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It shows Trump leaving Trump Tower for the Manhattan federal court to attend the second defamation trial against him. Getty Images published a series of similar photos revealing the marks on his hands.

The Mirror, a tabloid outlet, wrote that according to a former Bill Clinton advisor, Trump does have syphilis. James Carville reportedly said in a video, “They don't look like cuts to me. They look like sores. And I've asked a number of MDs (doctors), what medical condition manifests itself through hand sores and the answer is immediate and unanimous — secondary syphilis." We note that Carville is not a medical professional.

As of this writing, it is unknown what caused those red marks on Trump’s hands. Insider spoke to Joshua Zeichner, an associate professor of dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, who said there were a number of possibilities. He suggested Trump's hands could simply be too dry, he had blisters from an activity like golf, or that he had gotten lime juice on his hands that can cause chemical burns to the skin, or any other reason that causes rashes.

Snopes has reached out to the Trump campaign and the photographer with questions about the marks. Charly Triballeau told us he took the photographs that morning just before 9 a.m. and noticed the marks when he reviewed the images on his laptop screen. He had "absolutely no clue" what the marks could be. He noted that right after Trump left in a motorcade, he went to a nearby cafe to file the photographs with the AFP Photo Desk in Washington D.C. ...