You can’t trust the White House on Trump’s health
President Donald Trump, according to the White House, made an unscheduled trip to Walter Reed hospital on Saturday for a "quick exam and labs" as the first stage of his annual physical. But you shouldn't just believe them. Chris Cillizza breaks down why Trump has been less than truthful about his health before — and what it should tell us about what's going on now.
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SOURCES AND FURTHER READING: Donald Trump's weight up, cholesterol down, president's doctor discloses after physical exam https://bit.ly/342miqN Trump in 'very good health,' physician says https://cnn.it/2NZbN1Q Trump's unexpected hospital trip has Twitter conspiracies in overdrive https://bit.ly/37kHc6x President Trump's medical exam was unscheduled, source said https://cnn.it/2CWlish President Trump has made 13,435 false or misleading claims over 993 days https://wapo.st/3304hIl Donald Trump wrote his own medical report. Reckless language makes that obvious. https://bit.ly/35efvue Letter from Dr. Harold Bornstein https://bit.ly/2Xs4KBQ Exclusive: Bornstein claims Trump dictated the glowing health letter https://cnn.it/2Qwc6CP
Trump gets 2 scoops of ice cream, everyone else gets 1 -- and other top lines from his Time interview https://cnn.it/35g2osr Donald Trump has a very strange theory about exercise https://cnn.it/2rZeHLv
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