Trump health update: Experts say President is having ‘stroke’, public speculation: ‘He’s dragging his feet…’

Dr. Bruce Davidson, a professor at Washington State University’s Elson Floyd School of Medicine, made the comments during a discussion on The Daily Beast podcast.

Dr Davidson said his explanation was based on observations of Trump’s physical behavior and speech patterns over time. “Earlier this year, there was a video of him shuffling, which I thought was weird,” he said on the podcast.

He believes this movement pattern can sometimes be seen in patients recovering from strokes.

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He also pointed to earlier speech patterns, saying Trump seemed to be more noticeably “garbled” with his speech at times earlier this year, though he noted that seemed less evident in recent appearances.

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The US “Mirror” report also quoted CNN medical analyst Dr. Jonathan Reiner as saying that he had previously expressed concern about Trump’s apparent insomnia. Davidson said sleep disruption can sometimes occur after a neurological event, including a stroke, but stressed his comments were based on observation rather than a diagnosis.

The administration has also previously addressed unrelated health speculation, including apparent bruises on Trump’s hands that were caused by frequent handshakes. Trump later said the bruises were related to his taking aspirin.

At a Cabinet meeting earlier this year, Trump said he had taken the cognitive test three times and had “scored well” each time. “One doctor said, ‘I’ve never seen anyone recover,'” Trump claimed.