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spanone

(135,842 posts)
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 11:42 PM Feb 2019

Trump's second annual physical on Friday revealed he's in "very good health" without any details.

President Trump had his second full physical exam Friday. By the evening, the the 72-year-old’s personal physician — Dr. Sean Conley — released a statement saying a team of 11 doctors had examined Trump. But he included no details about their findings, saying only that Trump is in “very good health.” In an unusual move, he also predicted the future over the next two years by stating that he expects the commander-in-chief to remain healthy “for the remainder of his presidency and beyond.”

The results echoed last year’s exam, when Trump’s then-White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson declared the president in “excellent” physical and cognitive condition. That physical attracted an unusual degree of scrutiny amid questions about Trump’s mental health and fitness for office. In a first, Trump had requested a cognitive exam — apparently a response to Democratic members of Congress who had reignited the discussion about the 25th Amendment, a process that could remove a president who is unfit to govern.

But again, that physical didn’t really reveal anything new about the president’s health.

And we shouldn’t expect this year’s exam to either: The presidential physical exam is best understood as political theater — a show of the president’s vigor and fitness — not an opportunity to reveal new medical information. Here’s what to know about the second exam......

https://www.vox.com/2019/2/8/18216849/trump-presidential-physical-exam-explained

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spanone

(135,842 posts)
5. Not a single detail....It's none of our business. Eleven doctors sounds like typical trump bullshit.
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 12:04 AM
Feb 2019

worse 'president' ever.

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
12. It's like "eleven herbs and spices". Trump revels in horseshit stats.
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 08:55 AM
Feb 2019

One doctor can give you a clean bill of health, but 11 doctors sounds at least 20 times more convincing!

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
4. Hah! This is such bullshit! Anyone can tell by looking at him that he is
Sun Feb 10, 2019, 11:57 PM
Feb 2019

in terrible shape and knowing his habits he might as well have one foot in the grave. How stupid do they think we are?

Dave Starsky

(5,914 posts)
13. Pretty stupid, but 38% of this country...
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 09:00 AM
Feb 2019

Does think this guy is like Doc Savage, when we've seen with our own eyes that he can't walk 30 feet without a golf cart or other transportation.

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
7. This doctor refused to go along with the "239 pounds" lie? Height, weight, vital signs are de rigeur
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 12:49 AM
Feb 2019

when discussing a person's health data/status. Not saying anything in that vein *is* saying something.

Since heights don't increase at his age, Trump cannot further inflate his previous lie of 6'3" I guess... So the only way to not publicly admit obesity was to not say anything about his weight. What a pathetically vain asshole Trump is. A crap load of Americans are obese, so are you Trump, BFD. Get over it!

area51

(11,909 posts)
8. "... a team of 11 doctors had examined Trump."
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 01:04 AM
Feb 2019

So, ten of them to wrestle away the cheeseburger from him during the exam?

Vinca

(50,275 posts)
11. Do people in "very good health" slur their words sometimes?
Mon Feb 11, 2019, 08:43 AM
Feb 2019

Do they look like they eat a bag of Big Macs for breakfast? Do they have a button on their desk to call for neverending Coke refills? Is their only physical activity riding in a golf cart? I say we put the "National Enquirer" on the case.

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