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President Trump’s recent hand bruising drew attention this week, but the simplest explanation comes from an expert rather than a rumor mill. On Newsline, cardiologist Dr. Chauncey Crandall explained that regular aspirin use can make older patients bruise more easily because the drug interferes with blood clotting and aging skin provides less cushioning.
The president himself has acknowledged taking a full 325-milligram aspirin daily — a dosage many doctors no longer recommend for routine prevention in older adults. White House physicians have noted a preference for the lower 81-milligram dose, and medical reporting has repeatedly highlighted the gap between long-standing habits and modern guidelines.
Dr. Crandall’s comments were clinical and straightforward: bruising in elderly patients on aspirin is common, especially where the skin thins with age, and clinicians often reduce the dose to lessen those effects. He emphasized that what many see as alarming is often just a predictable side effect of a blood-thinning regimen, not a hidden medical emergency.
Meanwhile, the coastal media frenzy sniffed around every mark on the president’s hand as if it were evidence of some dire collapse, even after Mr. Trump explained the bruise came from bumping a table at the World Economic Forum and the press office confirmed the story. Outlets that thrive on conjecture were quick to run with worst-case narratives instead of the obvious medical explanation.
Here’s the conservative common sense: personal medical choices and long-standing routines deserve respect, and they should be judged by physicians, not pundits. Scientific guidance has shifted on aspirin for primary prevention in older adults because the bleeding risks can outweigh unproven benefits, so reasonable debate belongs in the clinic — not on cable TV.
For citizens who care about the country, this episode should be a reminder to insist on facts over theater. Dr. Crandall’s assessment reduces this to a medical side effect rather than a scandal, and that’s exactly how it should be treated by responsible outlets and engaged voters alike.
