The president had yet another strange mark on his hands over Christmas, once again raising concerns that his health is not what he has claimed it to be.

Donald Trump—the oldest person to ever be elected president—was photographed with what appeared to be another bruise on Christmas Eve, this time marring his left hand.

The 79-year-old has repeatedly claimed that he is in pristine condition, brushing off public alarm over his deteriorating body.

  • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
    596·
    2 months ago

    I am commenting just because I take issue with the headline. The bruise did not spread to his other hand. He has a bruise on one hand and a separate bruise on another hand. There’s no spreading because that’s not how a bruise works. It’s not fucking contagious.

      • WindyRebel@lemmy.world
        67·
        2 months ago

        For sure. I do understand how it was used, but it still sounds stupid. Just write, “Bruise appears on Trump’s other hand—speculations rise” or something to that effect.

        Edit: I think in a world where people just read the headlines, and with many Americans reading at a low level, that people might take it more literally which I why I don’t like the headline as written.

          • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 month ago

            It’s the kind of poetry a Vogon would produce after his second Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.

            Source : Took journalism in school and it fucked up my ACTs.

          • phutatorius@lemmy.zip
            1·
            1 month ago

            There’s nothing poetic about the comma conjunction.

            It’s a form of constrained writing with hundreds of years of poetic conventions and devices.

            The same is true of natural language to a great extent. It’s metaphor and idiom all the way down, with a bit of grammatical glue. Well, a lot of grammatical glue in some languages.

    • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      I don’t want to think about any part of his body whatsoever, but he does generally wear a shirt and jacket so we don’t see his arms or chest. It’s possible that the bruise on his hand did literally spread to the other hand via his arms and torso.