As Twitchy reported, some of the results of President Trump’s physical exam were made public at a presser Tuesday held by Dr. Ronny Jackson, who noted that the president is in excellent health but could stand to lose a few pounds.
Dr. Jackson said the president weighed in at 239 pounds, but NBC News’ Ken Dilanian has noted quite a bit of skepticism about that number.
Seeing a lot of skepticism over the idea that @realDonaldTrump weighs only 239 pounds. Would he step on a scale in public to prove it?
— Ken Dilanian (@KenDilanianNBC) January 16, 2018
Come on … Sarah Huckabee Sanders already had to bake White House correspondent April Ryan a pecan pie to prove she didn’t “fake” a Thanksgiving tweet — now Trump is supposed to step on a scale in public because reporters are skeptical of his physical exam results?
The military doctor hired during the Obama administration is lying, says NBC’s intelligence and national security reporter. https://t.co/touQ1LBrZp
— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) January 16, 2018
SO you're saying that Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson a LIAR, right? The same WH physician that also took care of Bush and Obama. https://t.co/mdIFjdzjDT
— slone 🔹 (@slone) January 16, 2018
Jesus Christ, are you seriously implying that the Dr lied?! https://t.co/fpZ8Fz57UZ
— Heather (@hboulware) January 16, 2018
Are this many people really calling a Naval Officer a liar? Wow https://t.co/DFQcVTBLKi
— Dave Brooks (@Dave_M_Brooks) January 16, 2018
You are calling Dr. Jackson a liar?
Go with that. https://t.co/uVi8n3tWK6
— Evil Red Kid (@_SOURKIDZ_) January 16, 2018
You're not serious about this, right? https://t.co/hPd2yEKijZ
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) January 16, 2018
feel like the bigger story here is the fact that you think president obama's former doctor is a liar https://t.co/pVhW1CbBjw
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) January 16, 2018
Also, Sarah didn't bake that pie! Prove it! https://t.co/0viohaLBh8
— Populo Iratus (@cmahar3) January 16, 2018
Golden Age of Journalism! https://t.co/zbQOSohIsS
— Scott Greer (@ScottMGreer) January 16, 2018
"Journalism"
Strangely, I never saw this level of interest into whether Obama actually quit smoking, as he claimed. https://t.co/ZiQALhERfV
— I 69 Science (@Warden_AoS) January 16, 2018
Weight Truther twitter is the best twitter. https://t.co/5ssQKrSa2Y
— John Groves (@jfgroves) January 16, 2018
Guess I missed the constitutional amendment that required presidents to do public weigh-ins like they are about to prize fight https://t.co/mF3pWAheC1
— Paul Szoldra (@PaulSzoldra) January 16, 2018
An sterling example of how far our news media has fallen. https://t.co/rX4Vfm9ufV
— Tears of Rage Bohemio – 🖐️_(ツ)_🖐️ with Action Grip (@El__Bohemio) January 16, 2018
Unreal. https://t.co/S171rdLTVi
— Henry Rodgers (@henryrodgersdc) January 16, 2018
Seriously. This is where we are at. https://t.co/x0JrRKWWLZ
— Jeff A. Taylor (@TheFree_Lance) January 16, 2018
Some on the left are turning into conspiracy theory nuts, asking Trump to step on the scale in front of them to prove it. https://t.co/SGKZS0GM7v
— Eric Demamp (@ericdemamp) January 16, 2018
Ken, what if 'the Russians' had manipulated the scales? What then? https://t.co/yslTZUNyBp
— Gray Connolly (@GrayConnolly) January 16, 2018
#RealJournalism…. what else do you want him to do? https://t.co/PvFgsfQLl7
— Damian (@damiandb) January 16, 2018
Let's get him jumping through flaming hoops and balancing bowling pins on his nose while we're at it … https://t.co/YE3vdyVGcf
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) January 16, 2018
Could you imagine Ken asking this about a President Hillary Clinton? https://t.co/RU9PSPOi7g
— Tom Hebert (@RealTomHebert) January 16, 2018
Would have been hilarious if HRC was president and you guys asked her to step on a scale…if yall were really worried about overweight why no questions about Hillarys health? https://t.co/2fuMJv9E2S
— 🇺🇸 yvonne burton (@_YvonneBurton) January 16, 2018
Imagine the autistic screeching if they asked Hillary to prove her weight.
She actually had serious heath issues that were never scrutinized like this or Dr. Ronny Jackson. https://t.co/5MUSs5WbZQ
— I live in a ShitHole (@MalyndaNyc) January 16, 2018
Send this tweet out, but replace Trump's name with any woman in the public eye.
See what happens! https://t.co/dLUE3uZvX1
— (((Jeff Goldman))) (@TheJeffGoldman) January 16, 2018
You know what really matters right now ? Not what we're gonna do about immigration or keeping the government running. What's really important is figuring out whether the President is 239 or 240 pounds. This is so stupid. https://t.co/TA4u0HXpG9
— Ben Rajadurai (@brajadurai) January 16, 2018
Exit question from MSNBC’s Chris Hayes:
Has anyone coined "girther" for those who belive the president weighs more than his doctor reports?
— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) January 16, 2018
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