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US President Donald Trump says his health is “perfect”, taking more aspirin than doctors recommend, covering bruises on his hands with makeup and not exercising regularly because he finds it “boring”.
In a lengthy interview about his health, Trump also told the Wall Street Journal He mistakenly told reporters that he underwent a more detailed MRI scan and a CT scan in October.
The 79-year-old Trump was the oldest president to take office in the history of the United States, and his aging has attracted increasing attention.
He denied to the Wall Street Journal that he had trouble hearing or fell asleep at a recent White House event.
The newspaper said Trump “expressed anger at the public debate about his health.”
“Let’s talk about health again for the 25th time,” the president said at the start of an “off-the-cuff call” as the newspaper prepared to publish a report on his health.
Trump said he has taken more than the recommended dose of aspirin over the past 25 years, although he said it easily caused him to bruise.
“They say aspirin helps thin the blood, and I don’t want thick blood flowing through my heart,” Trump said.
He took 325 milligrams of aspirin daily instead of the 81 milligrams that doctors sometimes recommend.
“They’d rather have me pick the smaller one,” Trump said.
But after all these years, he doesn’t want to change his routine. “I’m a little bit superstitious,” he said.
according to Mayo Clinic GuidanceThe risk of heart attack and stroke increases with age, and low-dose aspirin can help prevent both by thinning the blood and preventing blood clots. But the risk of bleeding from aspirin also increases with age, the clinic warns. It says the daily dose of aspirin therapy is between 75 mg and 325 mg.
The president also spoke about the medical scan he received at Walter Reed National Medical Center, which he previously said was an MRI scan.
“This is not an MRI,” Trump told the Wall Street Journal. “Less than that. It’s a scan.”
Trump’s doctor, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, said in a statement provided to the Wall Street Journal that Trump underwent a CT scan “to definitely rule out any cardiovascular issues” and that the results did not reveal any abnormalities.
After Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition among older adults, he was advised to wear compression stockings, but he refused.
“I don’t like them,” Trump said, adding that he now stands up from his desk more often, which has improved the swelling in his legs.
However, the president said he would rather not engage in any form of regular exercise other than playing golf.
“I just don’t like it. It’s boring,” Trump said. “Walking or running for hours on a treadmill like some people do, that’s not for me.”
The president insisted he did not doze off during public meetings, saying he sometimes closed his eyes because he felt “relaxed” that way. As for the bruises on his hands in some photos, Trump said he now wears makeup to prevent his hands from being “beaten.”
“You know, my makeup goes on very easily, it takes about 10 seconds,” he said.
Trump said he had no hearing problems and said “sometimes they take pictures of me blinking” when photographers took photos of him while he appeared to be asleep.
“They could catch me in the blink of an eye.”
Bababella said in a statement to the Wall Street Journal that Trump is “in excellent health and well suited to carry out his duties as Commander-in-Chief.”
Trump’s predecessor, Democratic President Joe Biden, dropped out of the 2024 race after a stumbling debate with Trump raised questions about his age and mental acuity.
