comes from shaking his hands.

The regular bruising is odd - and suggests something which is repeated on a regular basis - like blood draws. I don't think it is likely it is from "2 or 3 sticks" though. When I was hospitalized on IV heparin for DVT at the thoracic outlet, I stopped at counting at 100 draws from my left hand during the first 2 weeks. The repeated sticks didn't cause bruising remotely similar to the bruises on his hand. A single blown stick, on the other hand, can cause bruising like that visible on his hands.

I believe he does have some sort of cognitive decline (comparison between speech patterns decades ago and now - as well as way too many similarities to my own spouse who has diagnosed cognitive decline). Figuring out what specific kind is above my pay grade.

OMGWTF

(5,005 posts)
17. Creepiest thing on YouTube is T💩p reading "The Snake" poem. He is the snake and he knows it.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 05:29 PM
Yesterday

Paper Roses

(7,613 posts)
8. Perhaps the veins in right hand are no longer any good,
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 04:31 PM
Yesterday

Time to switch to the left hand.
What is next, the ankles?

pinkstarburst

(1,872 posts)
11. Surely he's just getting infusions
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 04:42 PM
Yesterday

I get them regularly, and the infusion center prefers my hands, too.

Orrex

(66,631 posts)
22. Sometimes they infuse his other hand so that it feels like someone else
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 06:30 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 08:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Wait, what?

Linda ladeewolf

(1,095 posts)
23. Strange, to me.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 06:42 PM
Yesterday

My grandfather died of a massive, heck I have no idea what it was, but blood basically exploded from his nose, mouth, ears and other places. I guess it was some sort of high blood pressure, not sure what those are called. If anyone knows, I would appreciate knowing the correct term. That was many many years ago before I was born.
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marble falls

(70,645 posts)
36. note to self - the Home Depot is a bad place to source for make up.
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 10:06 PM
Yesterday

Last edited Sun Dec 28, 2025, 11:47 PM - Edit history (1)

Grim Chieftain

(1,171 posts)
31. Backs of both hands discolored
Sun Dec 28, 2025, 07:16 PM
Yesterday

Lips drooping on the right side, bloated ankles, awkward gait that veers from left to right, having difficulty navigating stairs, incoherent speech, diapers that give off an odorous stench- nah, he's fine, just ask the MAGAS . Nothing to see here.

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