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demmiblue

(39,471 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 09:43 AM Jan 22

Trump's *left* hand -- not the one that is usually disfigured -- now has a large bruise and is discolored

Trump's *left* hand -- not the one that is usually disfigured -- now has a large bruise and is discolored

These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)

Trump's *left* hand -- not the one that is usually disfigured -- now has a large bruise and is discolored

These pictures are from today in Davos and are via Chip Somodevilla (Getty) and Fabrice Coffrini (AFP)

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-01-22T14:33:16.559Z

When I asked Dr. Jonathan Reiner about Trump's chronic hand bruising he said the White House's claim that it was the result of aspirin therapy and hand shaking "is not a plausible explanation. (Particularly if he also has bruises on his left hand).”

Welp, here are visible bruises on his left hand:

Jon Passantino (@passantino.bsky.social) 2026-01-22T14:39:40.746Z
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Trump's *left* hand -- not the one that is usually disfigured -- now has a large bruise and is discolored (Original Post) demmiblue Jan 22 OP
Gangrene would be beneficial dalton99a Jan 22 #1
I do not care what it IS, just that it is FATAL and PAINFUL as hell. (n/t) Moostache Jan 22 #26
Hopefully it's fatal. Omnipresent Jan 22 #30
Any news of Traitor going down hill is Cha Jan 22 #50
Doing a lot of left-handed hand shakes? RockCreek Jan 22 #2
The double cheek kiss Prairie Gates Jan 22 #13
Too bad US taxpayers can't cut off his healthcare benefits SheltieLover Jan 22 #3
What, no make up on the bruise?................ Lovie777 Jan 22 #4
Leavitt: "Oh, the president spilled some grape juice" dalton99a Jan 22 #5
😂😂😂 Diamond_Dog Jan 22 #32
Or burned her Rebl2 Jan 22 #45
Here are some larger pdfs of trump's hand LetMyPeopleVote Jan 22 #6
His left hand looks a little swollen. Compare it Ilsa Jan 22 #42
His coloring Rebl2 Jan 22 #46
Michael Jackson-type life extension? OC375 Jan 22 #7
It's not that complicated... Happy Hoosier Jan 22 #9
Continuous intravenous injections have caused too much damage to his right hand Happy Hoosier Jan 22 #8
My guess. The veins in his right side are so damaged from the I.V.s he is getting they had to switch to his .... Botany Jan 22 #17
Trump backhands anyone who angers him. sop Jan 22 #10
I concur. SonOfNebanaube Jan 22 #37
White hands. Orange face. Clouds Passing Jan 22 #11
If he Rebl2 Jan 22 #12
Would the bruises be in one specific spot... jmowreader Jan 22 #14
My experience Rebl2 Jan 22 #44
That doesn't look like the kind of bruising you get from aspirin or blood-thinners. Ocelot II Jan 22 #36
This is a man on blood thinners who is getting somesort of regular IV treatment indusurb Jan 22 #15
Peanut butter face jelly hands demmiblue Jan 22 #16
His face looks like it's been painted with Betadine. 3catwoman3 Jan 22 #20
Use some moisturizer dude Johnny2X2X Jan 22 #18
Even when the bruises were on his right hand, there is no way they were from hand shaking. 3catwoman3 Jan 22 #19
But his hands are so TINY that normal hands Ilsa Jan 22 #43
If it was anyone else MustLoveBeagles Jan 22 #21
Health saga ratchets as Trump puts bruises on full display in Davos LetMyPeopleVote Jan 22 #22
K&R UTUSN Jan 22 #23
We should be sympathetic Mordred Jan 22 #24
Melania is beginning to hit harder when he tries to hold her hand for the cameras. 11 Bravo Jan 22 #25
Pigmata for the cult's orange Jesus Efilroft Sul Jan 22 #27
Come On Grim Reaper! Chasstev365 Jan 22 #28
Hey Donny -- the Grim Reaper has a gold trophy with your name on it Blue Owl Jan 22 #33
He rotting from the outside in..... Historic NY Jan 22 #29
I hope he's dying. mzmolly Jan 22 #31
Rotter's Rotting Kid Berwyn Jan 22 #34
As vain as he is, I'm surprised they let it go without the smear of makeup on the world stage. Diamond_Dog Jan 22 #35
Collapsed veins no_hypocrisy Jan 22 #38
Out, damned spot, out, I say! C_U_L8R Jan 22 #39
Yeesh, I wonder what the rest of his corpse looks Luz Jan 22 #40
Duh Boo1 Jan 22 #41
My tuppenceworth as a medic anamnua Jan 22 #47
Maybe he backhanded a wall in anger. Totally Tunsie Jan 22 #48
Let's hope it's nothing minor. nt Wednesdays Jan 22 #49
Shaking hands with too many friends and well wishers at Davos. Swede Jan 22 #51
He's probably dying. He's 78+ and he has no clue. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 22 #52
He's gonna run out of hands for those treatments he lies about not getting FullySupportDems Jan 23 #53
The fragility is obvious now. It won't be long LetMyPeopleVote Jan 23 #54

Omnipresent

(7,341 posts)
30. Hopefully it's fatal.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:28 PM
Jan 22

He’s got Doctors that will jab him in the ass with some of the best shit around for pain. That’s probably why he’s falling asleep all the time.

Cha

(317,721 posts)
50. Any news of Traitor going down hill is
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:52 PM
Jan 22

Great News for America and the World.

I was hoping a Dr would tell what it could mean?

OC375

(546 posts)
7. Michael Jackson-type life extension?
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:00 AM
Jan 22

Always figured him for resorting to any and all means to preserve himself, and sort wondered when I see some of the bruising if he's been getting IV's frequently to fight/fix/prolong whatever he's been doing to himself over the years. Honestly, wouldn't shock me to hear he died some morning on the news, due to a "medical error in his health regime" ie: too much upper/downer/hokum for his bad heart or something.

Happy Hoosier

(9,446 posts)
9. It's not that complicated...
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:04 AM
Jan 22

Some anti-dementia drugs require monthly infusions. It explains both the IV bruises AND the frequent cognitive tests. Dude's brain is rotting.

Happy Hoosier

(9,446 posts)
8. Continuous intravenous injections have caused too much damage to his right hand
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:02 AM
Jan 22

So on the the left hand until the right hand heals.

I can't understand why people are mystified by this. I've had IVs in that exact same spot when I've been in the hospital.

Botany

(76,701 posts)
17. My guess. The veins in his right side are so damaged from the I.V.s he is getting they had to switch to his ....
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:10 AM
Jan 22

… left hand.

Surprised that they haven’t put in an I.V. port on his body that can be hidden by his clothes. I read somewhere that the drugs he is getting for his dementia are via an I.V..

However the good news is that he is dying.

Rebl2

(17,529 posts)
12. If he
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:13 AM
Jan 22

is taking as much aspirin as I read he was, it will definitely causes bruising. When I took aspirin for RA as a child, definitely had bruising.

Rebl2

(17,529 posts)
44. My experience
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:19 PM
Jan 22

with large doses of aspirin you get bruising anywhere on the body. His bruising looks like he has had some kind of infusion.

Ocelot II

(129,730 posts)
36. That doesn't look like the kind of bruising you get from aspirin or blood-thinners.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:45 PM
Jan 22

This is very dark and centered over one spot; looks more like it came from an injury or bleeding in that one spot, as from an injection. Aspirin-related bruising tends to be more diffuse.

indusurb

(310 posts)
15. This is a man on blood thinners who is getting somesort of regular IV treatment
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 10:41 AM
Jan 22

They just switched the hand that gets the stick. I've seen this in many people. This is a man who is not healthy and they're trying to prop him up through until the midterms.

3catwoman3

(28,898 posts)
19. Even when the bruises were on his right hand, there is no way they were from hand shaking.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:22 AM
Jan 22

When you shake hands with another person, your thumb slides neatly into the webbed space between their thumb and forefinger, known as the thenar web space. You'd have to put your thumb in a really odd position to reach the part of the back of the hand where TSF's bruising is.

Fun fact I found just now - an antiquated name for the thenar web space is the purlicue.

Ilsa

(64,026 posts)
43. But his hands are so TINY that normal hands
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 03:49 PM
Jan 22

wrap around Krasnov's. Another person's thumb could do a beatdown on the back of the Felon's hand. ½

But, it's absolutely the IV.

LetMyPeopleVote

(176,745 posts)
22. Health saga ratchets as Trump puts bruises on full display in Davos
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 11:40 AM
Jan 22

trump is not well

Health saga ratchets as Trump puts bruises on full display in Davos www.rawstory.com/trump-bruises/

Darbyscastle (@darbyscastle.bsky.social) 2026-01-22T15:33:47.268Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-bruises/

When President Donald Trump formally launched his "Board of Peace" organization at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this week, a new set of dark bruises on his hands became highly conspicuous, The Daily Beast reported on Thursday.

"The slight bruise on Trump’s right hand was visible Thursday when he held up a signed founding charter for the group at the Davos event, as well as an even darker one on his left," reported Ewan Palmer. "But his bruised and frail hands were largely obscured by a presidential lectern as he delivered a low-energy, rambling speech in Davos for the second day in a row."

Trump, who is set to surpass his predecessor Joe Biden as the oldest sitting president in history, has frequently presented with hand bruising, often wearing thick layers of makeup to cover it.....

Trump has also been spotted with swollen ankles, a potential sign of heart failure, which combined with the reported battery of tests he has been under, has led some medical experts to believe the White House is covering up a much more serious health condition.

Historic NY

(39,801 posts)
29. He rotting from the outside in.....
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 02:28 PM
Jan 22

or they are embalming him with something for his Alzheimer's. There are new infusion therapies.

anamnua

(1,498 posts)
47. My tuppenceworth as a medic
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:24 PM
Jan 22

There was a recent, much-highlighted, photo of DJT with a right-sided facial droop suggestive of a stroke or a transient ischemic attack. I guess that the bruising is due to a DOAC — an anti-stroke med. Linked with this I suspect multi-stroke dementia — the second commonest form after Alzheimer’s.

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