Donald Trump has confirmed that he wore compression socks to treat his cankles amid growing scrutiny over his health as America’s oldest president.

In an explosive interview about his medical treatments, Trump also admitted that he applies makeup to his hands, saying that the large daily dose of aspirin he takes to thin his blood causes them to bruise easily.

The Daily Beast has led the way in reporting on Trump’s efforts to hide his swollen ankles and the globs of makeup on his hands. Other media outlets largely ignored these issues, and the president and his inner circle have adamantly denied that he had any problems.

But in an interview with the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Trump said he wore medical compression socks to help with swelling in his ankles.

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[–] 142 points 10 months ago (27 children)

He can't remember when he's supposed to lie about shit.

One of these days we'll stop electing 80+ year old dementia patients to run America

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  • [–] 38 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I wonder if his dementia will progress to the point where he starts inadvertently reliving old, sick Epstein memories while live

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  • [–] 46 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I think this is a big reason they're so desperate for people to stop talking about it...

    trump would admit to wild shit a decade ago, he's undoubtedly worse now. Someone asking him ""what's the youngest woman who's slept with you?" In a "nice" manner would likely get him to just openly admit to raping a child.

    If it's not phrased in a way that he gets defensive, he's liable to just fucking answer.

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago

    "What is the age of your youngest partner?" would be a great question for him to be asked, and a skillful interviewer could absolutely get him to answer with pride about his misdeeds as he describes several instances of varying levels of horror before arriving at the single event he thinks TACOs all.

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  • [–] 18 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    If I remember correctly, it was known before his first presidency that he walked in on underaged girls changing. Also, "grab them by the pussy". He's extremely obviously been a shitty person for a long time and it literally does not matter at all

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    No we wont. The uneducated will continue to believe what Fox, Facebook, and X tell them to believe.

    America has an idiot problem, and it wasnt an accident.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (6 children)

    ....

    Yes, they will

    But you realize we can educate people right?

    Like, someone that uneducated today only stays uneducated if no one educated them, and whether or not you want to "help" them, we're all better off if we educate them.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    if you think you can just educate people into not supporting trump, listen to The Necessary Conversation podcast. these people care more abt "winning" than being right

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    these people care more abt “winning” than being right

    They need taught something?!?!?

    Clearly that's more than enough reason not to attempt to teach them anything...

    If we taught things to people who don't those things, just think of the horror!

    Obviously our time is best spent telling others not to try anything and just fucking give up. Maybe listen to some fucking podcasts and pat ourselves on the back about how we're intrinsically better? We won't fix anything that way, but it makes you feel superior and that's why the billionaires have spent so much effort into you having these views you think are your own

    I know this is harsh, but wake the fuck up, we need all hands on deck.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    you must not have much personal experience with these people. at some point you gotta know how far you can get with them, otherwise you will burn out and become horrendously cynical. btw i never said we should just give up and listen to podcasts. im just offering you a window into a family split down maga vs progressive lines and how they (the magats) will do anything to justify their position rather than listen and absorb new information.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Teaching critical thinking is really a "childhood only" thing, it's very hard to get that into people after their minds are set and there are fallacies at work keeping them attached to their opinions.

    Growing up in the 90s, we had classes in "media consumption" that taught you how to examine the claims made and the sources behind them. Rule #1 - news should be dispassionate, if you're hearing something passionate, it's not news.

    Looking back I realize our teachers saw the information wars coming, and decided to do something about it. Sadly my parents never got this education and so every Facebook meme is true in their eyes.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    it’s very hard to get that into people after their minds are set and there are fallacies at work keeping them attached to their opinions

    Brain plasiticy doesn't come into play until the mid to late 60s...

    It's why it's acceptable to give up on a 70 year old boomer, but not really anyone else.

    There's a concerning amount of accounts arguing we need to write off teenagers that were dumb enough to vote trump before their brains have even finished developing.

    Point being, giving up on voters is only good for a very small demographic.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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    You haven't been paying attention. Trump gained younger voters in 2024. He didn't need "boomers" to become President. He needed money, lies, and young men to vote for him, which they did.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    Maybe covid changed things enough but I wouldn't be surprised if what happened with his first term happened again. Basically when I was in highschool circa 2016 there was a solid group of guys who supported him by the time we graduated in 2018 that had more or less evaporated, and amongst my friends the opinions shifted from ambivalent at worst to outright venomous at best by 2020. But then again we're all on the older half of gen z so we overlap with millennials on a lot of things, perhaps it's another generation jones situation.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago

    I doubt it. With the caveat that unless Donvict and pals completely fuck up/stall out/reverse breakthroughs in medicine - dementia may become a thing of the past, I suppose.

    But I seriously doubt there is any substantive difference between people born between arbitrary years, labeled "boomers", and any other set of people born between arbitrary years.

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  • [+] -15 points 10 months ago (4 children)
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    ...

    You do realize the president is elected to a four year term, right?

    Elect him at 78, and you signed up for 2 years of a president over 80.

    Like, I'm not sure if the issue here is the concept that time progresses linearly, or cause and effect.

    But those are really the only two things we need here, so it's got a be one of them.

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    [–] 59 points 10 months ago

    Great. Now release ALL of the Epstein files.

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  • [–] 119 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I have 80 year old grandparents. Love em to death. It blows my mind thinking of anybody that age running the country.

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  • [–] 41 points 10 months ago

    Million dollar scam idea: sell MAGA hand makeup.

    Along with cankle socks.

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  • [–] 39 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    So he definitely had that stroke

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    How does this confirm a stroke? Genuinely asking

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago

    So he already showed signs of it months ago and now he's on doses of aspirin for blood thinning so intense his hands are covered in bruises. It's unlikely they'd prescribe such a high dose unless he had a serious need for blood thinning such as a history of arterial blockage

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  • [–] 33 points 10 months ago

    Trump said he wore medical compression socks to help with swelling in his ankles.

    He also sleeps in a straitjacket to help with his swelling dementia.

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  • [–] 27 points 10 months ago

    His skin is so thin that...

    Indeed it is

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    If he bruises easily are they sure blood thinners are a good idea? I'm all for regime change through internal haemorrhage, but this once again sounds like bullshit.

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  • [–] 16 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Lmao is he really America's oldest president now? Finally?

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago

    Unless the fucker is dead or aggressively dying, I'm not really interested in this recurring story.

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  • [–] 15 points 10 months ago

    He could easily go years this way. His brain will be Swiss cheese, but Miller is running things anyway.

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Can an oldpeopleologist tell us what kind of term length we're looking at here based offa those bruises

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  • [–] 13 points 10 months ago

    Wow. Who knew he wore makeup?!

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    I don't think compressive socks are for vanity.

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    I mean, isn't he still lying? I bet they stick him with some kind of juice in those spots on his hands. They're in the same spot on both.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Assuming he actually takes aspirin, he's not lying, he's misdirecting: the infusions cause bruising, the aspirin makes it more noticable.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Don't you think they're sticking him a lot though? For them to go to a noticeable place, they've probably tried all other locations. My guess is that they fluid him up every day with either electrolytes or some kind of dementia meds. He's wearing a bandaid, they may even have a permanent stint in there.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    It depends on what type of treatment he's getting and whether it requires an IV or an infusion. There's speculation that he's getting infusions for Alzheimer's (either Leqembi or Kisunla); both treatments would explain the bruising on his hands, and also require periodic checks with an MRI.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Those spots are really common locations for access to veins in older patients. Also as people age their blood vessels become a lot more fragile, especially the veins, and will break at the slightest damage, especially when he's on blood thinners too.

    But yeah they are definitely giving him some sort of IV medication or fluids.

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    So... Can any medical expert tell us if this sets any life expectancy limits?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I take two legit bloodthinners, clopidogrel (Plavix) and apixaban (Eliquis) and I don't get bruises like that. Of course my highest dose of aspirin was also 81mg, they took me off that when they added clopidogrel.

    OTOH I'm also not 80 damn years old...

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    The blood spots and bruises are just associated with getting old (and yes, some other things). I'm so used to seeing them on older patients, even ones not on blood thinners / clot reducing agents, that this thing with trump just screams nothingburger to me. Like, we know he's old. We're hoping it gets him soon... but stop just telling us things about him that show he's getting old, you silly media.

    The theory about him and the dementia treatment is interesting, but still just meh.

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  • [–] 29 points 10 months ago* (5 children)

    Yet, Bernie “was too old” by the “polls” and the DNC but he could have won but instead they put up Hillary and again Kamala?!?! MONEY!

    Drumpf has ONLY won against women, who would have thought?!

    And Bernie is still out there holding strong with no ailments and still having AMERICAN VOTERS VOICES HEARD FIRST! It’s so upsetting watching the fall of America into oligarchs and fascism!! Fuck both parties!

    Time to clean house and drain the swamp plus set term limits!! Get it together America, it’s embarrassing!!!

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    A heart attack is not an ailment. It's like getting bruised: certain people in certain situations are more likely to get it, but it's not a disease or condition and just randomly happens. everybody gets heart attacks

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Speaking as someone who has had two, it's an ongoing medical condition. 😉

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    Daily Beast is such a cope cringe mess

    "the dictator is a poopy head" vibes

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    A straight jacket might help him with an allover compression!

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  • [+] -10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Hope he lives to 150 so America finally gets what it deserves.

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  • [+] -7 points 10 months ago

    Every person that age takes many MANY pills to keep going each day.

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    [–] 17 points 10 months ago (8 children)

    I hate Trump but this is not explosive or shocking in terms of health concerns for someone his age, if anything, it’s very mild. I’m not even 40 and wear compression socks every day for chronic venous insufficiency, it doesn’t mean I’m dying or in poor health. I have varicose veins and I’ve had them for most of my entire life, it’s an issue I’ve inherited from my parents and mostly just puts me at more of a risk for blood clots.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    You and the other commenter are hung up on the socks but what about the makeup? The year-old bruise?

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

    He’s old, old people bruise easily. He’s also incredibly vain, hence the atrocious hair and orange skin. I’m not sure why anyone is shocked that he would wear make up on his hands to cover bruising. Could it be from IVs, could it be from blood thinners, could it be from being clumsy? All are possible and he would use make up for any of them.

    Could there be more going on with his health? Yes. But the story doesn’t tell you anything more than what is going on with most people who are 80 years old.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The news isn't that he's experiencing age-related health problems. It's that he's admitting it so freely.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    He finally stopped lying about one thing, I’m not saying that this isn’t potentially newsworthy, what I’m saying is that this is not an important news story, it’s not a “shocking” revelation that the article claims.

    If he finally stopped lying about it, to me, it means there really must be nothing there.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    I guess that aspirin is probably the cause, and at this age I think it's quite usual to take blood flow meds, no? (not that I know why)

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago*

    The news isn't that he's an old guy with old guy problems, the news is that this is the first time he's admitted what he's been vehemently denying for literally years is true

    I'd say it's especially noteworthy because of the severity of the 180. He was on the attack when people brought up his health and this interview he's extremely casual about it

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  • [–] 11 points 10 months ago

    If this is what he's admitting, you can be sure there's a lot that he's not.

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (7 children)

    I mean... regardless of who he is as a person, he's still an old man and a big old unit at that, I'm not sure how any of this is news?

    If popping aspirin and wearing my compression socks at 79 is the least of my worries, I'd be more than happy with that!

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    Sure but you haven't spent the last decade talking about how healthy you are and denying rumors of the contrary

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    No I get it, I can't stand the guy and everything he talks is utter shit.

    Even still, "old man suffers from age-related complaints" is hardly a revelation to anyone.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Right, but the novelty of this story isn't that it's being pointed out - it's that he admitted it so freely after bragging about his health.

    He's not just 79, he's unhealthy for a 79-year-old

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

    I dont know man, I'm not seeing the big story.

    If someone argued with me that two and two equals five for ten or so years, if they suddenly gave an interview and announced to the world that two and two is indeed four, then I can't say I'd give a flying fuck.

    Perhaps it's a personal thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    You don't think that'd be news even if that "someone" was the president of one of the most powerful countries in the world? You wouldn't even wonder what happened to make him say it?

    Trump never admits to being wrong. What changed in The White House that made him go back on a claim he's made probably 100 times?

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    You wouldn't even wonder what happened to make him say it?

    No, I guess. I genuinely want to hear as little as possible about what that tool has to say. It was rather nice for a bit in 2020 where we didn't get the mass exposure that every shitty soundbite he drops generated.

    Much like his reasonably normal-for-his-age maladies, I just put his flip-flopping down to his age and declining health. It's not as if he hasn't changed direction on things before, on tariffs or conflict mediation or other actually important things.

    Roll on 2028, or whenever the next US election is.

    edit: missed a word

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    [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    His finger nails are also telling…

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    i guess, after all this admittance, would he still try to hide them with makeup?

    the admittance is just attention bait if he's not going to change anything, imo.

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