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Jun 6, 2026 The Jim Acosta Show The Full Story
Doctors who reviewed Trump's physical say the report lacks the cardiovascular details that should be standard for a 79-year-old president. Dr. Rob Davidson drove straight from a rural Wisconsin ER to sound the alarm with Jim Acosta and says the Friday night release, the missing data, and the repeated testing all point to one question: what aren't they telling us?
mwmisses4289
(4,909 posts)If we don't mention it, everything is fine?
TBF
(37,461 posts)checked out more than once a year. He's 79 and obviously has issues. Many of us are over 50 w/issues.
The concern is definitely what they're leaving out. So far, we know they have done cognitive tests and he has venous insufficiency. I know a little about vein issues because I had a blood clot myself (attributed mainly to birth control). So, I start wondering if he has had any dvt's (clots), if so the seriousness of such an event. Where he is overall with his heart because serious clots can put pressure on your heart, etc.
"Doctors who reviewed Trump's physical say the report lacks the cardiovascular details that should be standard for a 79-year-old president." -- this is where I'd be concerned as well, just as a fellow citizen who has dealt with this, at a far younger age than Trump. Hopefully they've at least gone over the results with JV so he's ready when he has to take over.
pat_k
(14,196 posts)As least according to this paramedic
https://open.substack.com/pub/nicholasjorcutt/p/im-trained-to-know-when-someone-is?r=r38w4&utm_medium=ios
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Understand when I go to a call, I have to figure out what the problem is. I dont have lab work. I dont have X-rays and CT scanners. The most advanced tech I have is an ECG and a glucometer. Otherwise, its just left to me working this shit out like Im Batman hunting down the Joker.
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Except that doesnt explain why he has been getting a CT scan EVERY three months. A significant number of medical professionals are dead set that they are worried about his mental decline, and they are trying to make sure he still has all neurologic functions.
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I think that there is something more dangerous that his medical team is monitoring and tracking. I think that what they are monitoring closely isnt his mental health. It is the time bomb in his belly. An abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is what happens when the Aorta (Main blood delivery system to the heart) starts to get a bulge in it. The side wall of the Aorta starts to push outward. It is a serious life-threatening condition.
If a AAA ruptures, which they are prone to do, then unless you are physically on an operating table under bright lights with a skilled surgeon, you can kiss your ass goodbye.
The AAA makes the CHF worse which also explains why he has the pitting edema in every extremity. Edema is what happens when there is a fluid leakage from the blood vessels and the bodys natural drain system (The Lymphatic system) isnt able to filter out all the excess fluid from the blood.
It causes that sloshy looking skin that if you press into, leaves an indent. When you know what you are looking for, you can spot pitting edema across the room just by the socks the person is wearing...
TBF
(37,461 posts)thank you for posting!