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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[–] 100 points 8 months ago (3 children)

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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  • [–] 34 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It would probably be safer with some warfarin on board, too.

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  • [–] 23 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    And he should shave with a straight razor before he’s had anything to eat.

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  • [–] 24 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    In the warm bath with a toaster

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  • [–] 15 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    In a building with its original wiring from the 1890s.

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  • [–] 65 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    JUST DIE ALREADY GOD DAMNIT.

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  • [–] 46 points 8 months ago

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

    Heh.

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  • [–] 44 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

    He must think there’s somebody stupid enough out there to believe what he had to say.

    Then again, tens of millions of people did vote for him…

    Shaking hands doesn’t cause that type of bruising on the back of the hand, and neither does aspirin. You know it does? IV needles, which are, not infrequently, inserted into veins on top of the hand.

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    [–] 36 points 8 months ago

    Take more. Don't let those quacks tell you what to do. More.

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  • [–] 34 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Since Tylenol apparently causes autism, can we now decide that Aspirin causes dementia? Just curious.

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Yeah, because JD Couchfucker would be so much better.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (9 children)

    He is probably worse, but he doesn't really hold any political capital so it's probably way better. Once JD is in the hot seat I bet every dubiously legal thing the admin has done falls in his lap and he gets impeached.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Yeah but the cult doesn't like him do they. They still blame him for not supporting the insurrection.

    He's not good at the mad hatter routine that Trump pulls off but also not competent enough to actually be an effective president. I was watching a video the other day and it randomly had a clip of George Bush Jr in it. It was weird watching it because he sounded entirely intelligent, perfectly coherent and totally competent. That's what comparison does for you I guess.

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    [–] 29 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Bleed Out Bleed Out Bleed Out!

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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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    [–] 19 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 18 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    I hope he dies in the stupidest, most humiliating way possible. And soon.

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  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    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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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago

    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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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    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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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago

    I hope he's in constant pain

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I don’t give a fuck about his health.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    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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