{"id":83960,"date":"2025-12-29T21:28:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83960\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T21:28:21","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T21:28:21","slug":"trumps-hand-bruise-is-on-the-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/83960\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Hand Bruise Is on the Move"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"US-POLITICS-TRUMP\" <\/p>\n

\n Trump takes NORAD Santa tracker calls on December 24, 2025, at Mar-a-Lago.
\n Photo: AFP via Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

For the past year, Donald Trump<\/a> has had a persistent bruise<\/a> on the back of his right hand. It initially came and went, but now the bruise is almost always visible on the president\u2019s hand (though he often makes poor attempts to cover it with makeup<\/a>).<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt\u2019s explanation has been similarly unchanging. Since February, she\u2019s given some version of this statement<\/a> when asked about the bruise: \u201cPresident Trump is a man of the people, and he meets more Americans and shakes their hands on a daily basis than any other president in history \u2026 His commitment is unwavering, and he proves that every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

But if this is a heroic hand-shaking injury, why is Trump now sporting a bruise on his left hand, too?<\/p>\n

While saying weird things to children<\/a> who called him to talk Santa on Christmas Eve, Trump was spotted with the usual splotch of mismatched and unblended makeup on the back of his right hand. And while it was much smaller and lighter than what we\u2019ve seen on Trump\u2019s right hand, he also had some purple discoloration on the back of his left hand:<\/p>\n

\"President <\/p>\n

Photo: Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a closer look:<\/p>\n

\"President <\/p>\n

Photo: tasos katopodis\/Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

The left-hand bruising, as well as the right-hand makeup, was still visible on Sunday when Trump met with Ukrainian president\u00a0Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u00a0at\u00a0Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n

\"President <\/p>\n

Photo: Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

\"President <\/p>\n

Photo: Joe Raedle\/Getty Images\n <\/p>\n

If you\u2019re thinking, This is just what old people\u2019s hands look like, you\u2019re exactly right. If the White House had said from the start that \u201c79-year-olds often get weird bruises especially when they\u2019re taking aspirin like the president,\u201d people on social media probably wouldn\u2019t be watching Trump\u2019s hands as closely.<\/p>\n

Instead, the White House gave its usual response when asked about the two-handed bruising visible during the Zelenskyy meeting. Leavitt told<\/a> the Daily Beast: \u201cPresident Trump is a man of the people and he meets more Americans and shakes their hands on a daily basis than any other president in history. His commitment is unwavering and he proves that every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the laws of MAGA World, Trump is the greatest physical specimen to ever occupy the White House. Thus, any injury he sustains must be noble and a bit superhuman. So the bruise is and will remain a hand-shaking injury, even though it\u2019s showing up on appendages that play little part in greeting the masses.<\/p>\n


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