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   Does Donald Trump have secondary syphilis? Red splotches on his hand   
   trigger speculation, jokes   
   Gannett   
   C. A. Bridges, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida   
   January 18, 2024   
      
   Donald Trump was probably hoping to be in the headlines after repeatedly   
   speaking out at his civil defamation trial Wednesday to determine what, if   
   any damages the former president would owe author E. Jean Carroll after he   
   publicly denied her allegations of sexual assault.   
      
   But he probably wasn't expecting accusations of venereal disease.   
   Trump in court for E. Jean Carroll defamation suit   
   Trump in court for E. Jean Carroll defamation suit   
   Why are people saying Trump has syphilis?   
      
   A picture from the British tabloid The Daily Mail of the Republican   
   presidential frontrunner leaving Trump Tower in New York City and waving to   
   supporters quickly went viral when questions arose about the very visible   
   red splotches on the fingers of his right hand.   
      
   The Daily Mail pointed out the marks and The Drudge Report picked up on it,   
   which triggered Democratic strategist, author and former Clinton advisor   
   James Carville to speculate in a YouTube video that the 77-year-old former   
   president's "hand cuts" were evidence that he was suffering from syphilis.   
      
   "They don't look like cuts to me," Carville said. "They look like sores.   
   And I've asked a number of M.D.s what medical condition manifests itself   
   through hand sores and the answer is immediate and unanimous.   
      
   "Secondary syphilis," he said. "I think there's a good chance this man has   
   the clap."   
      
   Carville, who has been highly critical of Trump in the past, admitted he   
   didn't know anything about the photo from the Daily Mail, which he said was   
   "probably a Fleet Street rag," and said it could have been doctored.   
      
   There has to date been no evidence that Trump has ever had syphilis. Trump   
   has not yet commented on the accusation, although one of the 27 posts his   
   account made to Truth Social from yesterday afternoon to Thursday morning   
   shared a post from @realamericasvoice with a video of Trump bragging about   
   his health.   
      
   "I actually feel better now than I did 30 years ago!" the post quoted Trump   
   as saying.   
      
   Trump, who easily sailed to victory in the Iowa presidential caucuses   
   Monday with a domineering lead over candidate hopefuls Gov. Ron DeSantis   
   and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, will be in and out of   
   courtrooms for at least the next few months. Along with the Carroll   
   defamation case, for which he was already found liable, Trump faces four   
   criminal trials and 91 criminal charges for attempts to overturn election   
   results in 2020, election interference in Georgia, falsifying business   
   records in New York and mishandling and refusal to return classified   
   records after leaving the presidency.   
   Social media runs wild with Trump hand theories   
      
   People on the internet, that bastion of reliable medical knowledge, were   
   quick to offer tongue-in-cheek suggestions, with #SyphilisDon trending on X   
   (formerly Twitter) by Thursday morning.   
      
   Burns, shingles, blisters, damage from a fall, herpes, frostbite from his   
   appearances during the bitterly cold Iowa caucuses over the weekend and   
   more have all been brought up, along with ketchup, a curling iron, red ink   
   from Top Secret documents and more.   
      
   "Does Donald Trump have early-stage leprosy?" asked The Bulwark's Tim   
   Miller on X. Keith Olbermann suggested he slid on ice and grabbed   
   something, or possibly stigmata.   
      
   Trump supporters scoffed at the accusations.   
      
   "I think it says more about Democrats and the kind of foolishness,   
   nastiness they're involved in," Clay Edwards said in a TikTok video, "that   
   the first thing they think of when they see a busted callus on a hard-   
   working blue-collar billionaire's hand, on a man's hand that has spent the   
   last eight years trying to save America, on a man's hand that has spent the   
   last eight years trying to Make America Great Again, again, that the first   
   thing they think of is an STD."   
   What are the mysterious red marks on Trump's hand?   
      
   Business Insider decided to ask a more reliable source of information and   
   checked with Dr. Joshua Zeichner, an associate professor of dermatology at   
   the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. His unofficial diagnosis?   
      
   No way to tell.   
      
   "Rashes on the hands can be caused by a variety of factors, ranging from   
   infections to inflammatory conditions to external exposures," Zeichner   
   said.   
      
   The professor suggested the marks could have come from dryness and   
   overwashing. Trump, an avowed germaphobe, has just spent several days in   
   Arctic conditions traveling around Iowa and speaking in public for the   
   presidential caucuses.   
      
   Zeichner also said the marks could have come from friction from activities   
   (such as golf), a chemical reaction to something like lime juice, bug   
   bites, or many other potential sources.   
   What is syphilis?   
      
       It’s all fun and games to joke about the sores on Trump’s hand but, for   
   the rest of you, if you suspect you have an STD, please get tested.   
   Infections like syphilis can be treated.   
      
       Your local health department should have information about testing   
   resources on their website.   
      
       — Rebekah THEE Crone (@RebekahWriter) January 18, 2024   
      
   Syphilis is an infection caused by bacteria. It usually spreads through   
   sexual contact but can also spread from person to person through direct   
   contact with sores, according to the Mayo Clinic.   
      
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