Overview
- In a Wall Street Journal interview, the 79-year-old president said he takes 325 milligrams of aspirin each day to thin his blood and attributed visible hand bruising to the drug.
- White House physician Dr. Sean Barbabella said October cardiovascular and abdominal CT images were "perfectly normal" and stated the president "continues to enjoy exceptional health."
- Cardiologist Jonathan Reiner said the extent of bruising is uncommon from a single daily aspirin and questioned whether other medications might be involved.
- Medical guidance generally favors low-dose aspirin around 81 milligrams for select patients because higher daily doses raise bleeding risk and routine use in older adults has been reduced.
- Trump denied falling asleep during events and downplayed hearing issues, and he acknowledged chronic superficial venous insufficiency causing lower-leg swelling after trying and rejecting compression stockings.