Donald Trump has sparked fresh health concerns after his “rambling” and “babbling” speech at a campaign rally in Ohio. Addressing crowds, the US leader appeared to go off topic after remarking that he takes aspirin “every day” because he “psychologically” needs it.
“I take an aspirin a day. I don't know if it works, but psychologically I need it. It thins the hell out of your blood, I guess,” Trump, 80, said in footage taken on Saturday night (3 October).
Aspirin remarks at rally
“I don't know if it works or not, but I've been doing it for a long time. And here I am making speeches. I like Bayer aspirin. And I take the big one. They want me to go down to the 80. I take the 386. I don't know what the hell it is. It's a monster. They said, 'Sir, you don't need that!' I said, 'Do me a favour, I've been doing okay for 35 years. Leave me alone.'”
“One of the few things I take is a Bayer aspirin. Can you believe it? I say it only because I like them,” Trump continued. “They moved to Ohio, announcing they are investing $2.2billion to open a massive pharmaceutical manufacturing campus right near Columbus, Ohio.”
Public reaction on X
Following Trump's bizarre admission, viewers flocked to X in response, and while several pointed out that he was trying to promote Bayer, others suggested that the President's cognitive health appeared to be declining.
“They're pumping him with the stuff they gave Biden to get him through the debates and beyond, yet dementia is still here,” replied one. “He's doing the greatest hits of his dementia rambling tonight,” added another. “Other than all the crazy talk this is, there's no such thing as a 386 Bayer aspirin,” pointed out a third. “Well, that at least partially explains the severe decline in cognitive function,” noted a fourth.
“Long-term overuse of high doses of aspirin can be toxic to the kidneys. Kidney failure and advanced kidney disease frequently cause swollen feet and ankles due to fluid and sodium retention,” stated a fourth.
Previous health concerns
Trump, whose doctor said he was in “excellent health” in May, has caused widespread concern after appearing to fall asleep in meetings and exhibiting swollen hands and ankles during public engagements. Last month, Dr Bandy Lee, a forensic and social psychiatrist who has taught at Harvard and Yale, warned that the 80-year-old had been displaying “abnormal and pathological” behaviour.
Referring to his recent claims that firefighters carried him away after the Twin Towers collapsed on 9/11 - a statement which has been widely disputed and discredited - Dr Lee expressed her professional opinion to Meidas Touch. “The degree to which [he has to place himself at the centre of] every significant event in national history and every significant monument in the nation has to bear his name, all of this goes back to just how fragile he is in his sense of self,” she explained.
“This is normally what toddlers do. They have to be king or queen or ruler of the universe in order to fight the feeling that they are quite helpless and dependent on others' care. But of course, that's normal for a two or three-year-old. It is abnormal and pathological when it involves a fully grown adult.” Lee concluded that Trump is “an incredibly mentally unstable individual who's become far more unstable with time, with more power he's given and the less he is constrained”.
