US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting at the White HouseĀ AFP News
Donald Trump, 79, has spent his second presidency insisting he is in perfect health, yet he has also been strangely fixated on his own mortality and prospects in the afterlife. This contradiction has fuelled online speculation for months.
Now, the president has finally admitted to reporters that his recent, mysterious visit to Walter Reed medical centre included an MRI scan, an examination far outside a āroutineā physical.
What Is Donald Trump Hiding About His Health?
Speaking on board Air Force One, PresidentĀ Donald TrumpĀ finally provided a reason for his second medical examination this year. He had previously dodged questions about the visit, telling reporters to āask the doctorsā why he went to the medical facility.
This time, he was declarative, if not detailed. āI did. I got an MRI. It was perfect,ā he bragged, in yet another assertion of his perfect health.
āI gave you the full results,ā he continued. āWe had an MRI, and the machine, you know, the whole thing, and it was perfect.ā TheĀ White HouseĀ has not stated what part of the presidentās body was scanned or the reason for the test.
The āVery Weirdā Visit That Has Critics Questioning Donald Trump
The presidentās admission has only thrown fuel on the fire of online speculation. Harry Sisson, a left-wing influencer, branded the comments as āvery weird.ā
āWOAH: Trump just accidentally let it slip that he got an MRI scan at Walter Reed recently,ā Sisson wrote on X. āHis team claimed his visit was for a regular physical but MRI scans are not done at a routine physical. Theyāre for diagnosing serious conditions. Very weirdā¦ā
The presidentās team has not yet clarified why the MRI was needed during what they had described as a regular physical.
āBest Reports Ever Seenā: Donald Trump Brags Amid Afterlife Fixation
Despite the concern, Donald Trump continued to brag about his health while on the presidential plane, claiming that doctors said he has āsome of the best reports theyāve ever seen.ā
āI think they gave you a very conclusive ā nobody has ever given you reports like I gave you,ā he said. āAnd if I didnāt think it was going to be good, either, I would let you know negatively, I wouldnāt run. Iād do something. But the doctor said some of the best reports for the age, some of the best reports theyāve ever seen.ā
This bravado stands in stark contrast to the presidentās other recent comments. During his second presidency, Trump has repeatedly and bizarrely questioned his own chances of getting into Heaven and regularly talks about going on to the afterlife.
He has openly conceded that he has doubts about whether he will see the pearly gates.
āI think Iām not maybe heaven-bound,ā he told reporters on Air Force One on October 13. Trump also said that he does not think āthereās anything going to get me in heaven.ā
This fixation on mortality is paired with other physical health controversies. The president has often been seen with heavy, mysterious bruising on the back of his hand, which is frequently smudged or appears concealed with make-up.
While Trumpās physician, Dr Sam Barbabella, said that the bruising was caused by the president shaking peopleās hands throughout the day and from taking aspirin, the explanation has not satisfied critics.
Tsident was also publicly diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a non-life-threatening condition which prevents blood flowing easily from the legs to the heart and often causes patients to suffer from swollen ankles.
Fronto temporal dementia. Ftd.
Neuropsychologist have been saying it for years.
These scans are also to monitor white matter loss.
Having lost a close friend to early-onset FTD, itās an absolutely shitty way to go. Trump richly deserves it, or something even worse.
Depending on the FTD variant, it can also be accompanied by outbursts of rage and violence, or by rapid loss in the ability to speak and understand. In later stages, the person is often heavily sedated and closely supervised.
Iād say Trump conforms closely to the dementia profile, especially in his declining ability to speak coherently, but Iāve not seem much that would specifically point to FTD.
Ftd often first starts with language deficiencies. If you watch videos of him from the apprentice show. Then his first term. Then now. You will see his vocabulary is incredibly restricted. Not only that he speaks slower. Uses the wrong words. Speak in word salad. And over enunciates his words. Way more than he ever did.
I think itās likely he has dyslexia and canāt read. And this co morbidity has created some issues that might conflate the language decline.
But dyslexia doesnāt progress. Dementia does.
Secondly his memory issues. He is now at the point of confabulations.
These are different than outright lies. Again, he has always been a liar so that might make people think itās more of the same but itās not.
His confabulations are getting more and more outlandish.
I think he does believe most of the things he says. Like ending 8 wars. Of his dad/grandfather (?) knowing the unibomber .
These arenāt mix ups. These are confabulations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation
I worked in an Alzheimerās clinic doing research for a year and I swore one of our Alzheimerās research patients actually had FTD not Alzheimerās, and told my supervisor. But they really wanted to keep her in the study regardless.
Itās different than regular dementia.
The language problems are spot on with Trump.
I do think Trumpās dementia is actually more severe than most of the patients we had in the study.
He also shows sleep disturbances. Posting online at all hours of the night. Sundowning effects too.
Ive also noticed changes in his posts in the last few months. Either he is using chatgpt or someone else is typing them out.
Itās much different. Vocabulary has increased. They are more coherent than they were 3 months ago. Heās not writing them anymore.
The one about pam bondi for example.
Yeah. He did not write that. Itās not written like he usually writes.
Is he completely incapable of writing now ?