Trump takes hair-loss pills... but still has his own teeth!
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 the US President 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 US president tried to ban before its release – that staff in the White House were worried about Mr Trump’s mental stability.
The doctor, who was giving a briefing to the Press, said that Mr Trump takes four types of medication, including 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 that 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.
However, Dr Jackson said Mr Trump – who recently tweeted that he was a ‘very stable genius’ – scored 30 out of 30 on a cognitive test that would have highlighted any issues including Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr Jackson said: ‘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 that Mr Trump does not wear any.
And the doctor said he saw no evidence that Mr Trump often repeated himself.
Dr Jackson, who dismissed speculation by psychiatrists about Mr Trump’s mental state as ‘tabloid psychiatry’, said the president had specifically requested that he include the mental test in the assessment and encouraged the doctor to ask all questions about his health.
The president, who weighs just over 17st, admits he gets little exercise beyond playing golf and has an unhealthy diet heavy in burgers, steak and ice cream, although he doesn’t smoke or drink alcohol.
Dr Jackson – who has been presidential physician since 2013 and also examined Barack Obama – said Mr Trump’s cholesterol levels were low and attributed his healthiness to ‘incredible genes’.
However, he said that they had set a goal of losing 10-15lb in the coming year as the 6ft 3in president fell just within the ‘overweight’ range.
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