Social media unloads on ailing Trump's 'excellent health' claim

Social media critics were not quite ready to accept White House claims of President Donald Trump’s “excellent health” this weekend.

Citing the results of a recent examination, a Friday memo from Trump’s physician Dr. Sean Barbabella asserted that Trump “remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function.”

To some, the news came as a surprise considering Trump is the oldest person ever elected to the White House, with his 80th birthday arriving in June. To others, the claim was outright comedy.

“I would seriously doubt the rest of any report that still claims he’s 6’3” 238lbs,” said one critic on Bluesky.

“Did the North Korean propaganda team write this for him?” said another Bluesky user, referring to Trump’s history of nodding off in public, his late-night screeds and other obvious signs of pulmonary illness, including apparent tissue swelling of the ankles.

CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner described the severe edema in his ankles as Chronic Venous Insufficiency, despite a White House statement just three months before that he had no edema.

“If you believe those blood pressure numbers, you’re a fool lol,” howled one critic on X.

Other Trump critics are seeing the rashes on his skin and severe bruising on his extremities and declaring that the president is rotting away as the public watches.

“Trump is decaying, both in body and popularity,” said Left Hook podcaster Wajahat Ali. “The nearly 80-year-old vulgarian is a diminished man with historically low favorability ratings. He has dragged the GOP down with him. His actions are more reflective of a paranoid, weak King who knows his end is near and is desperately trying to sandbag against the vengeful wave that is about to topple his kingdom.”

After President Donald Trump completed a medical exam at Walter Reed on Tuesday, he posted on Truth Social that declare that “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.” But NBC News medical analyst Dr. Vin Gupta said there are lingering issues with Trump that just aren’t adding up, particularly regarding his inflamed skin and lingering rashes.

“To use a medical terminology, is there a bleeding diathesis [indicated by hand bruises] … impairing his blood's ability to properly form clots and is there a predisposition to bleeding,” Gupta said. “They claim that it is high-dose aspirin that's causing this, which, again, doesn't pass the sniff test.”

Social media hecklers apparently agree.

“They released this thing at 11pm on a Friday night, and it's a piecemeal mess that leaves out a vast amount of detail from the many specialists he's seeing,” said a critic on X. “He's 80. His cankles are huge, he falls asleep all the time, and he sounds like a maniac.”