How can a physician, even a President's physician, predict the future?
Trump’s second presidential physical exam, explained
Dr. Sean Conley —
released a statement saying a team of 11 doctors had examined Trump. But he included no details about their findings, saying only that Trump is in “very good health.”
In an unusual move, he also predicted the future over the next two years by stating that he expects the commander-in-chief to remain healthy “for the remainder of his presidency and beyond.”
The results echoed last year’s exam, when Trump’s then-White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson declared the president in “excellent” physical and cognitive condition. That physical attracted an unusual degree of scrutiny amid questions about Trump’s mental health and fitness for office. In a first, Trump had requested a cognitive exam — apparently a response to Democratic members of Congress who had
reignited the discussion about the
25th Amendment, a process that could remove a president who is unfit to govern.