The president of the United States, Donald Trump, assured this Wednesday that he is in good health and has not lost his energy, in a response to a “defamatory” article published by The New York Times about the signs of fatigue shown by the 79-year-old president, which he described as a “cheap pamphlet” to the newspaper.
“The radical left lunatics at the soon-to-be-closed New York Times published a slanderous article about me saying that perhaps I’m losing my energy, despite facts that prove exactly the opposite. They know this is wrong, as does almost everything they write about me,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.
The Times article, ‘Shorter days, signs of fatigue: Trump faces the realities of aging in office,’ chronicles how the veteran tycoon’s schedule has been shortening and mentions occasions when he has apparently fallen asleep in the Oval Office, a marked difference from his first term (2017-2021).
However, Trump angrily rejected the notion raised by the newspaper that he is finding it increasingly difficult to maintain the image of agility and energy as one of his strongest political tools, and instead attacked the New York Times. “This cheap ‘PASQUIN’ is truly an ‘ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE,’” he added.
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Trump will turn 80 next June
“There will be a day when I lack energy, it happens to everyone, but with A PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPLETE COGNITIVE TEST (“which I passed with excellence”) COMPLETED RECENTLY, it is certainly not now!” insisted Trump, who has recently redoubled his attacks against the press.
The president also criticized the author of the analysis, journalist Katie Rogers, calling her a “trash reporter, ugly inside and out” and defended his current management in the White House, during which he claimed he maintains “the highest poll numbers” of his life.
Trump, who will turn 80 next June, became the oldest presidential candidate to win an election in 2024.
Last July, the White House reported that Trump suffers from chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition in elderly people, although they specified then that he was in “excellent health.”
The Republican often mocks former President Joe Biden, whom he calls “Sleepy,” accusing him of using an automatic pen to sign important documents and of not making decisions during his term, something the Democrat denies.
With information from EFE
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