President Donald Trump is in excellent health said White House physician, Watch
Several mental health professionals who have not examined the president have speculated that he might be suffering from early-stage dementia or have some other mental health issue.
Among other details, Jackson’s summary included the president’s height and weight-75 inches and 239 pounds.
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Trump also has no heart disease and no family history of it.
Jackson said he and the president agreed that a reasonable weight loss goal for Trump would be 10 to 15 pounds over the next year.
“The president’s overall health is excellent”, said Jackson, who predicted Trump would remain healthy for the duration of his presidency despite a diet heavy on fast food and an exercise regime limited to weekend golf outings.
It was the third sentence in the summary, after Jackson wrote that Donald Trump is in “excellent” health and that his cardiac performance “was very good”.
He’d prefer to lose those pounds by diet, not exercise. These questions were put to the test after Trump took part in a physical with White House Dr. How could we ever have doubted him?
According to Jackson, who was first appointed presidential physician in 2013 by Obama, the 71-year-old president was administered the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a well-known screen.
Jackson said Trump himself had requested to sit the test after questions about his mental health. Jackson also said that, at the president’s request, he performed a cognitive test, and that he had “absolutely no concern about his cognitive ability or neurological function”.
An example of the sort of test Trump faced is available online.
Trump regularly “speaks his mind”, Jackson said, and the doctor “found no reason whatsoever to think that the President has any issues whatsoever with his thought process”. “He doesn’t sleep much”, he said.
Jackson said Tuesday that there were no readings he was withholding. “There are many good things that came from his exam, I think he had great findings across the board. It’s just the way he’s wired”.
Trump was once one of the loudest voices behind the conspiracy, but doesn’t talk about it anymore.
He apparently has a lot of energy and stamina.
In addition, there is a memory test involves the doctor reading a list of five words at a rate of one per second and the patient is asked to remember as many words as they can in any order.
He said the three-hour examination of Trump conducted by military doctors on Friday had gone “exceptionally well”. I got to know him pretty well.
He doesn’t seem overly stressed out. Jackson said that Trump’s cholesterol level is now elevated, so he is increasing Trump’s medication. But the fact Trump never smoked or used alcohol helped. This would make him officially obese.
His total cholesterol was reported as 223; triglycerides 129; HDL 67; and LDL 143.