"The president of the United States can expect to face tough questions, but one that ABC's Rachel Scott asked Monday wasn't among them. In fact, it was nothing more than a recitation of his own words. "You said you would have no problem with releasing the full video of that strike on September 2 off the coast of Venezuela," Scott began. President Donald Trump immediately snapped at Scott: "I didn't say that. You said that. I didn't say that. This is ABC fake news.""
""I don't know what they have, but whatever they have, we'd certainly release. No problem," he said on December 3 in the Oval Office. After Scott pointed that out, Trump shrugged it off, as though he'd simply forgotten. Perhaps this was willful obfuscation. But moments of apparent forgetfulness-whether one calls them senior moments, wandering attention, or spacing out-have been happening a lot recently."
"In late October, Trump said he received an MRI. For valid reasons, this has raised questions: MRIs aren't a routine part of annual physicals, and the president's most recent physical was way back in April; his doctors' public disclosures about his medical exams have often been vague but full of puffery; he's been seen with bruises, makeup, and bandages on his hands, which the White House has attributed to frequent hand shaking and his use of aspirin."
President Donald Trump disputed an ABC reporter's recitation of his prior remark about releasing a strike video and shrugged when reminded he had agreed to release it. He displayed apparent forgetfulness or obfuscation. In late October, Trump said he had received an MRI, prompting scrutiny because MRIs are uncommon in routine physicals and his last public exam was in April. Medical disclosures from his doctors have been vague. He has been seen with bruises, makeup, and bandages on his hands, which the White House attributed to handshaking and aspirin. When asked about the MRI on November 14, Trump said he did not know what it was about.
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