CNN Medical Expert Baffled by Trump's 'Unorthodox' Aspirin Regimen: 'It Makes No Sense' [View all]
Source: Mediaite
CNN Medical Expert Baffled by Trump’s ‘Unorthodox’ Aspirin Regimen: ‘It Makes No Sense’
Michael Luciano
Thu, January 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM EST
2 min read
‘CNN Medical Analyst Jonathan Reiner expressed puzzlement at President Donald Trump’s habit of taking aspirin to supposedly make his blood thinner.
On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported on Trump’s health, which has recently garnered attention because of the bruises on the president’s hands, as well as his occasional nodding off during public meetings. The president blamed the bruising on his aspirin regimen.
“The large dose of aspirin he chooses to take daily has caused him to bruise easily, he said, and he has been encouraged by his doctors to take a lower dose,” the Journal reported. “But Trump has declined to switch because he has been taking it for 25 years.”
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Hours later on CNN, Reiner, a cardiologist, said no, that does not make sense.
That makes no sense. That actually makes nonsense. So first of all, when we use any kind of anticoagulant, medications to prevent clotting, those don’t thin the blood. It’s not like changing something from gumbo to chicken soup. It doesn’t make it doesn’t make it thinner. It makes you less likely to clot.
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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/cnn-medical-expert-baffled-trump-015858316.html
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This is the presidunce that recommended injecting bleach to fight the coronavirus. While I have little concern for his health, I fear for people who might heed his advice.
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