President Donald Trump was in typical humorous form in a recent exchange he had with a reporter aboard Air Force One, displaying the charm that has endeared him to the hearts of the millions of Americans who support him and his America First agenda. The reporter asked the president about the purplish bruise on his hand that was first spotted at the Davos conference.
The president explained that the bruise was the result of an injury from clipping his hand on a table. The bruising was the result of taking aspirin for his cardiovascular health. When the reporter asked Trump if he was “good,” referring to the visible injury on his hand, Trump responded, “I’m very good,” going on to explain, “I clipped it on the table.”
He then revealed how he’s been treating the bruise, saying, “So I put a little, uh, what do they call it? Cream on it.” The president then discussed his daily aspirin regimen, saying, “I would say take aspirin if you like your heart, but don’t take aspirin if you don’t want to have a little bruising. I take the big aspirin. And when you take the big aspirin, they tell you, you bruise.”
“The doctors said, ‘You don’t have to take that, sir. You are very healthy.’ I said, ‘I’m not taking any chances,’” he said. “That’s one of the side effects of taking aspirin,” Trump added, according to a report from Your Central Valley. Photos taken of Trump at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland, showing the bruise on his left hand hit social media and raised concern from individuals on both sides of the political spectrum.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the bruising, sharing the same information about the injury as the president. An interview conducted earlier in January 2026 featured the president talking about his bruising being the result of his aspirin intake. “They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” he told the Wall Street Journal. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
Of course, liberal news outlets and talking heads immediately sparked up a number of rumors concerning the overall health and fitness of the almost 80-year-old commander-in-chief, pointing toward bruising, swelling in his legs, and several moments where he appeared to doze off during public events. As far as the leg swelling goes, the Trump administration explained last summer it was a symptom of chronic venous insufficiency, which is a fairly common condition where faulty vein valves allow blood to pool, which leads to changes in the skin as well as cramping.
The condition, according to KHQ, is easily treated with medication or in some instances, a targeted procedure. What threw gasoline on the fire of speculation concerning his health was an unscheduled visit to the hospital, which raised suspicions that the administration was hiding information about President Trump’s health. However, just a few weeks after the rumor mill began spinning all kinds of theories about his health, Trump’s physician revealed that MRI imaging showed he was in “excellent” cardiovascular health.
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