A new photo of an unguarded President Donald Trump is sparking fresh concerns about his health after eagle-eyed viewers began zeroing in on the same spot that quickly stole the internet’s attention.
The image, captured by a Bloomberg photographer, caught Trump during what appeared to be an unguarded moment.
Unlike most recent public appearances, there was no obvious effort by the president to conceal his hands with heavy makeup, though in this picture it’s apparent he didn’t expect to be seeing anyone.
Viewers soon zeroed in on what appeared to be another prominent purple bruise on Trump’s hand. But it wasn’t just the welt on his left hand.
YouTube media personality and political commentator Keith Edwards pointed out that “something’s wrong” with Trump’s overall appearance.
“Trump was unaware this picture was being taken. His hand has a visible purple lesion,” Edwards said in a post on Threads. “He’s not wearing makeup. He appears feeble, scared, and lost.”
“There’s something wrong with the president,” he added.
Another Threads user responded to Edwards with, “He’s old, demented, incontinent and worships his own reflection. Yeah something is definitely wrong, what was your first clue??”
Speculation about the 80-year-old Trump’s health and fitness for office has plagued him almost since the beginning of his second term in office. He’s the oldest person to ever win the presidency.
He has tried repeatedly to downplay the rumors that he’s seriously ill, but it hasn’t helped. He’s undergone at least four cognitive tests in just over a year and has tried to play them off as IQ tests. He has repeatedly bragged about “acing” these tests which experts say are used to diagnose dementia and other cognitive disorders.
In May, he also underwent his third physical exam in the past 13 months. And last year he had two CT scans over a six-month period.
Since retaking the presidency, Trump has publicly fallen asleep over and over. He’s given long, nonsensical and rambling speeches, slurring his words, and easily losing his train of thought.
Social media erupted over the way he appears in this latest photo.
“He looks worse than usual! Absolutely horrific … evil, greedy old pedo,” Threads user Clara Lucey spat.
Others piled on. “This man has zero business being the president of the United States of America” and “They say his personal secretary is a hospice nurse.” Plus, “There’s been something wrong with him since the day he popped out of his mother’s womb, but I take your point.”
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Another made a point others have made before.
“It is time to put an age limit on the Presidency. My son is a pilot and has a mandatory retirement age. It seems if a person can touch the red button and start wars, they too should be aged out.
Plenty of MAGA sycophants defended Trump.
“OMG, just stop !!!!! President Yrump has the best physicians . He’s in better shape than all of us for 80 yrs old. This man can run circles around most people.”
That’s not exactly true. He has a long list of possible health issues with numerous public examples of a clear medical problem. For example, during his arrival at his New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida estate, he was seen slightly dragging his left leg before straightening up and trying to conceal it as he realized the cameras were on him.
In February, Trump suffered another embarrassing health episode of some sort when he began slurring and talking gibberish during a speech after the Washington Coal Club lobbying group presented him with the “Undisputed Champion of Coal” award.
A day later a breathless and winded Trump ironically stammered and wheezed as he tried to justify his decision to rollback a landmark scientific finding that allows the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate air pollution. A tired-looking Trump leaned heavily on his podium but was barely able to make it through the speech.
Then in March he was spotted sporting a neck rash, with the White House saying he was using some sort of preventive cream to clear it up.
In June, The Washington Post startlingly revealed 22 medical specialists have examined Trump.
He’s been covering up those ugly purple bruises on his hands for several years and he’s admitted to a condition known as chronic venous insufficiency, which affects many older Americans, causing swollen ankles.
