In November of last year, President Trump was rushed to Walter Reed hospital in Bethesda, Maryland unexpectedly.
Trump and the White House were soon explaining the visit away, saying that the President was just getting a part of his yearly physical taken care of while he had some extra time. I new book, however, claims that sources within the West Wing understood that Vice President Mike Pence was told to be on “standby” to take over during the trip.
When these rumors hit Twitter this week, President Trump had a peculiar response.
President Trump on Tuesday denied that he made an emergency visit to the hospital last year after suffering “a series of mini-strokes” after a new book claimed that Vice President Pence was on standby in the event Trump was incapacitated.
The president’s denial raised eyebrows, as the book from New York Times correspondent Michael Schmidt did not specifically state that Trump had suffered from a series of small strokes.
“It never ends! Now they are trying to say that your favorite President, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center, having suffered a series of mini-strokes. Never happened to THIS candidate — FAKE NEWS,” Trump tweeted, before insinuating that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden may have dealt with health issues.
Later in the day, conservative-leaning news aggregator The Drudge Report prominently featured a link to this tweet, showing President Trump dragging his right leg while walking.
NEW VIDEO: President Trump wears a face mask while touring a laboratory in North Carolina Monday.
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— CNN Newsource (@CNNNewsource) July 28, 2020
During the 2016 election, the mainstream media spent months attacking the health of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, suggesting everything from Parkinson’s Disease to cancer.
It seems as though 2020 will have similarly sensational stories as well.
