Trump brags about his health, but his own statements reveal worrying elements | International

Few things irritate Donald Trump more than questioning his state of health, physical and mental. At 79, the oldest president of the United States to take office proclaims that he is like a bull and has impeccable mental acuity. This same person came to brag on social networks about having overcome his latest cognitive problems. But in the meantime, images of her public actions have been shown several times, her man wants to hide a large moratorium under a thick layer of makeup and her own statements reveal worrying elements. For example, he consumes a daily dose of aspirin four times higher than that recommended by his doctors.

“The doctors at Casa Blanca just informed me that I am in PERFECTA SALUD and that I received a surplus (meaning I answered 100% of the questions correctly) for the third time in a row on my cognitive exam, a test that no other president, the former vice president, was willing to take,” Trump wrote on his social network Truth, this come.

“Postdata, I firmly believe that anyone running for president or vice president should be required to take a robust, meaningful, and demonstrated quality cognitive exam,” he added. “Our great country cannot be managed by STUPID or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE! »

The President of the United States suffers from chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition among the elderly, and takes medication to control his cholesterol levels. His diet is rich in red meats and salt. No exercise, other than playing golf, is your favorite sport. Sometimes, if you direct him from time to time, you will sometimes need to repeat questions or comments in a louder voice.

But Trump presumes that his “excellent genes” give him exceptional physical and mental fitness. He also insistently compares himself to his predecessor, Joe Biden, three and a half years older than the one who made fun of himself by apodándole “Joe, the sleeper” and ensuring that he governed with his head lost, to the point that others signed his decrees and read them using an automatic signature machine. The president ensures that he maintains a high level of daily activity, which is confirmed by his team. The Republican appears before the press several times a week, at a much more intense pace than his predecessors.

Trump was full of anger last month when the newspaper The New York Times published a profile that contradicted this narrative of health loss he wanted to project, and pointed out that over the past 12 months he had shown signs of aging.

The newspaper explains that, throughout this first year in office, the tycoon had reduced his presence in public activities, that he had fallen asleep during acts at the Casa Blanca and that swelling of the legs caused by venous insufficiency was evident last summer. In October, he underwent a new medical examination, the second since taking office – it is common for presidents to undergo a check-up every year, without health problems arising – and he indicated that he had carried out a magnetic resonance imaging examination, which allowed an in-depth examination of the state of the soft organs.

In an interview with the newspaper The Wall Street Journal years published last July, the president, who will be 80 years old on June 14, sought to dispel any shadow of doubt about his physical strength behind this profile. But explanations which open up other doubts.

To justify the persistent bruises which appear on his brothers, notably in the derecha, and which the Casa Blanca attributes to the frequent apretones which he has to give, Trump blames his daily consumption of aspirin. And this reveals that it is much higher than recommended. He has maintained this practice for a quarter of a century, he assures, out of “superstition”.

His doctors, he explains, “prefer to take the lowest dose (81 milligrams). I take the highest dose (325 milligrams), but I’ve been taking it for years, which causes moratones.” The president eats a diet rich in red meats and fried potatoes, and controls his cholesterol levels by taking rosuvastatin and ezetimibe daily; he claims that with such a high dose, he wants to make his blood less thick.

“I say aspirin is good for thinning the blood, and I don’t want thick blood passing through my heart,” the conservative newspaper said. “I want good liquid blood in my heart. Do you understand?” Doctors may prescribe a small daily dose of this medication to patients with vascular problems to prevent blood clots. Using more than recommended may cause clotting problems and spills.

The representative and his personal physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, also need the “advanced imaging” test Trump underwent last October at Washington’s Walter Reed military hospital to be not magnetic resonance imaging, but a CT scan, a simpler test, to completely rule out vascular problems. The Republican declares that he regrets having taken this exam. “I’d be a lot better off if I hadn’t practiced it, because he thought I was there before people were like, ‘Oh, come on, is that a rare thing?’ Stinks well, nothing rare.

The images of Trump in which he appears to fall asleep are also sometimes difficult to hear from the questions asked by journalists or the comments of his guests in multitudinous acts that others around him can make out without difficulty. In September, during a scene with technology company executives, television showed live how his wife Melania repeated a question from a journalist that the president did not understand. But in his interview, the Republican refuses to suffer from hearing problems and says he only has difficulty when several people speak at the same time. He also refuses to fall in love with countless acts and assures that what happens is only what photographers capture when he “cruises”.

This is not the first time Trump’s health has sparked controversy. During his first term (2017-2021), his doctors noted in their reports that the president had undergone a colonoscopy. When I contracted Covid, my symptoms were much milder than they actually were. THE Wall Street Journal reveals that her skin is so delicate that current Fiscal General Pam Bondi unintentionally broke her ring during a clash of hands at the 2024 Republican convention, in an incident that alarmed all who witnessed it.

Trump also details his refusal to play his sacrosanct weekly rounds of golf. According to the story, he seems “bored.” “Walking or running on a belt for hours is something that happens to some people, but it doesn’t leave me.” He also reveals that at one point he resorted to compresses to treat his swollen tobillos, but eventually abandoned them. “I didn’t like it,” he says. Instead, try getting up from the table every once in a while and taking short walks around the Oval Office, other than the doctor-recommended options.

“There will be a day when I will lack energy; this will pass to the whole world, but with A PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION AND A COMPLETE COGNITIVE TEST (which excels with excellence) CARRIED OUT RECENTLY, right away!”, assured the representative in November, after that The New York Times publish your profile.