'Whoa - this is new': Trump's visible rash prompts new health concerns

[LetMyPeopleVote]

trump is NOT well

'Whoa – this is new': Trump's visible rash prompts new health concerns

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— (@osagecomesbackhome.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T18:30:56.737Z

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-rash-new-concern

President Donald Trump appeared in public Monday morning with a significant rash on his neck.

The 79-year-old president awarded the Medal of Honor at the White House to Vietnam veteran Terry P. Richardson, who is credited with saving the lives of 85 soldiers during a 1968 battle, and journalist Aaron Rupar noted that photos showed a heavy rash on the right side of Trump's neck at the event.

"Whoa -- this is new," Rupar posted, showing a photo credited to Getty photographer Saul Loeb. "Trump has a significant rash-like injury on his neck today in addition to his disfigured hand."

Trump has frequently been seen in public, including the medal award event, with makeup covering the back of his right hand to cover what appears to be injuries from IV injections, and the photo of his rash raised new concerns about his health.

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......"My dad was doubling, possibly tripling up, his blood thinners at one point," posted Bluesky user Nicole. "Parts of his skin would just tear and bleed because of this. If his collar is rubbing up against his neck, the friction could cause this. Wasn't there something about him taking way too much aspirin?"

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[Blues Heron]

1. Bondage scars from a dominatrix?

[ultralite001]

37. Autoerotic a$$phyxiation???

TIA...

[Skittles]

2. Trump IS a rash - on AMERICA

[ananda]

9. That neck is a great metaphor for where we are.

Living in a blistered rash.

[GusBob]

3. Looks like Zoster

[bif]

4. Been reading about the signs of his impending demise

For the past year. I don't believe any of it.

[PatSeg]

52. True

But eventually it WILL be true. No one lives forever and considering his health and lifestyle, it is amazing he's lived to 79.

[Ocelot II]

5. Rope burn from dabbling in autoerotic asphyxiation?

[malaise]

6. The evil is malignant and spreading inside and outside

Hopefully the end is nigh for this murderous lawless scumbag

[Attilatheblond]

7. Rope burn?

People probably started beating on his door last night, yelling that Iran isn't singing our praises, but WWIII is a hare's breath away instead. Maybe he finally created a 'reality' he realized he can't scam his way out of and tried to Epstein himself?

Nah, the laundress got pissed and put to much starch in the wash.

[lame54]

8. Concerned it will take too long

[WestMichRad]

28. Amen!!

[Richard_GB]

10. I do not understand

If he is not well, why should I be concerned?

[leftstreet]

11. His doctor says it's a "preventative skin cream"

Newsweek
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The White House says a preventive skin cream caused redness on Trump’s neck, dismissing online speculation.

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[Skittles]

12. WTF is it preventing?

[leftstreet]

13. LOL

no kidding

must have used an entire tube to get that "reaction"

[NewEnglandAutumn]

51. Melanoma

the dude has skin cancer

[dflprincess]

62. My aunt had to use a cream on her squamous cell cancer that left nasty marks

Hers was on her face which, I'd think, is more common than on the neck.

[BattleRow]

70. Sepstein infection....Epstein sepsis

[MustLoveBeagles]

17. That doesn't make sense

[leftstreet]

18. Are you questioning Dr. Sean Barbabella?

First I've heard of this doc, but he evidently gave Trump a clean bill of health last fall

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[MustLoveBeagles]

19. Yes

He's sounds like a quack.

[struggle4progress]

22. Maybe he could prescribe regular treatment with a bear-spray inhaler

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. ...

[TBF]

69. KKK-aroline specializes in lies that don't make sense. nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

24. This statement was NOT written by the WH doctor

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The hint that this statement might not have actually been written by Dr Barbabella is that in it, he says that the medication was “prescribed by the White House Doctor”. He’s the WH Doctor.

[Rebl2]

33. Prevention

of what?

[ultralite001]

39. DIY treatments c/o

RFK Jr or Dr Oz??? Perhaps Casey Means???

[Emrys]

46. Possibly treating pre-cancerous areas of skin on his neck

See my reply below - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=21063465

[doc03]

14. I hope it is shingles or worse. nt

[BigmanPigman]

44. I just Googled "Shingles on the neck"

and the images look identical to this rash. And it is very painful....GOOD!

[doc03]

53. There is an old folk tale if shingles go around

your neck it will kill you.

[slightlv]

58. I don't know about around the neck,

but the last time my Mom had them, they actually went internal. THAT was hell on wheels! I had a very mild case before I turned 50, and that little bit on my face was enough to scare me into the vaccine when I could finally get it.

[bluestarone]

15. Looks like maybe it could be somewhat painful.

Sure hope so!!

[AZJonnie]

16. It's either the herpes zoster, or tertiary syphilis

I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on TV, but still, I'm pretty confident in my diagnosis

[struggle4progress]

25. I heard rubbing thrice daily with ghost pepper juice cures almost everything

[Permanut]

27. Yes, but you are fully qualified to be the Secretary of DHS..

In case you were considering a new career.

[0rganism]

20. Whatever it is, I hope it covers his entire body and itches like hell

and I hope it's a chronic condition, flaring up whenever he tells a lie

[struggle4progress]

21. I think that confirms my theory that he's a baboon's ass

[WestMichRad]

30. That's an insult to baboon asses!

[Dave says]

26. Measles?

He should thank RFKjr.

[CrispyQ]

29. I hope it's a painful case of shingles. -nt

[GiqueCee]

60. It certainly looks like shingles...

... I'm not a clinician, but I have seen it before, and by all accounts it IS fiercely painful. Ah, I can taste the delicious schadenfreude already! He should have gotten the shot; I'm glad I did. Shame it ain't fatal.

[AloeVera]

31. Sorry. I can't get past that literal turkey neck. What is that HOLE in the centre of his neck?

The window to his bought and sold soul? The Abyss? The Gates of Hell?

[Dave Bowman]

32. He's rotting from the inside out. Bury him now..

[calimary]

40. THIS.

May be the best description - out of MANY good ones!

[Deep State Witch]

34. Grayscale

For you GOT fans.

[Pas-de-Calais]

35. Shingles?

[LSparkle]

56. Measles?

Yeah, he’s old enough to be vaxxed but ... couldn’t happen to a more deserving weasel.

[dflprincess]

65. He's old ebough that it's more likely he had measles as a kid

The first measles vaccine didn't come out until 1963.

[QueerDuck]

73. That was my thought too. He's probably not had the shingles vaccine.

good for him! Suffer!!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

36. The rash-like injury was also visible last Friday when Trump traveled to Texas

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[Tribetime]

38. I don't know what's worse.The front view or the side view of his neck

Well at least I lost my appetite for a while

[dem4decades]

41. does diaper rash spread?

[C_U_L8R]

42. The diaper rash is spreading upwards

Lord knows what kind of flesh rot is happening in his pants.

[Emrys]

43. He may be being treated for a pre-cancerous skin condition

Pre-cancerous actinic keratoses and superficial basal cell carcinomas can be treated with a shortish course of topical creams such as Fluorouracil, usually over 2-4 weeks.

A pal of mine has had thin hair for many years and spent a lot of time outdoors with no hat on, and developed pre-cancerous lesions on his scalp a couple of years ago.

When I saw him after we hadn't met for a while and he'd started the treatment, he looked quite a mess - it temporarily leads to the sort of angry-looking crusty skin patches shown in photos of Trump I've seen. My pal's skin healed just fine. If this is what's going on, Trump's patch seems much more widespread than my pal's were.

The neck area would see a lot of sun over the years, especially when golfing, and the sorts of headgear he's fond of wouldn't have protected that area. I doubt he's been in the habit of using sunscreen (barring the makeup he plasters on in his later years) judging by the state of the rest of his skin.

[NewEnglandAutumn]

66. 100% agree

Look up the medication imiquimod. Also do an image search of basil cell carcinoma. Both show images that show very similar rashes. Look at Figure 2. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-015-0024-0

[Emrys]

68. Survival rates from both the conditions I mentioned are good as long as they're caught early,

much as that may be a disappointment to many of us.

Basal cell carcinoma does have more chances of metastasizing and at best causing local tissue destruction if left to fester for too long.

The patch we can see in the photos seems quite large, so who knows what the stage and prognosis is?

A decent president might have gone public about this and used it as a public education campaign - wear high-factor sunscreen, cover up and get any suspicious persistent rashes and lesions checked out, etc. But Trump's a superman ...

[bif]

45. Dupe

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221062865

[Emrys]

47. There's no forum rule against duplicate posts outside Latest Breaking News n/t

[maliaSmith]

48. Trump rash

It's VD and he's rotting from within.

[Tetrachloride]

49. the pre-vent comes before the vent

[NewEnglandAutumn]

50. Skin cancer

it is common for people who have had cancerous lesions removed to need to do this regularly to get lesions early

[Aviation Pro]

54. Too many neck handshakes

….

[Katinfl]

55. Unless it's terminal, who cares?

[Iggo]

57. Credible accusation of Trump getting a blowjob from a 13 year old and punching her in the head when she bit his dick.

Just in case anyone forgot.

[cksmithy]

59. It looks like shingles, ( I've had it) or neck cankles like his feet.

Maybe his shirt it just too tight. I don't ever recall seeing a man's swollen neck (fat?) hanging over their shirt collars. But there is certainly a visible rash, I hope it hurts, if it is shingles, my very mild case of shingles was very painful.

[lonely bird]

61. Hmmm

Somewhere, there is a painting of him that looks like absolute crap.

[Hassler]

63. Looks like shingles to go along with his rotting hands

Maybe he's being visited by a series of plagues. Hoping boils are next, and wondering if there is a betting line on him.

[Wicked Blue]

64. I'm concerned

that it's not serious enough

[Orrex]

67. Maybe he'll just fucking die.

[Dr. T]

71. Untreated syphilis.

He's going to have to explain that Melania. Unless she's the source.

[Buckeyeblue]

72. If it's shingles it is horribly painful. I hope it's just shingles.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

74. Feel Better Soon!

Source: https://philipschwarzphotography.wordpress.com/2012/08/15/minnesota-nice/

[LetMyPeopleVote]

75. Doctors Sound Alarm on White House 'Secrecy' Over Trump's Neck Rash

Medical experts aren’t buying the White House’s explanation for the president’s bright-red rash.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/doctors-sound-alarm-on-white-house-secrecy-over-trumps-neck-rash

Doctors are voicing skepticism over the White House’s handling of Donald Trump’s troubling new skin condition.....

But some in the medical field remain unconvinced. Dr. Vin Gupta, a medical analyst for MS NOW and former Chief Medical Officer at Amazon, theorized the rash could in fact be “pre-cancerous.”

“The White House medical team didn’t know [Trump] got a CT scan. They claimed it was a MRI for weeks,” Gupta wrote, referencing an apparent “MRI” that Trump let slip he had in October 2025—an examination the White House originally kept under wraps.

“Now instead of acknowledging he might have a pre-cancerous skin condition, they dance around the issue,” Gupta continued. “Trying to fool the public just makes it worse.”

Gupta wasn’t the only physician with something to say about Trump’s irritated, bright-red skin. Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, also raised concerns about the White House’s statement—including a theory that it might not have been written by the physician himself.

“The hint that this statement might not have actually been written by Dr Barbabella is that in it, he says that the medication was ‘prescribed by the White House Doctor’. He’s the WH Doctor,” Reiner wrote on X.

In a separate post, Reiner, who is a medical analyst on CNN, wrote: “Preventative skin treatments (such as topical 5 flurouracil) are commonly used to prevent overt skin cancer in people with precancerous skin lesions. We don’t know what specific treatment the president is receiving, but why all the secrecy for something that is potentially easy to treat and very common in older people?”

[RandySF]

76. Shingles?

[UpInArms]

77. Calling Jake tapper

….

Crickets

[RainCaster]

78. BFD- I don't care

He could have been bitten by a cottonmouth. I wouldn't care.

[Ilsa]

79. I hope he gets to the point where he tries to

cut it out.

[Doodley]

80. IMO FWIW, looks like contact dermatitis caused by shirt collar chaffing, maybe worsened by scratching or hair glue.

[mercuryblues]

81. Concerned or

rooting for the rash to win?

[Totally Tunsie]

82. The fish rots from the head.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

83. Trump used a coating of makeup today to cover up the rash (or whatever it is) that was so apparent yesterday

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