Wednesday, January 17, 2018

President Trump is mentally and physically healthy; the White House press corps is not

At a White House press conference on Tuesday, presidential physician Rear Admiral Dr. Ronny Jackson presented an extremely detailed report on the results of President Donald J. Trump (R)'s physical exam last week at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, including personal and intimate details.  Jackson's report concluded:
The [p]resident's overall health is excellent.  His cardiac performance during his physical exam was very good.  He continues to enjoy the significant long[-]term cardiac and overall health benefits that come from a lifetime of abstinence from tobacco and alcohol.  We discussed diet, exercise[,] and weight loss.
He would benefit from a diet that is lower in fat and carbohydrates and from a routine exercise regimen.  He has a history of elevated cholesterol and is currently on a low dose of Rosuvastatin [emphasis original].  In order to further reduce his cholesterol level and further decrease his cardiac risk, we will further increase this dose of medication.  The [p]resident is currently up to date on all medicine screening preventive tests and exams.  
All clinical data indicates [that] the [p]resident is currently very healthy and that he will remain so for the duration of his [p]residency [emphasis added].
In previous years, when Jackson offered similar positive – but less detailed – reports on the health of Trump's predecessors Barack H. Obama (D) and George W. Bush (R), reporters asked few questions, so you would think the White House reporters would react similarly now.  But this is President Donald Trump, a president who has received consistently overwhelmingly negative coverage, a president who returns the negativity toward the media, so you would think wrong.  Very wrong.

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