Donald Trump turns 80 next month, and looks like he’s getting a little bored about his age.
The president switched politics with pleasure this weekend, taking part in the LIV Golf Tournament in Trump Virginia National Golf Club.
While chatting with his son, Eric, behind bulletproof glass (POTUS has been the subject of a string assassination attempt), professional librarian Nicola Hickling claims he revealed his worries about ageing.
Hickling said Trump brought up earlier comments made by one of his children about his upcoming birthday to Eric.
According to OVERVIEWthe president reportedly said: ‘Yeah, we were talking and he said, “Dad, you know you’re going to be 80?”
Hickling then claimed that Trump’s reaction to the statement was, “After he said that, I felt old.”
However, he allegedly quickly followed up with: ‘You’re as old as you feel, aren’t you?’, while wagging his finger at his son.
The comments about Trump’s age follow multiple reports that the president may not be in the best shape health.
Since re-entering office in January 2025 as the 47th president of the United States, Trump’s ill health has fueled numerous rumors and conspiracy theories — including mass speculation on social media that he was dead in August.
Last year, he was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiencya condition in which the veins have problems moving blood to the heart.
The diagnosis explained why Trump was seen with swollen feet.
Most recently, in March, photographers captured a red rash on his neck at a Medal of Honor ceremony in The White House.
Trump’s office would not comment on the mark, leading people online to suspect it could be an allergic reaction or herpes outbreak.
The rash came just weeks after Trump was spotted with a dark bruise on his left hand World Economic Forum IN Davos, Switzerland.
During his flight from Europe to the US, a reporter asked the president about the signwhich he dismissed as a “clip on the table”.
Trump said: “I’m fine. I cut it on the table. So I put some — what do they call it? — cream on it. But I cut it.’
The 79-year-old also claimed that his repeated bruising is caused by the amount of aspirin he takes daily to prevent a heart attack or stroke.
Trump said: “I would say take aspirin if you like your heart. But don’t take aspirin if you don’t want to have a little bruise. I take the big aspirin.
“And when you take the big aspirin, they say you’re going to bruise.”
The president’s doctor, Sean Barbabella, previously revealed that Trump takes a daily dose of 325 mg of aspirin. However, the NHS says the usual dose to prevent a heart attack or stroke is 75mg once a day (a regular strength pain reliever tablet is 300mg).
Trump later made a strange statement to the Wall Street Journal about his daily intake. While explaining that aspirin is good for ‘thinning the blood’, he said he didn’t want ‘thick blood to pour into (his) heart.’
Instead, he said he wanted ‘nice, fine blood to flow into my heart’. He added: ‘Does this make sense? They’d rather I get the smaller one, but I get the bigger one, but I’ve been doing it for years and what it does is it causes bruising.’
Last month, Trump did another rare admission about his health.
Speaking on CNBC’s Squawk Box, he took aim at the former president Joe Bidento whom he said ‘he could not climb the stairs’.
Trump, who has famously been a longtime critic of Biden and called him ‘Sleepy Joe’, said: ‘Forget it down, he couldn’t get on a flight. He was falling all over the place.’
The president then admitted that he himself must ‘be careful’.
He continued: “That’s why when I get out of those planes, I go nice and slow. I’m not looking to set any speed records.’
Overall, though, it seems Trump isn’t too worried about his health.
Earlier this month, he hosted business leaders at the White House and said he has at least two more terms, which some took as a threat to defy the 22nd Amendment’s provision that “no person shall be elected to the office of President more than twice.”
Trump said: “When I leave office, say, eight or nine years from now, I’ll be able to use it (referring to the tax deductions). I’ll be able to use it myself.’
He also began to realize how physically and mentally capable he still is.
