Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that he takes a higher dose of aspirin than his doctors have recommended, blaming that for the visible hand bruises that have generated renewed questions about his health.

The interview appeared to be one of the most extensive conservations Trump has had with journalists on his health, as scrutiny has intensified this year over his age, fitness for office and whether he’s being sufficiently transparent with his medical information.

Trump has long had bruising on his right hand, which CNN has reported predated his return to the White House. But it drew more attention after he began trying to cover it with heavy makeup and bandages and shield it from cameras with his other hand. Observers have also raised concerns about swelling in his legs and his appearing to doze during public events.

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    That’s a good idea; I’m thinking Trump should probably take 4x-5x daily just to be on the safe side.

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    The interview appeared to be one of the most extensive conservations Trump has had with journalists on his health

    Heh.

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      The very fact that he’s still alive is proof that prayers don’t work.

      Maybe a hamberder or two will do it. One can only hope.

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          My memory tells me this is a real photo from his first term. When he fed that basketball team, when the government was shut down, so he had no kitchen staff.

          But logic tells me this isn’t real. This can’t be real. None of this is real. It can’t be! This makes no sense! This is all just a bad dream…

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            Yea, it’s an old (real) photo. I have a few like this on my screensaver just in case my blood pressure gets too low.

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    I very much doubt he’s in charge of what pills he takes much less knows what pills he takes. Frankly at this point I’m shocked he’s not taking colloidal silver.

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        I’ve heard that colloidal silver can turn one’s skin blue. I wonder what happens when that person has orange skin, considering they’re on opposite ends of the color wheel. Does it balance out to a normal skin tone?

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          Maybe he’d turn brown and just switch to promoting minority rights like Cartman in the ginger episode.

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      I could very easily see him taking aspirin on his own.

      He wakes up and decides to put on that hideous orange concealer every day. No one is telling him to do that, he found that on his own and thought it was great and decided to wear it everyday. Why is it so hard to believe that he pops an aspirin everyday off some decades old advice about baby aspirin that he misunderstood?

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        I have a feeling he only showers once a week or so, which saves time in his skincare routine. Would also explain why he’s rumored to smell like literal shit.

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      I don’t. I hope he strokes out and becomes trapped in his own body. I want MAGA to see a frail, weak, pathetic flesh bag.

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        I don’t love this comment… it implies people who have had a stroke are frail, weak and pathetic. Although I share your disdain for Trump, I’m not sure I agree with this particular sentiment.

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      Accidentally shits his pants in a mcdonalds and the sudden change in pressure in his body causes his organs to collapse all at once and as he falls to the floor, with his dying breath, he exclaims:

      “doctors tell me i have the best death, actually, some say , in the world. They dont make deaths like they used to, but im bringing them back, good deaths, they will be back, they will come back, the good deaths, i think, like rambo. It’ll be like the movies, with the action hero… err… the guys with the guns, they dont get hit, the hullets just miss em, like me. Bullets cant get me, they tried to do it, i was on stage, it was a BIG event and the democrats, biden, they tried to shoot me. They failed, they missed, because they needed republican guns. If that was a republican they wouldnt have missed, my brains would be all over the crowd behind me. They would have needed staws to clean it all up, so i am bringing back plastic straws, not those paper ones, they fall apart in your mouth…”

      Reports of the rest of what he said differ vastly.

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    It’d be nice if it gave him an ulcer, that then got perforated.

    But it’s more likely he’s just lying yet again.

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    Had a friend who mixed aspirin with blood thinners. Her nose started bleeding and wouldn’t stop. She looked like a murder victim when I drove her to the ER.

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      I do. I care very much. I hope he continues to not listen to his doctors and bigly departs from their advice.

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    I’m a Free Thinking Republican who saw ALL of this FIRST HAND when he Dozed off During a Conference I was watching so I KNOW this is FAKE NEWS!

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    that explains why he bruised so easily, like mcconnel did. aspirin increased your chances of bleeding excessively, due to it intefering with clotting.

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      Maybe that’s is why them told him to say that in the interview. Even if it’s plausible i don’t believe a thing that comes out of this guy’s mouth without proof.