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Trump faced fresh speculation about the state of his health this week after
a photo showed his hands covered in red marks, a sign that some claimed was
a symptom of syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection.

Former President Trump was pictured with marks on his right hand, finger
and thumb as he left Trump Tower, Manhattan on Wednesday, January 17,
heading to court, facing a second accusation of defamation from writer E.
Jean Carroll, after he had previously been found liable for sexually
abusing her at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s.
Donald Trump syphilis
Former president Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal
court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on
January ... | CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images/AFP via Getty Images

In a video blog for Politicon, Democratic political consultant James
Carville said a "number of MDs" had confirmed to him the marks were a sign
of "secondary syphilis. "

"They don't look like cuts to me. They look like sores, " Carville said.
"And I asked a number of MDs what medical condition manifests itself
through hand sores and the answer is immediate and unanimous: secondary syphilis.

"All right, I think I think there's a good chance this man has 'the clap'
and I'm not being particularly secretive about it. "

The claims led to widespread speculation, with #SyphilisDon trending on X, formerly Twitter. However, doctors who spoke with Newsweek said there was
not enough information to make such a diagnosis.

Trump's health has been a topic of rife speculation for years now, although often relying on anonymous sources, former associates, or scrutinizing film footage.
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Last year the former president released a medical report praising his "excellent health, " although some physicians questioned why the report did not include specific test results or metrics on key health indicators.

Trump has given no explanation for the marks. Newsweek contacted media representatives for Trump via email on Thursday.
What Is Syphilis?

Syphilis will usually develop in several stages, known as the primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages, with each stage having different symptoms.

The first to appear are usually chancres, or small, painless sores or
ulcers, often in or around the genitals, or in the mouth, that develop
between two and six weeks after exposure. In the secondary stage, a blotchy red rash may appear, often on hands or feet, as well as small skin growths, white patches in the mouth, fatigue, headaches, joint pain, fever and
swollen glands.

Some patients do not experience symptoms, while in others, they resolve by themselves after a short time and the disease then moves into its latent stage, where there also may be no symptoms at all.

The latent stage can last several years before developing into tertiary syphilis which can cause substantial damage to the heart, eyes, brain, and wider nervous system.

The prominence of syphilis has slowed in the past century. Syphilis can now
be easily treated with penicillin and recent research published in the
journal Sexually Transmitted Diseases shows that in the U. S. deaths from
the disease plummeted from thousands in the late 1960s to a few dozen by
2015.

However CDC research published in 2022 showed congenital cases in the U. S. had increased by 755 percent between 2012 and 2021.
Doctors Address Donald Trump Syphilis Rumor

Newsweek has contacted Politicon via email to ask more about the sources Carville spoke to and for further comment.

Physicians with expertise in sexually transmitted diseases who spoke to Newsweek disputed the claim the photos published this week show syphilis symptoms, adding that there is too little information to make a diagnosis.

Dr. Philip Chan, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at
Brown University and medical director of a publicly-funded STD clinic in
Rhode Island, told Newsweek that the image was "not consistent with
secondary syphilis. "

"So I think the truth of what's being speculated upon is that, yes, the
rash on the palms of one hand is a strong indicator in people of secondary syphilis. That's very, very true. But if you look at, if you look at like pictures on the Internet, for example, you're going to see it's usually
evenly spread out on the palms.

"It's usually flat. It's usually kind of like, you know, dots or you know
what we would call a maculopapular rash, kind of these flat round spots.

"If you look at what Trump has on his hand, it's really isolated to one
spot on his hand. And that's not, really consistent I would say with
secondary syphilis. "

Photos of syphilitic sores or lesions, referred to as palmar lesions, published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show
marks across both palms, not only the small few patches seen in Trump's
recent photo.
Syphilis palmar
Secondary-stage syphilis sores (lesions) on the palms of the hands,
referred to as "palmar lesions. " | Division of STD Prevention, National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention

Chan said that without a conversation and full diagnostic test, there would
be no way of knowing what the marks on Trump's hand were, adding it looked like "some sort of trauma. "

"You know, looking at it, it looks like maybe he grabbed something, " Chan added.

"Maybe it's a burn, a hot pan, but to me, it looks a little more consistent with some sort of specific grabbing pattern and it's, you know, if you actually look at his palms, there's really not much there and it's not
really consistent with what I would say is secondary syphilis. "

Dr. David Mabey, a professor at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and an infectious diseases physician who has published research on syphilis, told Newsweek that it looked more like a "superficial skin wound, " but understood why there had been other calls.

"It can affect the tongue and the lips and so on as well. But the easiest thing to see is the rash, " Mabey said.

"And you know, there are not many rashes that affect the palms of the
hands, and I think that's why people are saying this must be syphilis. "

Other photos published the same day as the image shared online do not show
the same red marks.

Mabey, a former director of the World Health Organization Collaborating
Centre for Sexually Transmitted Infections at LSHTM, said while a rash on
the palm of a hand can be a giveaway for secondary syphilis, there would usually be more, different-looking lesions.

"They wouldn't look quite like that. They'd be more sort of little raised papules they're so-called, or sometimes you know with the skin peeling off after a day or two, " Mabey said.

Dr. Patricia Kissinger, an infectious disease epidemiologist who has spent decades working on STD research and prevention, told Newsweek that there
was no way to make a firm determination without examination.

"This could be so many things including trauma, infection, Whitlow's, " Kissinger said.

"Moreover, secondary syphilis tends to be more on the palms. There are so
many things it could be. I still think that it would be difficult to
determine by just looking at a photo. "
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On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:01:41 -0000 (UTC)
Taft Resident <noreply@dirge.harmsk.com> wrote:

Syphilis will usually develop in several stages, known as the
primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages, with each stage
having different symptoms.

Thanks for sharing your personal morphology, freakshow.

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cloche wrote:

On Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:01:41 -0000 (UTC)
Taft Resident <noreply@dirge.harmsk.com> wrote:

Syphilis will usually develop in several stages, known as the
primary, secondary, latent, and tertiary stages, with each stage
having different symptoms.

Trump has a incurable mental disorder probably from his VD.
Maybe he wouldn't be sick if he wasn't a rapist?

Dems are to blame for all of Trump's endless list of failures.

According to recent polls 70% of Americans have Trump Derangement Syndrome
and the the numbers are swelling to new heights every day.


Polling Data Spells Potential Disaster for Republicans in the Midterms

Much of the poor polling for Trump is due in large part to the joint US- Israeli war against Iran.

By
Chris Walker ,
Truthout

Published
April 9, 2026

President Donald Trump and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson attend a Republican fundraising dinner on March 25, 2026 in Washington, DC.
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New data signals trouble for Republicans in this year's midterm elections, given President Donald Trump's low approval rating currently in many of
their districts as he wages an unpopular war on Iran.

Traditionally, midterm elections result in losses for the political party
of the president who is currently in office. The number of seats lost often depends on how popular the president is u and with Trump's approval hitting new lows in his second term, it's not looking good for Republicans.

The new survey, conducted by pollster G. Elliot Morris and published on his website, Strength in Numbers, utilizes a multilevel regression and post- stratification model, which he says combines "survey data with official
Census demographics and election results to produce estimates of Trump's approval among registered voters at the hyperlocal level. "

According to Morris, there are 135 seats in Congress at the moment u 104 in the House and 31 Senate seats u that are held by Republicans in districts where Trump's approval rating is below 50 percent.

Many of those seats could be in deep trouble closer to the midterms.
Indeed, 48 of those seats are in jurisdictions where Trump's approval
rating is 40 percent or lower, and of those seats, 21 are in districts
where Trump's approval rating is 35 percent or lower.
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To put this in perspective, the current GOP House majority sits at 217 Republicans to 214 Democrats u meaning, a shift of just two seats could
result in Democrats controlling that chamber of Congress. A shift of four seats in the Senate would shift control there.

Per Morris's reporting, the low polling numbers for Republicans are due in large part to the joint U. S. -Israeli war on Iran that the Trump administration has pushed over the past month.

"The question Republican politicians should be asking themselves in light
of these data is: Do you want to win re-election, or do you want to keep backing your party leader who is threatening to 'end civilization' in an unpopular, unsuccessful, unnecessary overseas war? " Morris wrote in his recent post, referring to Trump's Truth Social post on Monday. "Because
these data suggest you can't do both. "

Although the president's decision to start an unlawful war with Iran is
deeply unpopular, Trump is facing disapproval ratings on myriad subjects,
not just that one. Recent polling from an Economist/YouGov poll published
this week shows that 56 percent of Americans disapprove of his performance
on jobs and the economy, while 64 percent disapprove of how he has handled inflation and the price of consumer goods. Meanwhile, recent polling from a Quinnipiac University poll shows that 59 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of foreign policy overall as well.

Trump's disapproval rating on these and other issues could lead to gains
for Democrats come November. Multiple recent polls suggest that, as of
April 7, Democrats lead Republicans by 5.8 points nationally when it comes
to whom voters prefer to run Congress following this year's midterm races.

While these numbers could change between now and Election Day 2026, just
seven months from now, past polling during midterm election years at this point in the year have generally been a good indication of who will win Congress. In 2022, for example, according to aggregate data from RealClearPolling. com, on April 7 of that year, Republicans were projected
to win the midterms by a national rate of 3.4 percent, and eventually won
by 2.8 percent. In the 2018 midterms, on April 7, Democrats were predicted
to win by 7.5 percent, and ended up winning nationally by 8.4 percent.

Recent electoral wins by Democrats could also signal trouble for
Republicans. A state Supreme Court race in Wisconsin, for example u a state which Trump won narrowly by around 1 percent against Democratic candidate Kamala Harris u saw liberal Judge Chris Taylor win overall by more than 20 points against her conservative opponent.

Democrats lost an open seat in a special election to fill former
congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat in Georgia on April 7. But, whereas Trump won that district by 37 points in 2024, the Republican
candidate this week only won it by just 12 points u a 25-point swing for
Dems in that race.

While these and multiple other positive bellwether wins by Democrats in the past year and a half have suggested the party may fare well in the
midterms, polling data also suggests that voters aren't too happy with Democrats overall, either.

According to a YouGov tracker poll at the end of March, only 36.1 percent
of Americans viewed Democrats in Congress in a positive light, while 57.8 percent viewed them unfavorably. That data suggests that, while Democrats appear to be in a good position to take control of Congress in the fall,
the difference between a "blue wave" and a simple majority win could
require the party to take a deeper look at what voters actually want from their lawmakers beyond simply not being Trump.
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Cody <hailtrump@ssgmail.com> wrote:

According to recent polls 70% of Americans have Trump Derangement
Syndrome and the the numbers are swelling to new heights every day.

I can possibly accept the perception feels like that number....

Polling Data Spells Potential Disaster for Republicans in the Midterms

Are you really still trusting push-polls Rudence?

Why?

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As of April 2026, the US midterm elections are shaping up to be a potential disaster for the Republican Party, with concerns growing over the impact of the Trump administration's policies on the economy and foreign affairs.
Key Factors Driving Potential Republican "Devastation":

Economic Anxiety: Voters are showing deep concern over affordability, inflation, and high oil/gas prices. The cost of living is causing a
backlash against the administration, with some forecasts predicting job losses.
Foreign Policy Challenges: The decision by the Trump administration to engage in conflict with Iran is viewed as unpopular by a significant
portion of the electorate, with opponents and some politicians arguing it
is a "war of choice" that is hurting the economy and risking American
lives. Senator Rand Paul has warned this could lead to a "disastrous
election" if gas prices remain high, with oil prices having previously
surged past $100.
Internal GOP Fissures: There are growing internal disagreements within
the Republican party, with Senator Thom Tillis and others openly
criticizing the Senate Leadership Fund for not supporting certain
candidates and highlighting "Republican-on-Republican" spending.
Democratic Momentum: Democrats have consistently overperformed in
special elections in 2025 and early 2026, winning seats in both red and
blue districts, which is seen as a sign of potential "blue wave" momentum
for the 2026 midterms.
Redistricting and Voter Turnout: While Republicans have tried to secure advantages through redistricting, there is significant focus on voter
turnout. Reports indicate that some in the GOP are nervous about their
chances of maintaining control of the House and Senate.
Abortion Politics: A rift between the Trump administration and anti- abortion activists, who feel their concerns on policy issues are not being adequately addressed, could impact the Republican party's ability to
mobilize its base.

Historical Trends
Historically, the party in the White House often loses seats in midterm elections, with an average loss of 28 House seats and 4 Senate seats from
1934 to 2018. The 2026 election is seen as a crucial test of whether the Republican party can overcome these trends and the current negative
momentum.

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