Washington DC, Jan. 2 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday (local time) stated that he takes a higher daily dose of aspirin than advised by his doctors, attributing the resulting hand bruises to the regimen as he addressed speculation over his health.

"They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart. I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?" Trump said, as reported by CNN, citing his interview with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ).

"They'd rather have me take the smaller one. I take the larger one, but I've done it for years, and what it does do is it causes bruising," the 79-year-old US President said on the recent reports of visible bruising, in...