CNN is a fountain of fake news. That seems to be all they spew these days.
And CNN made a wild accusation about President Trump’s health.
In the never-ending saga of attacks on President Donald Trump, CNN’s medical expert Jonathan Reiner popped up on “The Lead” to stir the pot about the commander-in-chief’s well-being. It’s no secret that the mainstream media loves to nitpick every detail of Trump’s life, and this time they’re fixating on what they claim is a lack of transparency from the White House medical team.
Host Phil Mattingly kicked things off by referencing Reiner’s earlier worries. He asked point-blank: “Just last month, you said you were seriously concerned about the president’s health. What’s your level of concern after hearing from the president? He says he’s in perfect health.”
Reiner didn’t hold back, diving right into his gripes. He stated: “Well, I’m mostly concerned that the public really hasn’t been told essentially anything meaningful about the president’s health here.”
Fair enough, but is this really about public interest, or just another way for CNN to keep the anti-Trump narrative alive? In a world where every president’s health gets dissected, Trump’s team has released reports, yet the critics always demand more.
To build his case, Reiner rewound the timeline. He explained: “So let’s turn the clock back and look what’s gone on over the last nine months. The president had a physical exam, a comprehensive physical exam in April, Walter Reed. And, you know, they listed, you know, a bunch of studies which were essentially all normal. The president was great. And they and there was nothing else to see over the summer.”
But then came the summer twist. Reiner pointed out: “The president, developed really, greatly swollen ankles, which prompted a another series of tests. They called that chronic venous insufficiency, despite the fact that just a few months earlier, during his comprehensive exam, the president’s physician said he had no swelling of the leg.”
Reiner wasn’t buying the label. He added: “So it doesn’t sound so chronic to me. It sounds more acute.”
Fast-forward to the fall, and things got more intriguing. Reiner described: “And then something happened in the fall. Something happened in October that prompted an off cycle series of tests by the president’s, medical team.”
When those results hit the public, Reiner called out the wording. He said: “And when the results of those were released to the public, they used some, basically euphemisms to describe what the president, the test the president, went through.”
He elaborated: “And the euphemism was, advanced imaging. And, and they didn’t describe whether it was a CT or an MRI.”
Then Trump himself chimed in during a flight. Reiner recalled: “And then later on, a few days later on Air Force One, the president basically said he had an MRI, couldn’t describe one body part, but he said he had an MRI, which prompted the president’s physician again to release another statement, in which time he again did not describe the specific test the president, underwent and said that, again, everything looked fine.” Trump being Trump—casual about it, but the docs confirmed all clear.
But plot twist: It wasn’t an MRI after all. Reiner revealed: “And now we learned that the president didn’t have an MRI. He actually had a CT scan, which explains why the president’s position didn’t describe the test after the president disclosed his MRI because he didn’t have an MRI.”
Diving deeper, Reiner speculated on the purpose. He suggested: “So, as best we can tell, the president had a cardiac CT or what looks like a CT angiogram, which is basically a noninvasive way to tell whether the president has any significant coronary artery disease.”
Checking for heart issues makes sense for any leader in his 80s, but Trump has the energy of a much younger man—rallies, deals, you name it.
Shifting gears, Reiner downplayed one aspect while amping up another. He admitted: “I’m almost less concerned about the actual, cause of the president’s bruising. We can talk about that, than I am about why the the White House medical team has felt the need to study him in the last few months.”
He pressed the point: “What symptoms? What clinical concerns have prompted this?” Transparency is key, no doubt, but in Trump’s case, every disclosure gets weaponized by the deep state and fake news outlets.
Finally, Reiner wrapped with a nod to Trump’s own words: “Because the president is right. When you test the president of the United States, it creates a lot of concern.”
Exactly—testing breeds worry, which is why the media loves amplifying it. But Trump soldiers on, proving his resilience daily. This whole episode smells like another attempt to distract from his wins and paint him as frail, when he’s anything but.
