The questions about Donald Trump’s health are starting to snowball.

Yesterday we saw the Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin state that Trump’s health should be a campaign issue. Today we have a report from The Independent in which a board-certified neurologist states that Trump’s symptoms are highly concerning to him and that Trump should have various tests to determine what’s wrong because it looks like Trump is “not well.”

First, Dr James Merikangas, a board-certified neurologist and clinical professor of neuropsychiatry at George Washington University School of Medicine, said he immediately noticed problems with Trump’s movements when he saw the video of Trump gingerly walking down the ramp at West Point last Saturday.

“My reaction to that was that he’s got a problem with his balance and with his posture,” said Merikangas, who added that he has long noticed issues with how Trump carries himself during public appearances.

“You’ll notice that when the president sits in his chair, for instance, he doesn’t lean back against the chair — he always is sort of crouching, leaning forward. With his legs spread apart, this abnormal posture is something you see in people who’ve got a neurologic problem, though I can’t say specifically which,” Merikangas continued. “And his problem with balance with his gait is also something that happens with people who have some sort of degenerative brain problem usually in the frontal lobes of the brain… it certainly is suspicious, the way he was walking.”

Of course, he’s not going to make a definitive diagnosis on anything because one must see the tests to know what might be the underlying issue and one would have to know what all Trump is putting in his body, as some of that “stuff” can mimic neurological problems. But that is one hell of a statement above. Who knew that Trump’s “commode” means of sitting could indicate something? We only knew about the gait and spasms.

“Knowing a lot of neurologists and psychiatrists in my practice, I’ve had some of them who are perhaps a little older, come up to me and say, ‘Hey, Jim, if you start to notice, in me, signs of something, please let me know because I don’t want to be out there treating patients if I’m impaired’,” he said.

The doctor doesn’t come right out and say it, but that paragraph is there to demonstrate how most people don’t want to put other people at risk if the clinician is declining. Trump isn’t interested in having people know or tell him, even though Trump is responsible for more people’s lives than a doctor. This doctor is saying, without saying it, that Trump’s attitude is reckless.

tRump’s walk down the “Scary” ramp after his speech at West Point.
Close up view at normal speed then in slow motion.
Hmmm… 🤔 pic.twitter.com/RYaPNMc3ze

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Think of it this way. Perhaps Trump’s decision to press ahead with the Tulsa rally is due to Trump’s decline. Perhaps he is unable to process risk to others or long term risk to himself and only knows what’s coming up in the near term and what he wants. We cannot know, but it’s just one demonstration of how it could be that Trump’s decisions put people at risk.

He needs a real evaluation or more people could suffer the consequences.

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Peace, y’all
Jason
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