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29. Looks the same to me. Old hand + IV

Thu May 14, 2026, 08:04 AM

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Which we kind of knew he was getting an IV for something.

That's just how that ends up looking sometimes.

But "chunk of flesh!" is certainly some clickbait.

Understandable that everyone's hopeful, but this doesn't look that unusual in someone hedging 80 who's had peripheral IVs.

I am dreadfully curious what he's being treated for. Of course there is tons of speculation, but even educated guesses are still diagnosing from afar. One imagines we'll find out someday. The people around him can't keep anything quiet ever for very long.

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Trump's hand is missing a chunk of flesh..new speculations about his health [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday OP

Is that a prosthetic? Girard442 Thursday #1

Oh, god. If he's going bionic COL Mustard Thursday #3

What a nightmare! wnylib Thursday #23

It looks pretty mutilizated. Harker Thursday #2

Where is the "missing chunk" located? Silver Gaia Thursday #4

I think the reference is to a perceived divot in the lower center of the backside of the right hand. John1956PA Thursday #7

If you enlarge the image, and look right above the cuff, there is a niyad Thursday #8

I am an old woman. When I hold my hand at the same angle, I have a deep divot to the right of the tendon and a shallower ratchiweenie Thursday #59

I don't know bucolic_frolic Thursday #5

that was one hell of a puncture eShirl Thursday #15

Rot away malaise Thursday #6

Bleed long and fester. nt Xipe Totec Thursday #32

March on, oh Spirochete! displacedvermoter Thursday #42

I see what you did there CanonRay Thursday #55

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Don't hate me... zanana1 Thursday #9

I'm 83. My hands don't look nothing like those claws. 3Hotdogs Thursday #21

No...there is definitely flesh missing... Trueblue Texan Thursday #47

ahve plenty of folks in my life 70-98, none of their hands are like that obamanut2012 Thursday #56

His fuckhead KKKultists will call it stigmata Orrex Thursday #10

That is some disgraceful shit there Redleg Thursday #14

"Rubes" is far too polite a term for those ignorant racist fuckheads Orrex Thursday #18

To prove that he is Jesus, he would have to wnylib Thursday #30

It is far too polite for some of them- I am trying to moderate my language somewhat Redleg Thursday #50

That's scarrification from getting ongoing IV sticks indusurb Thursday #11

Looks the same to me. Old hand + IV Sympthsical Thursday #29

Yes ... plus he plays a lot of golf ... so a lot of time in the sun FakeNoose Thursday #35

Oh let's speculate! yardwork Thursday #46

He's main lining prime rib. dem4decades Thursday #48

Don't you mean Big Mac's? The Madcap Thursday #53

For chemo, they generally create a port. NH Ethylene Thursday #58

Yes. They put a port in the upper chest for chemo. Silver Gaia Thursday #67

Yeah MustLoveBeagles Thursday #62

OUCH zanana1 Thursday #37

He just needs more cholesterol. twodogsbarking Thursday #12

Yes, a favorite sign from the No Kings marches: "Cholesterol - Do your job!" TheRickles Thursday #13

Whatever it is, I hope it is nothing minor.. niyad Thursday #16

Okay :: That Took Me a Second (Look) Or Two ahnakneemoose Thursday #40

That's understandable. It is early yet. niyad Thursday #44

I have a missing muscle under my left thumb on the palm side. I'm back in the US to have sinkingfeeling Thursday #17

Absurd. He has old hands because he is old. I don't see chunks gone. Ridiculous. Srkdqltr Thursday #19

Blow the photo up... Trueblue Texan Thursday #49

Necrosis is a terrible thing. Kid Berwyn Thursday #20

Chemo Johnny2X2X Thursday #22

US media is part of the Trump Crime Syndicate. Irish_Dem Thursday #26

So true Johnny2X2X Thursday #39

He wins because of all of it, not just the media. Irish_Dem Thursday #43

His lawsuit vs the IRS Johnny2X2X Thursday #45

It's definately weird looking. Like a circular burn, the skin next to the circle looks more normal. Swede Thursday #24

I'm not seeing it. It just looks like an arthritic, wrinkly, gross, tiny hand. Vinca Thursday #25

He's been shaking too many hands... sop Thursday #27

Stigmata. C_U_L8R Thursday #28

That hand photo needed to come with a trigger warning. NCDem47 Thursday #31

Melania is slapping his hand away more vigorously nowadays. Norrrm Thursday #33

It looks more like a bulging vein to me GoCubsGo Thursday #34

Too many needle sticks pfitz59 Thursday #36

Chunk of flesh? Nah . . . but definitely shitty circulation, courtesy of age and needles . . . hatrack Thursday #38

Think RFK Jr. Leech or piranha therapy. usonian Thursday #41

I'm calling it... Happy Hoosier Thursday #51

So is his brain. His mane just covers it. spanone Thursday #52

Looks like fat atrophy to me. Ms. Toad Thursday #54

It may just be Ebola. gab13by13 Thursday #57

Nothing is missing on his hand. MineralMan Thursday #60

Proceed. Blue Owl Thursday #61

trump is not well LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #63

Yes, impatient republianmushroom Thursday #64

Nothing remarkable for an almost 80-year-old on aspirin or blood thinners. Too much wishful thinking. Doodley Thursday #65

My dad will be 82 in July and his hands look nothing like that Rob H. Thursday #66