Trump’s bruised hands are ‘completely normal’, Fox News doctor says

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Fox News senior medical analyst Dr Marc Siegel pushed back against growing public scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s health by dismissing the visible bruise on his hands as "completely normal."

Siegel commented on air while referencing Trump’s own revelation that he did not receive an MRI as previously suggested, but rather a routine scan. 

Doctor dismisses concerns about Trump's bruises

Siegel, on Friday, January 2, appeared on Fox News, where he said aspirin and golfing likely explained the president’s bruising.

“He says he is on 325 milligrams of aspirin… That increases your risks of bruising, especially at 79 years old, as does playing golf, by the way, because the golf thing actually, a lot of sun exposure on his upper extremities,” he said. 

“This is completely normal! What a bunch of hogwash to say this is some kind of things being hidden. He’s doing the opposite. He’s showing us complete transparency here," Siegel added. 

"You want the cognitive test? But how about watching him on one of these press conferences where you and I can’t even get on the air because he keeps talking in ways that are easy to follow. His brain is clearly intact and his body, too. I’m reassured by the CAT scans," the doctor stressed. 

However, he did have some advice to share for Trump. "By the way, 81 milligrams of aspirin, one thing I would advise him is he probably doesn’t need 325. He says, 'Look, I don’t want to change something that’s been working.' But, if he has heart risks, he definitely doesn’t need more than 81 milligrams. So there you might make a tiny change. Big deal,” Siegel said. 

Trump on CT scan and aspirin dosage

In a candid interview with The Wall Street Journal this week, Trump revealed that he did not receive the MRI he said he did in October.

“It wasn’t an MRI,” Trump said. “It was less than that. It was a scan.”

According to the Journal, the president’s doctor, Sean Barbabella, said that Trump received a CT scan. Barbabella also said the 79-year-old takes 325 milligrams of aspirin each day.

“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” the POTUS told the Journal, and added that aspirin makes him bruise easily.

CNN Medical Analyst Jonathan Reiner said on Friday that Trump is taking too much aspirin.

Trump has repeatedly appeared in public with bruises on his hands, sometimes covered with makeup to mask them.