Former White House doctor sounds alarm about Trump's health as he heads back to hospital again - LGBTQ Nation

Donald Trump is returning to the hospital for a third time in 13 months, and a former White House cardiologist is calling for more information about his health. The cardiologist says the White House does not acknowledge physical ailments and shows a lack of candor, noting Trump’s age. Trump has a medical checkup scheduled, described as a follow-up after earlier visits, and the White House later admitted he had undergone a CT scan. Most medical needs are handled by the White House medical team and are not reported publicly, with hospital visits suggesting advanced imaging or more complex procedures. The White House maintains Trump is in excellent health. Trump has claimed he passed dementia screenings, while mental health professionals say repeated testing would be unusual without monitoring decline.

"“This White House just doesn't seem to want to acknowledge any physical ailment, but older people develop medical issues, and the President is almost 80 years old,” former White House cardiologist Jonathan Reiner told the Washington Post. “There just seems to be a lack of candor from the White House.”"

"Trump has a medical checkup scheduled for today, his third in just over a year and only three months after his last checkup, which the White House said was a “scheduled follow-up” to his previous visit. It took months after that medical appointment for the White House to admit that Trump had undergone a CT scan."

"The Post notes that most of Trump's medical needs are met by the White House's own medical team and are not reported to the public. The only reason to go to a hospital would be if “advanced imaging” or other, more complicated procedures were required."

"The White House, though, insists that Trump is in “excellent health.” Trump has repeatedly bragged about passing screenings for dementia on multiple occasions, describing how he was able to identify animals like squirrels and lions. Mental health professionals have pointed out that it would be unusual for doctors to have put Trump through the dementia test multiple times if they weren't just monitoring his decline."

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