MAJOR BUMMER: Trump in excellent physical & mental health

[_Jersey Girl]

So says the voice of one crying in the drug induced wilderness.

[_MeDotOrg]

So we have a 71 year old man, subject to fits of rage in a high stress job who does no exercise and is borderline obese (6'3",239 lbs.). According to his doctor, he needs to lose 10-15 pounds this year, and takes cholesterol medication.

If you're a life insurance actuarial, how do you like his chances?

[_EAllusion]

So a lot of people are posting pictures of other famous people who have the same height and weight as Trump's reported numbers looking way thinner/fitter. I don't care about that at all, but I do care that someone had the bright idea to label this "Girtherism." Yes. Yeeeesssss.

[_moksha]

Woops! Retraction. He was given a cognitive function eval.

Trump aced it by knowing the day, the year, and the place. Besides, it was totally irrelevant to require Trump to know that the exact hospital was the Walter Reed Medical Center and even less relevant to require knowing it was located in Bethesda, Maryland - which is probably one of those s***hole states like Washington D.C.

[_moksha]

If you're a life insurance actuarial, how do you like his chances?

61% reelection chance in Utah. 99.9% chance of saying something really stupid within the next ten days.

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

So. Trump claims he's 6' 2", or at least his wiki states he's that height. The physician weighed him at 239 lbs.

The 239-pound president is one pound away from being considered obese, at least according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's body mass index calculator.

That's one pound shy of obese at 6' 3" on the BMI chart:

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educat ... mi_tbl.pdf

So, I guess he grew an inch and just-so-happened to be one pound shy of 'obese'? C'mon. If you see him in pictures next to 6' 1" Obama or 6' 3" Jeb Bush or 5' 10" Ted cruz he's really between 6'-6'1" which would place him at 'obese' at ~214 lbs.

Judging from his latest pictures I'd place Trump at probably 250-265 lbs.

- Doc

[_Kevin Graham]

This is the test he took folks. This is what Bach is bragging about. Three points for drawing a clock with the two hands showing a specific time. That was 10% of the score. Must be a very stable genius to do this!

[_Kevin Graham]

White House forges statement by Dr. "Ronnie" Jackson?

First clue is that the good doctor misspelled his own name.

https://Twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/9 ... 2968516609

[_Bach]

So. Trump claims he's 6' 2", or at least his wiki states he's that height. The physician weighed him at 239 lbs.

The 239-pound president is one pound away from being considered obese, at least according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's body mass index calculator.

That's one pound shy of obese at 6' 3" on the BMI chart:

https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educat ... mi_tbl.pdf

So, I guess he grew an inch and just-so-happened to be one pound shy of 'obese'? C'mon. If you see him in pictures next to 6' 1" Obama or 6' 3" Jeb Bush or 5' 10" Ted cruz he's really between 6'-6'1" which would place him at 'obese' at ~214 lbs.

Judging from his latest pictures I'd place Trump at probably 250-265 lbs.

- Doc

I agree. To get the press off his ass he needs a personal trainer to shed some lbs.. He should seek out the one Hillary is using that gave her that “gymnast looking healthy” figure during the campaign the press so embraced.

[_EAllusion]

This is the test he took folks. This is what Bach is bragging about. Three points for drawing a clock with the two hands showing a specific time. That was 10% of the score. Must be a very stable genius to do this!

A clock-draw is the test I've been joking, but also seriously hoping Trump was taking. It's a measure of Alzheimer's progression. Just Google the subject.

I'm not sure how much faith we should be putting in the report, but if accurate it would reduce the concern that he is progressing in Alzheimer's type dementia.

On the one hand that would be good and you'd see why someone interested in refuting the idea that Trump is senile would crow about it. On the other hand, "He's going senile," is the kindest explanation for his behavior out there. Saying he isn't is almost more of a condemnation than a defense.