Donald Trump's latest public appearance in the US this week has ignited a fresh wave of health speculation, after close-up images shared online appeared to show the President's right hand looking bruised and 'inflamed' while he sat at a desk during an official event.
Trump has kept himself firmly in the spotlight in recent weeks, against a backdrop of heightened tensions with Iran and ongoing political scrutiny at home. Yet the latest burst of attention has had little to do with foreign policy or campaigning. Instead, it has been driven by a short clip and a still image posted on X, formerly Twitter, that zoomed in on a patch of discolouration on his hand and prompted a flurry of armchair diagnoses and uneasy jokes.
