NEW: Trump says it is "seditious, perhaps even treasonous" to question his health🤔

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47. Time-Trump Calls Reports on His Health 'Treasonous'

trump knows that he is in both physical and mental decline

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https://time.com/7339756/trump-age-health-cognitive-test-new-york-times-treasonous-sedition

Donald Trump will be the oldest U.S. President in history by the time he leaves office if he serves out his full second term, and while he nicknamed his predecessor Joe Biden as “Sleepy” and amplified questions about his declining fitness for office, Trump now says that reports about his own aging are “seditious, perhaps even treasonous.”

“After all of the work I have done with Medical Exams, Cognitive Exams, and everything else, I actually believe it’s seditious, perhaps even treasonous, for The New York Times, and others, to consistently do FAKE reports in order to libel and demean ‘THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,’” Trump said in a nearly 500-word post on Truth Social late Tuesday.

Trump’s swipe at the Times comes after it reported last month that the President has apparently cut back on domestic travel and public appearances. The report also mentioned Trump’s apparent dozing off during an event at the White House (and the Times reported earlier this month that he appeared to fall asleep again during a Cabinet meeting).

After the initial Times report was published, Trump attacked one of the reporters, Katie Rogers, calling her “ugly” on Truth Social.

Trump’s Dec. 9 Truth Social post comes after he’s undergone multiple health screenings, including recently an MRI that the White House described as preventive. .....

In a statement to TIME, a spokesperson for the Times said, “Americans deserve in-depth reporting and regular updates about the health of the leaders they elect. Mr. Trump welcomed our reporting on the age and fitness of his predecessors; we're applying the same journalistic scrutiny to his vitality.” The spokesperson also defended the Times’ reporting, saying that it was “heavily sourced” and was based on interviews with people close to the President and with medical experts. “We won’t be deterred by false and inflammatory language that distorts the role of a free press," the spokesperson added.

It’s not the first time Trump has suggested the Times was acting treasonously. In 2018, the President used the same term after the paper published an anonymous op-ed by an official who claimed to be part of an anti-Trump “resistance” movement in the Administration. Trump earlier this year directed an investigation into Miles Taylor, who had identified himself as the author.