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Trump Hospitalization Rumors Debunked by White House

Is Trump's health a legitimate national concern or are rumors about it bad-faith media speculation?

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Trump Hospitalization Rumors Debunked by White House

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Above: Dr. Sean Conley speaks during a press conference outside of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda on Oct. 5. Image credit: Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Anti-Trump narrative

Trump's health is a legitimate national concern — bruises, slurred words, struggling to stay awake and ignoring doctors aren't signs of "perfect health." Bragging about passing a dementia screening isn't reassuring; it's alarming. A 79-year-old leading military operations while eating McDonald's and skipping exercise deserves far more scrutiny than the press is giving it.

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Pro-Trump narrative

The Walter Reed hospitalization rumors were baseless nonsense cooked up the moment Trump went a few hours without addressing the press. The White House confirmed he was working nonstop through Easter weekend, played golf as usual, and never went near that hospital. Spinning a press lid into a health crisis is exactly the kind of bad-faith speculation that makes political media look ridiculous.

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