United States President Donald Trump takes a higher daily dose of aspirin than his doctors recommend, he has revealed in an interview with The Wall Street Journal.This is what we know about Trump’s aspirin habit and what happens if you take too much aspirin:What did Trump say about taking aspirin?Trump, 79, told the US newspaper that he takes a higher dose of aspirin every day than doctors have recommended.The physician to the president, Sean Barbabella, said the president takes 325mg of aspirin daily for cardiac prevention – considered at the high end of dosage for this purpose.“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump told the paper.“I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”He added: “They’d rather have me take the smaller one [dose]. I take the larger one, but I’ve done it for years, and what it does do is it causes bruising.”Trump told the newspaper that he has been taking the larger dose of aspirin for 25 years.Trump is the second oldest person to serve as US president after Joe Biden, who was 82 when he left office in January and pulled out of his re-election campaign in 2024 amid rising concerns about his health.Concerns about T …
