The White House is so sensitive to questions about Trump’s declining health that Sarah Huckabee Sanders came back after the White House briefing ended to claim that Trump is fine.
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Q Sarah, a question about his health, after he appeared yesterday — just on his health, how he appeared yesterday.
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MS. SANDERS: I’ll break the rules and I’ll come back. I know that there were a lot of questions on that — frankly, pretty ridiculous questions. The President’s throat was dry. Nothing more than that.
He does have a physical scheduled for the first part of next year, the full physical that most Presidents go through. That will take place at Walter Reed, and those records will be released by the doctor following that taking place.
These are the kinds of questions that should have been asked when Trump was a presidential candidate and refused to release his medical records.
The American people have no available medical records on Donald Trump, and no one should believe this White House when they say that they will make the full results of Trump’snext physical public. The presidency is the most stressful and demanding job in the world. It ages a person by ten years. Trump is already in his seventies, and the people around him treat his medical records like they are state secrets.
The White House has been trying to mask Trump’s declining state by avoiding interviews with objective journalists and heavily managing his travel schedule, but reporters are beginning to ask the question that the White House doesn’t want to face. Is Donald Trump healthy enough to be president?
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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