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LetMyPeopleVote

(176,745 posts)
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:14 PM Jan 17

'Slanderous:' White House lashes out at doctor who says they believe Trump 'had a stroke'

trump is not well and is mad that people are noticing. trump will NOT sue because he would have to release his medical records

'Slanderous:' White House lashes out at doctor who says they believe Trump 'had a stroke'

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-01-17T20:08:49.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2674905414/

Responding to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s abuse of a doctor who said he thinks President Donald Trump suffered a stroke, the former Clinton aide Sidney Blumenthal, whose podcast surfaced the claims, demanded release of the president’s full medical records.

“The simple way to clear all this up is to release all of Trump’s medical records including his MRI,” Blumenthal told Raw Story.

Amid widespread speculation about Trump’s health, the 79-year-old president recently told reporters he had an MRI, then said it was actually a CT scan.

Those remarks sprang back into the public square this week, after Professor Bruce Davidson, of Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, spoke to Blumenthal and the Princeton historian Sean Wilentz, co-hosts of the Court of History podcast.

Davidson said: “My impression is President Trump has had a stroke, and I think there's several lines of evidence supporting that. I think his stroke was on the left side of the brain, which controls the right side of the body."

Davidson believes Trump suffered a stroke “six months ago or more, earlier in 2025.”
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'Slanderous:' White House lashes out at doctor who says they believe Trump 'had a stroke' (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Jan 17 OP
Up next: Lindsey Hooligan charges doctor with leaking state secrets! struggle4progress Jan 17 #1
Good luck getting that past a grand jury. paleotn Jan 17 #2
Oh yeah? Then propose an alternative explanation which covers both the facial droop RockRaven Jan 17 #3
It doesn't even take a medical degree to come up with this diagnosis RockCreek Jan 17 #4
He has no idea what slander is legally. greatauntoftriplets Jan 17 #5
I Only Took Business Law... ProfessorGAC Jan 17 #6
That's for sure, Professor. greatauntoftriplets Jan 17 #7
What is slanderous is the GD administration! NotHardly Jan 17 #8
Maybe the good doctor is correct but we've never seen any medical records..not even his when he got shot in the ear Deuxcents Jan 17 #9
My impression is President Trump is syphilitic displacedvermoter Jan 17 #10
He clearly hasnt had A stroke Johonny Jan 17 #11

RockRaven

(18,940 posts)
3. Oh yeah? Then propose an alternative explanation which covers both the facial droop
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:27 PM
Jan 17

and the leg dragging which are evident in public videos. You know, to prove the slanderer wrong.

If it wasn't a history of stroke(s) as you claim then surely you have knowledge of what it really is. So go ahead and say. We'll wait...

RockCreek

(1,434 posts)
4. It doesn't even take a medical degree to come up with this diagnosis
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:30 PM
Jan 17

And I'm not going to try it, but I bet AI would give it to you with just the basic info.

ProfessorGAC

(76,132 posts)
6. I Only Took Business Law...
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 07:44 PM
Jan 17

...& Employment Law, but I know proving malice, especially by a medical professional, commenting on a public figure is extremely difficult & unlikely.
And, if the do pursue a slander case, discovery would be a nightmare for them

Deuxcents

(26,024 posts)
9. Maybe the good doctor is correct but we've never seen any medical records..not even his when he got shot in the ear
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:44 PM
Jan 17

No medical records, no financial tax returns, either. All we’re privy to is his word about these matters

displacedvermoter

(4,185 posts)
10. My impression is President Trump is syphilitic
Sat Jan 17, 2026, 08:46 PM
Jan 17

and I don't care if there are any lines of evidence supporting this impression. I deeply believe it, have seen it on the Internet, and trust it is true.

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