![]() The health of the commander in chief, generally, has come under scrutiny throughout the 2020 election. Trump’s illness in recent days has raised questions in Washington about not only the line of succession, but also what happens when White House statements about a president’s health are not trusted. Though his doctor has pronounced that the president will be fit to resume public events on Saturday, Trump appeared still to suffer from a cough during a Thursday night interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity. Aides, and Trump himself, have repeatedly declined to say whether he has received a negative test for the virus since first testing positive last week. ![]() ![]() The White House has been opaque about Trump’s recovery from the illness. So, I don’t know,” Pelosi told her members Tuesday. “There are people who thought, who think that steroids have an impact on your thinking. In a private call with her members this week, Pelosi speculated whether Trump’s abrupt decision on Tuesday to pull out of stimulus talks - stunning some in his own party - may have been influenced by his medication. He has also taken a course of remdesivir.Īsked Friday whether Trump met the threshold for invoking the 25th amendment, Pelosi said: “That’s not for us to decide.” Trump initially required supplemental oxygen, a sign of significant illness, and he was prescribed a mix of treatments to help fight off the potentially deadly virus, including an experimental antibody treatment and a steroid, which can be associated with mood swings in some patients. Trump’s doctors and senior aides have offered conflicting reports on his health, sometimes alarmingly so. She added that the proposal isn’t about presidential “behavior” but about an actual diagnosis by medical professionals. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents,” Pelosi told reporters Friday, standing beside a massive chart stating the 25th Amendment.
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