Trump’s off-the-cuff disclosure that he underwent an MRI scan is raising fresh questions about the secrecy surrounding Trump’s health and the need for presidents to be more transparent.

Trump is the oldest person to be elected president, and his aides and allies have long projected him as the picture of strength and vitality.

Outside physicians initially raised questions after Trump visited Walter Reed Military Medical Center earlier this month for what the White House described as a routine follow-up visit, though it was his second visit in six months.

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    I think the obvious and blatant dementia is a dead giveaway. It’s incredibly sad that we’d even consider having such a person well into decline in a position of leadership. He should be in a home receiving compassionate end-of-life care.

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      He should be in a home receiving compassionate end-of-life care.

      The entirety of his life choices should have resulted in him dying in a jail cell.

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      Well, this is what the uninformed, deranged and single-minded 71+ some odd million people voted for. This is who they thought what was best for us.

      Trump has done many firsts as president both times, mostly for the wrong things. I think we’re headed to what will happen when a president actually dies in office or is in a position where he decayed so much, he has to be formally removed or outright removed from office because he’s too incompetent and unfit to run. Not like he was competent or fit to run in the first place. But still.

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        And so we have learned; he is indeed incompetent and unfit, and America has decided that fealty to the bitter end is most important value.

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        Arguably, FDR during his 3rd term and Reagan during his 2nd were both possibly in similar situation of incapacitation (Biden near end of his term was also questionable). Neither was removed and the first ladies (Eleanor and Nancy) managed a lot of the work…since that is Melania it could explain the increased speed of Russian benefit actions coming from this administration. Additionally, the cabinet is corrupt and thus has no incentive for removal unless he starts getting in the way of the cabinets’ own goals.

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      They hid Reagan’s dementia for years. But, he had a pretty competent group in his administration, not like this trailer park clown show government.