President Trump has revealed the simple explanation for a large bruise on his hand, swatting away wild conspiracies about his health.
“I clipped it on [a] table,” the 79-year-old said when asked about the bruise on his left hand while Davos, Switzerland.
The president also blamed the high dosage of aspirin he takes for the size of the bruise, along with others he has been spotted with recently.
“They 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,” Trump told reporters.
“The doctor said, ‘You don’t have to take that, sir. You’re very healthy.’ I said, ‘I’m not taking any chances.’”
Trump said his latest bruise appeared after he bumped a table at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later issued a statement confirming the president hit his hand on the corner of the signing table during his Board of Peace announcement.
Trump, who is the second-oldest person to ever hold the presidency behind President Joe Biden, revealed in a Wall Street Journal interview earlier this month that he takes a larger daily dose of aspirin that his doctors recommend because he wants “nice, thin blood pouring through my heart.”
