How Sick Is He?
How Sick Is He? The physical and mental health of the president is a state secret Dan Rather and Team Steady Dec 9 Credit: Getty Images We need to have a serious conversation about Donald Trump’s health — what we know, and, more importantly, what we don’t know, which is a lot. Just how bad or good is it? We’ve tallied many indications of flagging vitality, just in his second term alone, and by any reasonable analysis he is not a picture of good health, to say the least. Ronald Reagan was 69 when he took office. In his second term, Trump was almost ten years older than Reagan. Now, for a normal 79½-year-old, he is doing just fine. He holds down a full-time job. Much of his life is lived in front of cameras. He manages to get up and down the long flight of stairs to Air Force One without help. But he is the President of the United States, arguably the most powerful and pressurized position in the world. A President of the United States has to be better than just fine. Trump’s mu...