Trump Unscheduled Hospital Visit for Rumored Chest Pains Raises Speculation

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Donald Trump did not have 'chest pain', nor did he undergo 'specialized cardiac or neurologic evaluations' during his unscheduled weekend visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, according to a memo from the president's physician released by the White House on Monday.

Trump went to Walter Reed 'for a routine, planned interim checkup', wrote Navy Commander Sean Conley in the memo released amid speculation over the commander-in-chief's health.

Conley says Trump 'has not had any chest pain, nor was he evaluated or treated for any urgent or acute issues'. 

Speculation over the president's health began after Trump, 73, showed up at the Bethesda, Maryland, medical center which treats military personnel, as well as presidents and their families, on Saturday.

The visit was unusual, since it was unscheduled and unannounced. Sources told CNN that Trump's going to Walter Reed was 'abnormal' and did not follow the protocol of a routine presidential medical exam.

Then came a tweet from Andrew Vernon, who claims on Twitter that he is 'President and CEO. Opinion Contributor 'thehill'. 

Vernon wrote in a post Saturday night, '#BreakingNews Sources tell me from Walter Reed the President was being checked out for chest discomfort. No other information is available at this time'.

Few news outlets reported on the unsubstantiated tweet.

The President's doctor adds that Trump 'did not undergo any specialized cardiac or neurologic evaluations'. The physician provided few specifics, but did note Trump´s total cholesterol was 165 milligrams per deciliter - considered a desirable level.

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However, there was additional speculation. 

Other social media posts hinted at a conspiracy theory that Trump would become suddenly ill if he had to surrender his tax returns to Congress.

An appellate court last week ruled the president had to give up eight years of returns to congressional lawmakers looking into his businesses and wealth. 

Trump's attorneys in response went to the US Supreme Court to block the release, arguing that Congress was over-stepping its investigative powers.

The court on Monday temporarily put on hold a lower court ruling that would require Trump's accounting firm to hand over some of his financial records to a Democratic-led House of Representatives committee. 

The order issued by Chief Justice John Roberts did not indicate whether the court ultimately plans to hear Trump's appeal, filed on Friday, of the ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

It puts the litigation on hold while the nine justices decide how to proceed. The hold remains in effect until the court acts.

Trump attorney Jay Sekulow said last week that the last appeals court to act decided the matter wrongly.

White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham had made the first initial attempt to quash rumors about the president's hospital visit.

She explained that Trump decided to make the unscheduled visit to complete some routine checkups as part of his annual physical exam because he had a 'down day' on Saturday. 

'The President remains healthy and energetic without complaints, as demonstrated by his repeated vigorous rally performances in front of thousands of Americans several times a week', Grisham added in a released statement.

'Anticipating a very busy 2020, the President is taking advantage of a free weekend here in Washington, DC, to begin portions of his routine annual physical exam at Walter Reed', Grisham said a the time.

Trump´s 2018 and 2019 physicals were both announced ahead of time. Grisham said after the visit that the president had gotten 'a quick exam and labs.' 

Despite her early comments, followed by the memo form Conley, there remains those who have their doubts.

'The one thing you can be absolutely sure of is this was not routine and he didn't go up there for half his physical,' tweeted Joe Lockhart, a press secretary under President Bill Clinton, who was himself impeached for perjury and obstruction. 

'What does it mean? It means that we just won't know what the medical issue was'.

'The real Donald Trump is getting exposed for what he's done, and that's what's driving him to the doctor,' Rahm Emanuel, a former Clinton aide and Chicago mayor, said Sunday on ABC´s 'This Week.'

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, said it´s reasonable for the press to be asking questions about the president´s health. 

She said the country has a long history of presidents hiding physical ailments from the public.

Woodrow Wilson suffered a paralytic stroke in 1919 and the full details of his disability were kept from the public. 

Franklin D. Roosevelt won a fourth term despite severe hypertension that would contribute to his death 11 weeks into his term. 

Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack in his first term, in 1955, and a reassessment of his medical records and public information four decades later found that the information released to the public was recast to serve the president´s political interests ahead of his 1956 reelection campaign.

Jamieson noted that Trump was criticized for releasing only cursory details on his health prior to the election. 

The president´s doctor, Harold N. Bornstein, wrote in December 2015 that Trump would 'unequivocally' be the healthiest president in history and deemed the celebrity businessman's condition 'astonishingly excellent.' 

Bornstein later said he wrote the note in five minutes while a limo sent by the candidate waited outside his office.

Jamieson said there is a set of expectations about how a president´s annual exam is handled, which includes the advance public notice that the Trump White House provided for his first two exams. She said the reasonable question is: 'If this is routine, why was it not handled in a routine manner?'

Grisham said everything the White House has said about the Walter Reed visit is 'true and accurate.'

'Just because it was done a little differently doesn´t mean anything is wrong,' she said.

Trump and the White House have characterized the visit as 'phase 1' of his annual physical. But the explanation raised questions simply because its handling was unusual.

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[tomsches 17,550]

But he is the healthiest individual ever in history?!

 

[calmar 22,766]

17 minutes ago, tomsches said:

But he is the healthiest individual ever in history?!

 

It just means, folks, that everyone else, is more sicker than I am. All of you are dealing with your own problems. I know this, and I assure you, I am healthier than all of you. 

[JusKeepBreathin 19,311]

Assuming this is a heart complication assumes he has a heart instead of the black lump of coal we all know he has. 

 

[PartySick 172,395]

It's just an excuse to step down due to health reasons and get that pity pardon from Pence before they drag his ass out by the ankles

[Whispering 18,865]

I doubt they would let the POTUS trot out to the car to go to Walter Reed. 

Then again, this administration makes the most idiotic decisions...

[Tom Nook 37,820]

With Trump’s physical size, his diet, and age I truly doubt he is not at risk for something, or maybe he is and is saving face for the public

[VOLANTIS 16,502]

5 hours ago, kyanewest said:

Conley says Trump 'has not had any chest pain, nor was he evaluated or treated for any urgent or acute issues'. 

Talent lost. 

[Gagaloo911 12,959]

I hope he rolls over and croaks

[AmericanxDream 2,049]

Of course GGDers wish him dead, but if a Republican had said the same thing about a Democrat, y'all would be calling them "trash" and a bunch of other hateful things. 

[gagaschickens 4]

13 minutes ago, Oshawott said:

Of course GGDers wish him dead, but if a Republican had said the same thing about a Democrat, y'all would be calling them "trash" and a bunch of other hateful things. 

i honestly don't. wishing someone dead is mean af and evil

am i cancelled yet?

[BuddyDoodle 144]

11 minutes ago, Oshawott said:

Of course GGDers wish him dead, but if a Republican had said the same thing about a Democrat, y'all would be calling them "trash" and a bunch of other hateful things. 

Agreed! I do NOT like Trump at all... He's not a good person. But at the same time I think that everyone needs to have at least some respect for the people they dislike. You don't have to like someone,  but it'd be more respectful if you don't wish for that person to die. 

[BuddyDoodle 144]

2 minutes ago, gagaschickens said:

i honestly don't. wishing someone dead is mean af and evil

am i cancelled yet?

Agreed! No matter how much you dislike/hate someone, don't wish for them to die. 

And no sis, don't worry, I stan you now   You seem like a respectful person 

[KatieJudasGaga4 67,907]

9 hours ago, BuddyDoodle said:

But at the same time I think that everyone needs to have at least some respect for the people they dislike. 

I don't wish him dead. However, I will not respect this man. He doesn't respect us, so why respect him? Just because he's president? No.

[VOLANTIS 16,502]

10 hours ago, Oshawott said:

Of course GGDers wish him dead, but if a Republican had said the same thing about a Democrat, y'all would be calling them "trash" and a bunch of other hateful things. 

I must have missed your grief over all the kids he caged up and the rest he endorsed the shooting of. 

Anyways, thoughts and prayers.