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US President Donald Trump has countered rumors that he suffered a series of “mini-strokes” last year. Trump described the rumors on Twitter as “fake news” on Tuesday. “It never stops. Now they’re trying to say that their favorite president, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center for a series of mini strokes.” But that’s wrong.
An unannounced investigation into Trump’s Walter Reed military hospital made headlines last November. The White House later dismissed speculation about the president’s possible health problems. The president, Dr. Sean Conley, described the hospital stay as “planned” and “routine.” Trump only did part of his annual medical checkup.
Now, the CNN news channel reported that a “New York Times” reporter was writing in a new book that Vice President Mike Pence had been alerted to at the time. He should be ready to temporarily assume the functions of the president in the event that Trump requires anesthesia during his visit to the hospital. As a result, rumors about alleged mini-strokes grew on social media on Tuesday.
Presidential physician Conley also refuted the rumors on Tuesday. Trump has not suffered a stroke, a mini-stroke – in medical terminology a transient ischemic attack – or any other “acute cardiovascular emergency,” he stressed. The 74-year-old incumbent is in good health.
Trump used the rumors on Tuesday to attack his Democratic rival in the November 3 presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden. “Perhaps they are referring to another candidate from another party,” Trump wrote on Twitter about the rumors. The Republican tries again and again to question the mental aptitude of his three-year-old rival.
