How sick is the president? Trump latest commander-in-chief to downplay medical troubles

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'As a rule of thumb, in any presidential health crisis, you are going to get a much more optimistic report than generally is warranted,' said Prof. Ross K. Baker of Rutgers University.

Trump is hardly the first president to project an image of good health and resilience.

"This is politicized medicine," Baker said."Medical reports are issued for the political purpose of convincing people the president is in better shape than the actual medical condition would allow."President Woodrow Wilson traversed the country in September 1919, exhausting himself as he tried to build support for a coalition of nations following World War I.

But a presidential election was also on the calendar that year, meaning FDR withheld critical information about his health condition to voters. After winning that election, FDR died three months into his fourth and final term.Sometimes, Americans have been left completely in the darkPresident Grover Cleveland, in his second term in the summer of 1893, was secretly taken to a friend’s yacht to have a cancerous tumor removed from the roof of his mouth.

Naftali pointed to President Ronald Regan, who was diagnosed with colon cancer while in office, and first lady Nancy Reagan, who was diagnosed with breast cancer. In each case, they shared their diagnosis and the procedures that they underwent. That helped educate the public about those diseases, Naftali said, leading to more women getting mammograms and more adults getting their colons checked.

 

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What makes Ross K Baker an expert?

He will be back and he will be real sick

It would be great if just one day I could wake up and NOT SEE this clown being reported on. For the sake of the health and well-being of the country please stop covering this idiot.

Trump lied about a CovidVaccine being available by Nov. 3. Only his base believed him. The actual deliverable, 'Don't be afraid of covid,' is all he's got. 200k+ COVID deaths in 7 months. MAGAVirus COVIDIOT TrumpVirus realDonaldTrump

Except trump has been hiding his medical status since he took office. There still hasn't been an explanation of his trip to WR last year

Maybe Trump knew he was COVID-19 positive when he debated Biden. Perhaps he wanted to infect Biden with all that shouting.

PCR scamdemic continues . Crimes against humanity !

The media wants to make people believe Trump is dying because they just write fan-fiction for the democrats now.

/ There was a whisper carried on the breeze ! That said President Trumps COVID-19 was fake ? So he could gain much needed Votes by his Recovery so beat hands down Joe Biden !!!

Maybe that was a cardboard cutout of the Donald

kuku27 Is this funny. Now what

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Here in 🇨🇦 our leaders listen to scientists. We're in a 2nd wave, despite masks and an informed, cooperative population. Covid is scary. Let this news be the wakeup call for MAGA who believe the lies. Brighter days 🇺🇸 after your election. For all our sakes please vote him out.

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