{"id":485,"date":"2026-05-26T21:36:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=485"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:36:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:36:55","slug":"white-house-tries-clumsy-pivot-after-media-questions-trumps-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=485","title":{"rendered":"White House tries clumsy pivot after media questions Trump&#8217;s health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The White House went on the attack on Tuesday, lashing out at CNN and others for questioning the president\u2019s health after he went to Walter Reed for his third checkup in 13 months.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=483\">South Carolina Republican marks \u2018death knell\u2019 for Trump\u2019s election scheme<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Rapid Response 47 social media account, an official Trump White House account, posted numerous screenshots of CNN reporters and commentators blinking or posing with with their eyes closed, while claiming that they had taken a \u201cnap\u201d on-air, or \u201cfell asleep,\u201d while accusing them of \u201cbaselessly speculating about President Trump\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid @KateBolduan and her guest on Fake News CNN just fall asleep mid-interview? Their eyes are closed! What are they hiding about their health?\u201d one post read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@DanaBashCNN falls asleep ahead of her 55th birthday next month. What is going on?\u201d another asked in all-caps.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs \u2018Dr. Jeremy Faust\u2019 sundowning?\u201d questioned a third.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrianna Keilar says nap went \u2018perfectly\u2019 after falling asleep live on air. Rumor is she also failed her cognitive exam (unlike President Trump\u2014 whose was perfect!)\u201d declared still another.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=481\">Trump melts down over Iran War coverage<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mediaite had reported that \u201cCNN\u2019s medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner delivered a startling health assessment of President Donald Trump ahead of another physical exam for the commander in chief at Walter Reed Medical Center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd finally, the president has severe daytime somnolence,\u201d Reiner said, as Alternet reported. \u201cHe falls asleep very often. He\u2019s fallen asleep in the Oval Office on multiple occasions with people talking to him in the Cabinet Room, and was concerned yesterday that he might have fallen asleep at Arlington National Cemetery during Memorial Day observances, and chronic insomnia is a severe illness. It can result in an increase in risk of dementia, a decrease in cognitive effects in older people,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump\u2019s physical exam, the White House declared the president received a \u201cperfect bill of health\u201d from his doctors.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextaddressamerica.com\/?p=479\">Trump\u2019s slush fund offers countless ways to grift: analysis<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House went on the attack on Tuesday, lashing out at CNN and others for questioning the president\u2019s health after he went to Walter Reed for his third checkup in 13 months.The Rapid Response 47 social media account, an official Trump White House account, posted numerous screenshots of CNN re&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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