President Donald Trump has addressed mysterious bruises on his hand, dismissing concerns about his health in a new interview and attributing the noticeable discolouration to his heavy aspirin intake.
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The 79-year-old Trump, the oldest president to ever take office, also denied falling asleep at meetings, explained why he doesn’t exercise, and said he underwent a CT scan, not an MRI as he previously claimed, in a defiant interview with the Wall Street Journal on his health.
“My health is perfect,” he told the newspaper.
The Journal described the conversation as an “impromptu phone interview” that came after the newspaper shared details about its reporting on Trump’s health with the White House.
Trump said taking large doses of aspirin each day has caused him to bruise easily, and that he applies makeup to cover up the discolouring.
The president told the Journal he takes 325 milligrams of aspirin a day, more than his doctor recommends, for “cardiac prevention.” A low dose of aspirin is most commonly 81 milligrams, according to the Mayo Clinic.
“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump said. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
Trump said he’s been taking the large aspirin dosage for 25 years and has ignored his doctor’s advice to reduce the amount because “I’m a little superstitious.”
In July, the White House announced Trump was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency that has resulted in visible swelling in his lower legs near his ankles. The condition, common among people in their 70s, occurs when veins in the legs have trouble sending blood back to the heart.
Trump said he briefly wore compression socks to reduce the swelling but stopped doing so because he didn’t like the socks.
Trump’s skin has become so delicate, according to the Journal’s account, that his hand started bleeding at the 2024 RNC Convention in Milwaukee when Attorney General Pam Bondi nicked him with her ring while giving the president a high-five.
Trump confirmed the incident in the interview: “The ring hit the back of my hand, and, yes, there was a slight little cut.”
The Journal reported the Bondi incident alarmed witnesses and is one of several instances in which his hand has been cut.
On multiple occasions in his first year back in office, Trump has been seen with a bandage on the back of his right hand.
Despite Trump’s eyes closing during some recent White House events, he denied that he fell asleep. Instead, he said he closes his eyes for relaxation.
“I’ll just close. It’s very relaxing to me,” Trump said in the interview. “Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.”
Trump often sleeps little at night and is known to text aides or make social media posts in the early-morning hours. Trump appeared to nod off during a December 2 Cabinet meeting as his secretaries spoke and a November 6 Oval Office announcement on weight-loss medication.
The incidents have prompted White House staff to encourage him to try to keep his eyes open during public events, according to the Journal.
Trump has long derided former President Joe Biden over age and fitness, mocking his 83-year-old predecessor as “Sleepy Joe” while defending his own fitness.
In a January 2 post on Truth Social, Trump wrote: “The White House Doctors have just reported that I am in ‘PERFECT HEALTH,’ and that I ‘ACED’ (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take.”
Trump said he does not exercise, outside of playing golf regularly, because he finds it “boring.”
“I just don’t like it. It’s boring,” Trump told the Journal. “To walk on a treadmill or run on a treadmill for hours and hours like some people do, that’s not for me.”
Trump, known for eating greasy and fatty foods like hamburgers and french fries, takes rosuvastatin and ezetimibe to control his cholesterol and uses mometasone cream to treat a skin condition, Sean Barbabella, Trump’s physician, said in an April report on the president’s physical.
Trump credited his parents, who were active in their senior years, for his energy. “Genetics are very important,” he said. “And I have very good genetics.”
For months, Trump has said he took an MRI exam during an October visit to Walter Reed Medical Center.
But he corrected himself in the interview with the Journal, saying he actually received a CT scan.
“It wasn’t an MRI,” Trump told the Journal. “It was less than that. It was a scan.”
Barbabella confirmed in a statement that Trump received a CT scan “to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues.” The scan revealed no abnormalities. Trump’s doctors initially told the president they would perform either an MRI or a CT scan, and ultimately chose the latter, according to Barbabella.
Meanwhile, celebrity makeup artist Bryan Cantor told HuffPost that photos of Trump demonstrate “the chosen foundation shade does not match his undertone, let alone his skin tone.”
Trina Eibon, the business manager of IONIQ, an at-home spray tan brand, told HuffPost that “even the most experienced people can run into small application hiccups.” She noted that bright light and flash photography can magnify the errors and incorrect choice in the shade of tanner for your skin tone.
She also pointed out that the undertone drift toward orange can happen when a self-tanner doesn’t vibe with your skin pH. “Many conventional tanners don’t adapt to individual skin tones, which can lead to unnatural-looking results,” she said.
Cantor noted that the face, neck, and chest all “receive different amounts of sunlight and will usually be three different colours.” He underscored the importance of blending makeup or tanner from the face onto the neck for a natural-looking application.
On wearing makeup on the hands, Cantor said it isn’t popular for a reason: “Hand makeup will transfer every time your hand comes in contact with clothes.”
He added that spot treating blemishes, bruises, age or liver spots on the hands is not something he recommends. “Using concealer to spot treat like this without addressing the surrounding skin will always look fake and noticeable,” he said.
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