“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.”, he explained.

According to Reuters, Trump added: “The doctor said, ‘You don’t have to take that, sir. You’re very healthy.’ I said, ‘I’m not taking any chances.’”

As per White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt — who is currently pregnant with her second child — the president hit his hand on the corner of a table during yesterday’s signing ceremony.

According to Harvard Health, taking low-dosage aspirin does indeed make you more susceptible to bruising.

On the website, Dr. Deepak Bhatt explained: “Aspirin decreases the ability of tiny cell fragments in the blood, called platelets, from clumping together and forming clots. Preventing these clots will help you avoid a repeat heart attack. But it can make you bleed a little more easily, including the below-the-skin bleeding seen in bruises.

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