https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/29/trump-mental-physical-health
The public is concerned. Fewer than half of US adults believe that Trump now possesses the mental acuity or physical health to be an effective president
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A few days ago, Trump made his fourth visit to Walter Reed hospital in his second term as president; it raised eyebrows since so much of the president’s healthcare and testing can be done at the White House.
He claims to have exceptional health, but he is not exactly a reliable narrator. This is the president, after all, who insists that the 2020 election was rigged, who has declared the misguided war with Iran victorious, and who (according to a Washington Post accounting) lied or made false statements more than 30,000 times during his first term.
So, we must take with a hefty block of salt the declarations that followed that hospital visit.
“Everything checked out PERFECTLY,” Trump posted on social media.
Sure, and the strait of Hormuz is wide open because he said so.
Given what’s obvious to the naked eye, and what’s logical given his advanced age, the Trump White House owes the American public – and the world – quite a bit more than the usual bombast and bragging.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/29/trump-mental-physical-health
