{"id":669336,"date":"2026-01-02T16:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669336\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T16:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T16:35:19","slug":"trump-say-im-dey-take-higher-daily-dose-of-aspirin-pass-wetin-doctors-recommend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/669336\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump say im dey take higher daily dose of aspirin pass wetin doctors recommend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/4b73ba60-e779-11f0-aa4d-3b5649ab110b.jpg.webp.webp\"   alt=\"US President Donald Trump dey look as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (off frame) dey follow journalists tok during one joint press conference for Trump Mar-a-Lago residence for Palm Beach, Florida, on 29 December 29 2025\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1024 \/ 576\" class=\"css-1seqhu9\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-nyj3yn\" role=\"text\">Wia dis foto come from, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"article-byline\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"css-2ozlq5\">Article Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"css-1dlgp3z\">\n<li class=\"css-1s1df59\"\/>\n<li>\n<p>7 hours wey don pass<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Read am in 4 mins<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">US President Donald Trump tok say im dey &#8220;perfect&#8221; health, as im dey take more aspirin pass wetin doctors recommend, im dey use makeup to cover di bruises on im  hands, and im no dey do regular exercise bicos e find am &#8220;boring&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">For inside one lengthy interview about im health, Trump also tell The Wall Street Journal say im bin do one CT scan for October, afta e mistakenly tell tori pipo say im undergo more detailed MRI scan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">79-year-old Trump na di oldest president wey dem go elect for US history, and signs of age don begin show.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">E don appear to fall asleep for some meetings and no dey fit hear questions.<\/p>\n<p>Kontinu to dey read<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Di Journal say Trump &#8220;no like public debate on top im health&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;Make we tok about health again for di 25th time,&#8221; e tok for di start of one &#8220;impromptu phone call&#8221; as di newspaper bin dey prepare to publish one story about Trump health.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Trump tok say im dey take larger dan recommended doses of aspirin for di last 25 years, even as e tok say e dey make am to bruise easily.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;Dem say aspirin dey good for thinning out di blood, and I no want thick blood pouring through my heart,&#8221; Trump tok.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">E dey take 325mg of aspirin per day, instead of di 81mg dose wey doctors sometimes dey recommend doctors.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;Di doctors go rather allow me take di smaller one,&#8221; Trump tok.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">But e no wan switch routines afta so many years. &#8220;I dey a little superstitious,&#8221; e tok.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Di president bin also tok about di medical scan e receive for Walter Reed National Medical Center, wey e tok bifor say na MRI scan.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;No be MRI,&#8221; Trump tell di Journal. &#8220;E no reach dat level. Na scan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">One doctor for Trump, Navy Capt Sean Barbaella, for one statement wey dem give di Journal say Trump bin undergo one CT scan, &#8220;to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues&#8221; e add say di testing no show any abnormalities.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Afta Trump bin dey diagnosed wit chronic venous insufficiency, one common condition for older people, dem advise am to dey wear compression socks but e refuse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;I no like dem,&#8221; Trump tok, e say now im dey get up from im desk more regularly, wey don improve swelling for im legs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Still, di president say im prefer not to do any form of regular exercise, apart from golfing.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;I just no like am. E dey boring,&#8221; Trump tok. &#8220;To dey waka on treadmill or dey run on treadmill for hours and hours like some pipo dey do, I no dey for dat one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Di president repeat am say im no dey dose off during public meetings, e say im dey close im eyes at times bicos e find am &#8220;relaxing&#8221;. As for di bruises pipo dey see on im hands for some fotos, Trump say im dey carry makeup now in case im hand get &#8220;whacked&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;I get makeup wey dey easy to put on, e dey take about 10 seconds,&#8221; e tok.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Trump say im no get trouble wit im hearing, and e say dos places wia photographers tok fotos of am wia e appear like say im dey sleep, e say &#8220;sometimes dem dey take foto of me blinking&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">&#8220;And dem go catch me wit di blink.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" class=\"css-tmqcq9 e1yuyadm0\">Barbabella tok for di statement to di Journal say Trump dey in &#8220;exceptional health and perfectly suited to execute im duties as Commander in Chief&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Play video, &#8220;Trump says his recent MRI scan was &#8216;perfect'&#8221;, Duration 0,4200:42<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/p0mc1tfr.jpg.webp.webp\"  alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"aspect-ratio:auto\" class=\"css-ey0vwc\"\/>Wetin we call dis Video, From October: Trump say im recent MRI scan dey &#8216;perfect&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wia dis foto come from, Getty Images Article Information 7 hours wey don pass Read am in 4&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4315],"tags":[105,4326,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-669336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-medication","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-medication","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115826480126730577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}