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46. Sure, he looks like crap. But--

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:55 PM

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Since 2017, he has had visible (as well as audible) afflictions that people have been pointing out as sure signs of his imminent demise, and yet there he still is.

When he disappears for a month, and after that, the public only sees him looking mummified, talking only from a great distance in voices that sound like they are AI-generated, THEN we can start up the JD Vance cartoons.

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Aaron Rupar: Whoa -- this is new. Trump has a significant rash-like injury on his neck today [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Something fatal, one hopes! niyad Yesterday #1

Maybe pres steve bit him? SheltieLover Yesterday #22

ewwwwww. . now, if stevie has rabies???? niyad Yesterday #23

Yup. That was my 2nd thought. SheltieLover Yesterday #25

GMTA niyad Yesterday #33

My first thought was Syphilis Du916 Yesterday #34

It has been homegirl Yesterday #62

Odd little hole? 2MuchNoise Yesterday #48

Excellent question, but the one on his neck. niyad Yesterday #60

Do I see a puncture wound on his neck? RandySF Yesterday #2

Looks like Steven Miller has been feeding again. Hey Joe Yesterday #58

Found this on the Bluesky link... Abolishinist Yesterday #81

Must be syphilis, when in advanced state the body keeps deteriorating. Or maybe it's leprosy? Dave Bowman Yesterday #3

Any doctors here care to guess? Johnny2X2X Yesterday #4

Shingles? sop Yesterday #13

Looks like shingles Auggie Yesterday #82

Looks very much like shingles. We had an elderly relative who developed shingles on her neck and scalp anneboleyn 9 hrs ago #119

My father had it ... Auggie 5 hrs ago #121

He's still standing so it's not serious enough. HappyH Yesterday #36

Complication of bone spurs Wicked Blue Yesterday #63

RN. Agree it looks like shingles, and that is the most plausible. BUT Maru Kitteh 22 hrs ago #100

May he dweller Yesterday #5

It's from shaking hands. Hugin Yesterday #6

+1 dalton99a Yesterday #18

LOL! 2MuchNoise Yesterday #53

Lemme ask four related questions: RockRaven Yesterday #7

Number 4 is a most excellent point. niyad Yesterday #26

Shingles Itchinjim Yesterday #8

I wouldn't wish shingles on anyone except Trump and Melaaaaaaaaaniaaaaaaaaaah. twodogsbarking Yesterday #68

Maybe it's shingles? Ghost of Tom Joad Yesterday #9

Bill Gates needs to slip him some antibiotics n/t leftstreet Yesterday #10

STD Traildogbob Yesterday #11

MPox? Blue Dotty 20 hrs ago #112

😂 Traildogbob 20 hrs ago #113

Anyone see a scar from the bullet hole in his ear? sop Yesterday #12

I was wondering if that was the ear... Hugin Yesterday #16

yes, that one. niyad Yesterday #28

That is the miracle ear that healed itself from a high velocity slug in under 2 weeks and didn't leave a Botany Yesterday #41

Half blown off!!! Traildogbob Yesterday #78

I wonder if the abrasion on his neck is from some kind of noose? Botany 23 hrs ago #87

Melania Traildogbob 23 hrs ago #92

Visitation from the Ghost of Epstein Past GopherGal 16 hrs ago #117

Nope MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #43

I know people don't want to see it, but it is there. It's tiny because it was Maru Kitteh 22 hrs ago #105

This is the only mark I see, a tiny "scar" from a small cut, made by flying debris, it's certainly not a bullet wound. sop 21 hrs ago #107

Isn't that the ear that got devastatingly shot??? MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #14

Probably a rash from a jacket collar - he does have "Frank's Sign" though. harumph Yesterday #15

Been here 21+ years and still learn something almost every day. N/T ok_cpu Yesterday #70

He must have a very tight asshole randr Yesterday #17

I hope it's terribly itchy and painful Arazi Yesterday #19

Stephen Miller visited him after sundown? Diamond_Dog Yesterday #20

That was my 1st thought. Lol SheltieLover Yesterday #24

Great minds, Sheltie! Diamond_Dog Yesterday #37

Yup lol SheltieLover Yesterday #38

By Jove I think he's got it! Coldwater Yesterday #47

Or maybe Lindsey Graham...n/t the nelm 23 hrs ago #94

Maybe it's measles. sinkingfeeling Yesterday #21

THAT would be awesome. Maru Kitteh 22 hrs ago #106

He forgot his safe word Johonny Yesterday #27

DUZY! Attilatheblond 23 hrs ago #96

Didn't he have a mark on his cheek on that side yesterday? Walleye Yesterday #29

He had a stem cell procedure LuvLoogie Yesterday #30

Not like any stem cell procedure mercuryblues Yesterday #42

Do you really think she'd touch him that much? LuvLoogie Yesterday #44

For the right amount of money, she'd do anything mercuryblues Yesterday #52

Shingles... new IV site... too much aspirin? ananda Yesterday #31

Give him some horse paste Raven123 Yesterday #32

If it's good enough for his followers MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #51

Looks like he's been snuggling with his pet Sea Lamprey again ToxMarz Yesterday #35

That's the Mark of the Beast. Take two Corinthians and call me in the morning! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Yesterday #39

OK, that made me laugh. Nicely done. FadedMullet Yesterday #57

Cankles, rashes on both hands, Coldwater Yesterday #40

I think even Stephen Miller would rather shrivel up and turn to dust than suck on that. LuvLoogie Yesterday #49

This message was self-deleted by its author LuvLoogie Yesterday #45

Sure, he looks like crap. But-- DFW Yesterday #46

It's diaper rash Jerry2144 Yesterday #50

And the last 10 years Coldwater Yesterday #54

Let's hope it's nothing minor. nt Wednesdays Yesterday #55

. Hassin Bin Sober Yesterday #56

He must have some leftover ear kotexes he could put on it. n/t Liberal In Texas Yesterday #59

Poison Loryn Yesterday #61

Creeping crud? Rotting from the inside out? catbyte Yesterday #64

It looks painful. Demobrat Yesterday #65

STD. He's likely got herpes or something worse Figarosmom Yesterday #66

Clearly, it's rope burns from trying to do an Epstein, or an attempt at autoerotic asphyxiation gone awry. sop Yesterday #67

2 things - a miraculous recovery of his 'ear wound' and he is one ugly motherF'er.... NoMoreRepugs Yesterday #69

This thread is MorbidButterflyTat Yesterday #71

Yeah, we've got some VERY creative people here! Talitha 19 hrs ago #114

It does look like shingles TNNurse Yesterday #72

I used to say I'd never wish the pain of postherpetic neuralgia on anyone. I've changed my mind. Vinca Yesterday #77

I saw a suggestion that this rash TNNurse 1 hr ago #122

Pete Hogsbreath gave him a kacekwl Yesterday #73

Looks like Bubba forgot to shave his legs. ECL213 Yesterday #74

Maybe he touched some water. Like the wicked witch of the west. Takket Yesterday #75

Looks like a shingles rash. Hope it hurts like hell. Vinca Yesterday #76

'Whoa - this is new': Trump's visible rash prompts new health concerns LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #79

Unprotected sex Traildogbob Yesterday #80

Looks like psorias xuplate Yesterday #83

Would be a real tragedy if his head just rotted right off on live TV Blue Owl Yesterday #84

Rash or irritation? & CrystalwolfLady Yesterday #85

...he must have gone over the hill. :O C Moon Yesterday #86

Paging Dr. Ronnie... 3825-87867 23 hrs ago #88

Skin is an organ. SergeStorms 23 hrs ago #89

I'm not a doctor but... llmart 23 hrs ago #90

Look like Epstein/Scar Syndrome... Escape 23 hrs ago #91

Looks like he reacted to something jmowreader 23 hrs ago #93

Well, the orange facial makeup may have stained his shirt collars... GopherGal 16 hrs ago #116

They put out a "statement" from the White House doctor that smells LetMyPeopleVote 23 hrs ago #95

Thanks! Nothing about what type of skin problem is being treated, though? highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #98

See my reply below (and all over GD ...) Emrys 22 hrs ago #104

Thanks, Emrys! highplainsdem 21 hrs ago #108

You're welcome Emrys 21 hrs ago #110

Sympathies on that feeling of deja vu working to add important info to multiple DU threads. highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #111

The rash-like injury was also visible last Friday when Trump traveled to Texas LetMyPeopleVote 22 hrs ago #97

It's a Manitou ornotna 22 hrs ago #99

It's peeking ! C_U_L8R 22 hrs ago #101

The ear looks fine... nt PXR-5 22 hrs ago #102

See my possible explanation in reply to another OP Emrys 22 hrs ago #103

Yeah folks are saying shingles GusBob 12 hrs ago #118

Not a doctor, but my money would be on basal cell carcinoma, probably superficial at this stage, not shingles Emrys 7 hrs ago #120

Sad. Hand hole no longer works. Kid Berwyn 21 hrs ago #109

But the plastic surgeons did a great job reconstructing that ear that was blown off. Bluetus 17 hrs ago #115