President Trump explained his aversion to exercise — aside from golfing — in a new interview, saying: “I just don’t like it. It’s boring.”
“To walk on a treadmill or run on a treadmill for hours and hours like some people do, that’s not for me,” the president told the Wall Street Journal.
Trump, who turns 80 in June, also revealed that he has stopped using compression socks to treat a blood-flow issue, chronic venous insufficiency, that caused his legs and ankles to swell last year.
“I didn’t like them,” Trump said of his decision not to wear the socks, which experts say can prevent potentially serious complications such as blood clots.
Trump said in the interview he is sitting behind the Resolute Desk for shorter periods of time so that his leg muscles will pump the blood back to his heart, which experts also recommend.
The president also told the Journal that he has refused to lower his 325 milligrams aspirin regimen to prevent heart issues to 81 milligrams because “I’m a little superstitious” — despite doctors saying a low dose could reduce noticeable bruising on his hands.
