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boonecreek

(1,329 posts) Fri Nov 14, 2025, 11:51 PM Nov 14

Was It Your Brain? Reporter Asks Trump About MRI and Is Told 'I Have No Idea What They Analyzed ' [View all]

Source: Mediaite

President Donald Trump admitted having "no idea what they analyzed" when he underwent an MRI during a recent trip to Walter Reed Medical Center.

Last month, Trump casually revealed he underwent magnetic resonance imaging, which
the White House has dubiously insisted is "standard" for routine physicals. In a statement
about the visit, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt referred to Trump's exam as his "annual checkup" which as some have pointed out, is the President's second this year.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/was-it-your-brain-reporter-asks-trump-about-mri-and-is-told-i-have-no-idea-what-they-analyzed/

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Was It Your Brain? Reporter Asks Trump About MRI and Is Told 'I Have No Idea What They Analyzed ' [View all] boonecreek Nov 14 OP

Either he really is incurious or ... Inkey Nov 15 #1

He's lying iemanja Nov 15 #2

I saw a video from a doctor who thinks Trump actually was given a CT Scan, not an MRI Wiz Imp Nov 15 #5

Doc may have explained... slightlv Nov 15 #8

Yeah, I've got a feeling PatSeg Nov 15 #14

Maybe we need to start referring to them as 'Christian Nazis' travelingthrulife Nov 15 #15

Both can be true Nasruddin Nov 15 #9

I agree. I know my husband and I have looked at my chart karynnj Nov 15 #16

Any follow up question other than "You can't remember?" is intentional malpractice. RockRaven Nov 15 #3

If he actually doesn't know, the cognitive decline is way worse than we've suspected lol unblock Nov 15 #4

It was his brain. They MRI'd it. 3Hotdogs Nov 15 #6

I was thinking he didn't know what they analyzed BlueKota Nov 15 #7

The thing that is interesting, it was more likely a C.A.T. scan, than an M.R.I. - what ever difference that makes to 3Hotdogs Nov 15 #11

His supporters (mostly the "religiously insane") don't care. He is following up with their women-hating agenda and that CTyankee Nov 15 #10

He has no idea? Then it's his brain. I'll bet it did a lot of resonating in that empty space! Wonder Why Nov 15 #12

Not routine. Nope, not at all. twodogsbarking Nov 15 #13

If the scan included his lower colon, then it was probably his brain they were searching for. Vinca Nov 15 #17

There's A Song From A Scarecrow in Oz That Comes To Mind DrFunkenstein Nov 15 #18

MaddowBlog-The White House's line on Trump's recent MRI raises more questions than answers LetMyPeopleVote Nov 17 #19