Trump’s health issues exposed as doctor’s note reveals red flags

Boffins have been left baffled by the Orange Manbaby’s claim that he had a “preventative abdominal MRI” in his newly released doctor’s note which claimed he was in top physical condition

A top doctor has clammed Donald Trump’s claim that he had a “preventative abdominal MRI” as it does not exist – amid fears the US President is covering up his health issues.

Doctor Sanjay Gupta said the procedure outlined by Trump’s doctor’s note is virtually unheard of in standard clinical practice.

Trump, who previously said he had undergone an MRI scan but had “no idea” which part of his body was being looked at, released his doctor’s note which said he was in “excellent overall health”.

But Dr Gupta said he contacted top radiology experts nationwide to verify whether a “torso MRI” is ever used as a routine screening tool for aging patients.

Speaking on the Midas Health program, he said: “No one is aware of getting an MRI of the torso… It doesn’t exist. There is no clinical guideline that says, as you age, get an MRI of the heart and abdomen.

“MRIs are not used as primary screening tools. But the fact that they just chose to focus on the heart and the abdominal findings honestly makes no sense. And this has been vetted across the spectrum with external experts as well.”

The medical analyst said the White House has is “creating more questions than answers”, adding that Trump appears to be fatigued and not getting enough sleep.

He said: “I have been very mindful of is to not speculate, but to simply report the observational, objective things that we’re seeing. Clearly, it looks like he’s not getting enough sleep or he’s just more fatigued.

“I think The New York Times did extensive reporting that he and his team have panned, but it seems like their reporting on his fatigue and his functionality is bearing out in his public appearances. So that’s what we know. That’s been documented through significant reporting.

“Erratic behavior, which is either a hallmark of who he is as a person, because we’ve seen elements of that over the last 10 to 15 years since he’s been in politics, or one could say it’s getting worse, more frequent, which I think is the case.”

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