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LetMyPeopleVote

(180,310 posts)
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:36 PM Yesterday

Ex-White House doctor calls for 'medical evaluation' of Trump after disturbing new video

trump is NOT well. A real medical exam would show that trump is impaired.

Ex-White House doctor calls for 'medical evaluation' of Trump after disturbing new video

www.rawstory.com/trump-health...

(@dwise1970.bsky.social) 2026-04-10T19:38:30.372Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-health-2676698356/

A former White House doctor has told Donald Trump he desperately needs to seek medical attention after a Truth Social post.

Dr. Jonathan Reiner, who served as cardiologist to former Vice President Dick Cheney, took to X and urged Trump to receive an evaluation. Reiner wrote, "Earlier in the week the president threatened to kill an entire civilization. Now he posts a video of a woman being beaten to death.

"To put it mildly, that’s concerning behavior. If he was a member of your family you would urge him to see a doctor. He should have a medical evaluation.",,,,,

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, a senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, wrote on X, "DHS did the same earlier today. It was for exactly as vile a reason as you can imagine; basically Breitbart’s old 'black crime' vertical as official government policy. There hasn’t been an administration this openly racist since Wilson invited the KKK to the White House."

Reiner has criticized Trump in the past and commented on his mental strength several times, criticizing Trump for conflating the basic 10-minute dementia screening tool with evidence of exceptional intelligence. He previously urged the president's advisers to "beg him to stop bragging" about the test.
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Ex-White House doctor calls for 'medical evaluation' of Trump after disturbing new video (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday OP
K&R spanone Yesterday #1
He's unfit for office MustLoveBeagles Yesterday #2
Urging and begging are pointless for the psychopath and his cult. Permanut Yesterday #3
Person, man, woman, hammer, murder. Harker Yesterday #4
What video is he talking about? a woman being murdered??? niyad Yesterday #5
Sick fuck Gaytano70 Yesterday #6
Dear Goddess, how utterly vile, sick, and depraved. niyad Yesterday #11
This video is indeed very sick LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #16
From The Guardian (at the link)... sop Yesterday #17
He truly bdamomma Yesterday #24
Wow! CoopersDad 7 hrs ago #36
Sick, sick.. question everything Yesterday #29
Imagine being that poor woman's family Farmer-Rick 6 hrs ago #37
to Trump, one immigrant represents ALL immigrants Skittles 15 hrs ago #31
I guess Dr. Reiner never saw any of Trump's rallies or speeches. GoCubsGo Yesterday #7
He needs more than an evaluation. sheshe2 Yesterday #8
It will keep getting worse. At some point they can't hide or ignore it. MadameButterfly Yesterday #18
How long into his 2nd term was Reagan's decline obvious? maxsolomon Yesterday #21
Trump's decline is way worse and way more dangerous MadameButterfly Yesterday #22
I don't bdamomma Yesterday #25
Yes, it will get worse. sheshe2 Yesterday #28
THIS. Most DEFINITELY! calimary Yesterday #19
Thirty-Four Percent... BurnDoubt Yesterday #9
They'll get better when the cult leader is not in charge any more MadameButterfly Yesterday #23
Matching what Dr. John Gartner said Monday Grins Yesterday #10
Ranking Member @RepRaskin demands the White House Physician immediately evaluate Trump's cognitive fitness LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #12
I applaud the effort, but Wednesdays 21 hrs ago #30
He's you know who Hudly Yesterday #13
Just die already.. mountain grammy Yesterday #14
Raskin demands Trump cognitive test in 25th Amendment push LetMyPeopleVote Yesterday #15
Yeah that's not going to happen. maxsolomon Yesterday #20
Tertiary Syphilis displacedvermoter Yesterday #26
The marbles he has left Prairie_Seagull Yesterday #27
Trump needs more outrageous red meat for his ignorant base Skittles 15 hrs ago #32
Chump has a team of staff writers who are posting this garbage in his name FakeNoose 10 hrs ago #33
White House loses it as lawmaker demands cognitive test from Trump's doctor: 'Stupid!' LetMyPeopleVote 10 hrs ago #34
This message was self-deleted by its author republianmushroom 9 hrs ago #35

sop

(18,772 posts)
17. From The Guardian (at the link)...
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:28 PM
Yesterday

"In 2019, the journalist Michael Edison Hayden obtained more than 900 emails sent to Breitbart editors in 2015 and 2016 by Stephen Miller, who is now Trump’s main domestic policy adviser, urging them to focus on violent crimes committed by people of color and immigrants."

The entire Trump administration, from top to bottom, is full of sick fucks. The Republican party is full of sick fucks. Trump's MAGA supporters are all sick fucks.

bdamomma

(69,572 posts)
24. He truly
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:55 PM
Yesterday

is a mentally sick unstable man. Listen to William Sacha Riley's account of all DJT killings of young girls and even killed puppies (broke their necks). Very long interview but must be listened to.

DJT is a very dangerous swamp dweller.

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Farmer-Rick

(12,707 posts)
37. Imagine being that poor woman's family
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 03:05 PM
6 hrs ago

To see their loved one's death used as propaganda. I would sue pedo Trump and all his henchmen.

Skittles

(171,966 posts)
31. to Trump, one immigrant represents ALL immigrants
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:21 AM
15 hrs ago

of course that is NEVER the case for our homegrown gun humping mass murderers

GoCubsGo

(34,938 posts)
7. I guess Dr. Reiner never saw any of Trump's rallies or speeches.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:17 PM
Yesterday

They're rife with him describing violent acts, mostly against women, with utter glee. He gets off on people being brutalized, maimed, and murdered. It's just gotten worse now. Not that I disagree with anything the good doctor is saying...

sheshe2

(97,726 posts)
8. He needs more than an evaluation.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:24 PM
Yesterday

He needs to be locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane. He is a clear danger to the entire world and that goes for those people that are enabling him. Not one member of his cabinet, or his MAGA congress or senate seem to give a rat's ass about their own children's future. Their silence speaks volumes and that makes them all as morally corrupt as he is

MadameButterfly

(4,084 posts)
18. It will keep getting worse. At some point they can't hide or ignore it.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:33 PM
Yesterday

I can't conceive of how that will look and who will be able to take action. But he just won't last 3 more years.

maxsolomon

(38,840 posts)
21. How long into his 2nd term was Reagan's decline obvious?
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:46 PM
Yesterday

He rode out the full term into 1989.

MadameButterfly

(4,084 posts)
22. Trump's decline is way worse and way more dangerous
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:54 PM
Yesterday

Reagan at least had real professionals running the government for him, and took advice from time to time.

bdamomma

(69,572 posts)
25. I don't
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:58 PM
Yesterday

think he will last, but I hope he gets a very hot reception where he is going. He deserves it.

sheshe2

(97,726 posts)
28. Yes, it will get worse.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 09:12 PM
Yesterday

And sadly...

At some point they can't hide or ignore it.


They will continue to ignore it. What will it take for them to act?!

Grins

(9,469 posts)
10. Matching what Dr. John Gartner said Monday
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:31 PM
Yesterday

Dr. John Gartner is a psychologist, former Johns Hopkins University Medical School professor,

He was interviewed by Joanna Coles after Trump threatened “a whole civilization will die tonight” ie Iran, last Sunday.

Gartner said he is a malignant narcissist who - gets off on the suffering of others. This is who he is! And he’s getting worse.

Find the video and watch!

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,310 posts)
12. Ranking Member @RepRaskin demands the White House Physician immediately evaluate Trump's cognitive fitness
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:35 PM
Yesterday


Ranking member of House Judiciary Cmte formally asks White House physician to conduct cognitive exam of Trump, citing truth social posts and Trump’s statements at Easter Egg Roll

“Experts have repeatedly warned that the President has been exhibiting signs consistent
with dementia and cognitive decline. And, in recent days, the country has watched President
Trump’s public statements and outbursts turn increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane,
deranged, and threatening”





Hudly

(14 posts)
13. He's you know who
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 05:42 PM
Yesterday

Hunkering down in the bunker. Playing with plastic models of his building projects while moving imaginary armies around on a map. All the while high on some serious drugs. Sad!

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,310 posts)
15. Raskin demands Trump cognitive test in 25th Amendment push
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:01 PM
Yesterday

trump is clearly impaired.



https://www.axios.com/2026/04/10/raskin-demands-trump-cognitive-test-in-25th-amendment-push

House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is demanding the White House physician perform a cognitive test on President Trump in light of his recent comments on Iran.....

Driving the news: In a letter to White House physician Sean Barbabella, Raskin insisted that he "conduct a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment of the President, including a formal cognitive screening instrument, and publicly release the results."

The Maryland Democrat said Trump's recent demand to "Open the Fuckin' Strait" and threat to kill Iran's "whole civilization" are "plainly out of the realm of normal politics."

"We have indisputably entered the realm of profound medical difficulty and concern," he wrote.

Zoom in: In addition to the cognitive exam, Raskin asked for a detailed report on Trump's physical and mental health, including a list of "any medications he is currently taking and their potential cognitive side effects."

He also asked that Barbabella make himself "available for a briefing, under oath, with Members of the Committee on the results of this assessment."


State of play: The letter was sent just before a briefing Raskin is set to give to fellow House Democrats on the 25th Amendment.

He has been making the case that lawmakers are empowered to take action, pointing to language in the amendment that allows "such other body as Congress may by law provide" to declare Trump unfit for office.

maxsolomon

(38,840 posts)
20. Yeah that's not going to happen.
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 06:45 PM
Yesterday

Even Ivanka couldn't get him to go to a real doctor.

He would never let a real doctor give him a real exam.

He would never accept a real diagnosis.

Prairie_Seagull

(4,714 posts)
27. The marbles he has left
Fri Apr 10, 2026, 07:05 PM
Yesterday

are not playing nice with each other causing a bona fide danger to not just our country, but the GLOBE.

Couching in terms of a child's game could be in poor taste but seems to make it's point.

Skittles

(171,966 posts)
32. Trump needs more outrageous red meat for his ignorant base
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 06:22 AM
15 hrs ago

the cult is......getting restless

FakeNoose

(41,821 posts)
33. Chump has a team of staff writers who are posting this garbage in his name
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:35 AM
10 hrs ago

Who knows whether Chump even sees the craziness before it gets posted. People need to be fired, or at least prevented from making him look nuttier than he already is.

Is anyone in charge of his social media? It doesn't seem like it.

LetMyPeopleVote

(180,310 posts)
34. White House loses it as lawmaker demands cognitive test from Trump's doctor: 'Stupid!'
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:55 AM
10 hrs ago

trump is pissed that people want him to be tested. trump is NOT well and would fail any test given by a real doctor.

The White House is lashing out at Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) after he sent a letter to President Donald Trump's doctor demanding he submit to cognitive screening, according to MS NOW's Mychael Schnell.

Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-04-10T21:02:14Z

https://www.rawstory.com/jamie-raskin-2676699938

The White House is lashing out at Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) after he sent a letter to President Donald Trump's doctor demanding he submit to cognitive screening, according to MS NOW's Mychael Schnell.

"Lightweight Jamie Raskin is a stupid person’s idea of a smart person," stated White House spokesperson Davis Ingle. "President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the past four years when Democrats like Raskin intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people."

This follows a letter sent by Raskin, the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, to Cpt. Sean Barbabella, the White House physician, expressing concern that Trump's erratic behavior surrounding the Iran war could be a sign of mental decline — and citing concerns from some of Trump's former allies, including former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) that he has "gone insane," as well as concerns from Rep. James Comer (R-KY) about former President Joe Biden's mental fitness.

"Experts have repeatedly warned that the President has been exhibiting signs consistent with dementia and cognitive decline," wrote Raskin. "And, in recent days, the country has watched President Trump's public statements and outbursts turn increasingly incoherent, volatile, profane, deranged, and threatening. His apparently deteriorating condition has caused tremendous alarm across the nation (and political spectrum) about the President's cognitive function and continuing mental fitness for the office of President, and prompted concerns about the President's well-being."

"On October 2025, you issued a statement declaring that the President 'continues to demonstrate excellent overall health,'" wrote Raskin. "In light of the President's extreme behavior over the past week to say nothing of his conduct in office more broadly-the public must know whether you still stand by that assessment. As Republican congressional leaders have repeatedly said, the American people deserve to know whether our President is mentally capable of making the life- or-death decisions that his office demands."

Trump has denied any issues with his mental acuity, repeatedly insisting that he has "aced" the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) — even though passage of this test does not rule out mental decline.

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