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. But Trump has declined to switch because he has been taking it for 25 years. “I’m a little superstitious,” he said in the interview.

This seems to be an effort to head off the fake-hand conspiracy theory

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      He is getting the best medical ever available in the history of mankind. They kept Cheney alive for weeks without a heart and that was 20 years ago . I think we are in this for the long haul.

      • The heart is just a pump. You can simulate it pretty well because is, basically, “plumbing”.

        When the organ failing is the brain, that’s a much bigger issue, especially if the patient is a narcissist who loves being in front of crowds. They can keep him alive, but they can’t keep him sane and mentally fit.

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          He hasn’t been sane or mentally fit any of the times he has ran for president. No one seems to mind. When he said he could shoot someone in the street and not lose a vote he was totally correct.