The White House trotted out Rear Adm. Dr. Ronny Jackson Tuesday to declare Donald Trump in "excellent" health. The only problem was that at 6'3" and 239 lbs. he was just one pound shy of being obese—that is, if you believe Trump is really that tall and that small. And no one does.
No one believes that—including actual doctors who aren’t on the government payroll, writes the New York Times.
Dr. Eric Topol, a cardiologist at the Scripps Research Institute, disputed that rosy assessment. He said on Wednesday that the most alarming fact is that the president’s LDL levels remain above 140 even though he is taking 10 milligrams of Crestor, a powerful drug that is used to lower cholesterol levels to well below 100.
“That’s a really high LDL,” Dr. Topol said, echoing the concerns of other heart experts who reviewed Dr. Jackson’s report. “We’re talking about a 70-plus-year-old man who is obese and doesn’t exercise. Just looking at the lab value, you would raise a big red flag.”
He added: “I would never use the word excellent health. How you could take these indices and say excellent health? That is completely contradicted.”
It’s just one more lie from a White House that’s made lying standard operating procedure. And Dr. Jackson now stands alongside Spicey for having tried to sell the American people a bill of goods that is both visibly and verifiably laughable.