Written By: N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe | Published : August 26, 2025 9:00 PM IST
US President Donald Trump was seen with a noticeable bruise on the back of his right hand in the People's House Museum on Friday. Health concerns are mounting over Trump's health as the 79-year-old was spotted with heavy makeup on his hands to what appeared to be a large patch of foundation while visiting an exhibition.
"He must have had this same bruise for quite a while, like weeks, because there's been a couple of other photos from about a month ago with that bruise on the same hand. But the fact that it's still there is really concerning, as in what's up with his health," One internet user said.
Sean Barbabella, Trump's physician, was recently reported to have said that Trump had minor bruising on the back of his hand. He said, "This is consistent with minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin, which is taken as part of a standard cardiovascular prevention regimen."
Shedding light on the cause of repeated bruising of Trump's hand, Karoline Leavitt, Press Secretary of the White House, stated on Friday, "President 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."
Photos of Trump's hand, which went viral on the internet, caught journalist Aaron Rupar pointed out on X, "Scrolling Getty and couldn't help but notice this photo of a huge bruise on Trump's hand today."
One internet user added, "That's the kind of IV bruise you get when you're on blood thinners. What are they pumping him with?"
This is not the first time the US President Donald Trump has been seen with makeup covering bruises on his hand. Internet users pointed out the moment after POTUS was spotted with a similar patch after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron.
Similar events where Trump was seen with makeup were in late July when the 79-year-old met European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen in Scotland, including a meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Considering Trump's public demeanour, language and verbal dysfunction, two psychologists, Dr. Harry Segal and Dr. John Gartner, raise concern about POTUS suffering from frontotemporal dementia, linked to deteriorating psychomotor functioning.
In one of the episodes of Shrinking Trump, Dr Gartner said, "Some of the more evidence that we've been talking about recently has been his psychomotor performance, that we're seeing a deterioration in his motor performance, which also goes with dementia because with dementia there's a deterioration of all faculties, all functions."
"One of the things that one of the neuropsychologists that we were working with last year pointed out is that almost a dead ringer telltale sign of frontotemporal dementia is something they call a wide-based gait, where you have a sort of one of your limbs, one of your legs, you kind of swing it in a semicircle," Dr Gartner explained.
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