Trump isn’t known to exercise beyond short walks, and he uses a cart when he plays golf.
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I am appalled that the liberal media, in their follow-up questions, were trying to find any flaws they possibly could in Dr. Jackson’s report.
Breaking with longstanding tradition against diagnosing public figures, some psychiatrists have said it is their duty to warn against the President’s erratic behaviour.
According to Michael Wolff, author of Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House, all of the president’s White House aides see him as a “child” who needs “immediate gratification”. The president is “more enthusiastic about the diet part than the exercise part”, his physician allowed.
The test looks for signs of Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.
“I think he saw doing the physical as an opportunity to put some of that to rest”, Jackson said.
‘He’s very sharp. He’s very articulate when he speaks to me, ‘ Jackson said.
Jackson explained that he did not intend to perform a cognitive exam because one is not indicated now and because he has daily interactions with the president.
The test given was the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA. It is “just one measure in a clinical judgment”, he said in an email.
Trump weighs 239 pounds, the White House physician said, standing at 6 feet 3 inches, Trump falls just within the “overweight” range on the body mass index.
Democrats have spent the a year ago mocking Trump’s health and his eating habits, only to be told Trump is in great physical and cognitive shape, even if he could stand to shave off a few pounds. Jackson said the water-gulping incident was a result of Suddafed.
Tuesday’s readout of the president’s health also revealed that he takes Propecia to prevent male pattern hair loss, as well as Crestor to lower his cholesterol.
However, Dr Ronny Jackson, said that Trump is healthy overall, but he advised him to improve his diet and exercise. “I had absolutely no concerns about his cognitive ability or his neurological functions”. The problem is that a lot of what he said doesn’t make sense.
Trump said prior to the exam that he’d be “surprised” if it didn’t go well.
Mr Trump has made no attempt to hide his weakness for unhealthy foods, posting a photo of himself aboard his campaign plane with a bucket of fried chicken, bragging about the chocolate cake at his Mar-a-Lago resort and drinking Diet Coke around the West Wing.
“This was a bit of a snapshot in time”, she said.
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“Based on his cardiac assessment, hands down, there is no question he is in the excellent range”, Trump added.
