Trump’s mental health spot on

DONALD Trump takes medication to prevent hair loss and needs to lose some weight – but his mental faculties are perfectly intact, his doctor said yesterday.

Presidential physician Dr Ronny Jackson, who examined Mr Trump for four hours last week, said the 71-year-old was in “excellent” health.

The doctor, who is a rear admiral in the US Navy, said he had “no concerns” about Mr Trump’s cognitive abilities after conducting examinations at the President’s request.

It follows recent claims in Michael Wolff’s book Fire And Fury – which the President tried to ban before its release – that staff in the White House were worried about Mr Trump’s mental stability.

The doctor, in a briefing to the media, said Mr Trump takes four types of medication, including the drug Propecia to tackle baldness and an antibiotic cream to treat rosacea, a condition that causes the reddening of the skin. He also takes medication to fight cholesterol and aspirin to prevent heart attacks.

There had been speculation Mr Trump could have been suffering from dementia after he slurred his words during a speech, and needed to use two hands to pick up a glass of water last month.

But Dr Jackson said that Mr Trump – who recently tweeted he was a “very stable genius” – scored 30 out of 30 on a cognitive test that would have highlighted any issues such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr Jackson told reporters: “He has absolutely no cognitive or mental issues whatsoever. He is very sharp.”

It had also been suggested that the slurring, in a speech about Jerusalem, could have been caused by dentures, but the physician revealed Mr Trump does not wear any.

And the doctor said he saw no evidence that Mr Trump often repeated himself – something Fire And Fury claimed aides were worried about.

Dr Jackson, who dismissed the speculation by psychiatrists about Mr Trump’s mental state as “tabloid psychiatry”, said the President had specifically requested he include the mental test in the assessment and encouraged the doctor to ask all questions about his health.

Mr Trump admits he has a high calorie diet heavy in beefburgers, steak and ice cream, although he doesn’t smoke or drink alcohol.

Dr Jackson – who has been presidential physician since 2013 – said Mr Trump fell just within the “overweight” range on the Body Mass Index.

HE HAS ABSOLUTELY NO COGNITIVE OR MENTAL ISSUES WHATSOEVER. HE IS VERY SHARP DR RONNY JACKSON