New storm over Donald Trump's refusal to release medical records

After the assassination attempt in July in which he was injured in the right ear, Donald Trump is backtracking on his promise to release his medical records “very happily,” it is said The New York Times.

If he wins re-election next month, the 78-year-old Trump would eventually overtake President Joe Biden, who turns 82 next month, making him the oldest holder of the Oval Office in history.

Biden and Trump's election opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, also refused to release comprehensive medical records.

The Republican candidate boasted to CBS News in August that he had received a “perfect score” on a medical exam and passed cognitive tests with “A”s at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, following the July attack.

“I did everything right,” he enthused. “One of the doctors said, 'I've never seen this before, where they do everything right.' No, I don't have a problem. I would go one step further: I think anyone running for president, whether they're 75, 65 or 45, I think should take a cognitive test.”

While Trump said he was doing well mentally, a Republican official close to his campaign said Vanity Fair in August that the former president “watched this seven-second clip over and over again showing how close he came to getting shot right in the head” and that he “actually actually suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.” could”.

If the NYT When asked about Trump's supposedly top-notch records, his campaign would only provide a July letter from Congressman Dr. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), his former doctor, said the wound in his ear was healing. It does not contain any other medical details or information about cognitive testing.

The Just stated that Dr. David Rottinghaus, a doctor in the emergency room at Butler Memorial Hospital, where Trump was treated after the shooting, noted — without specifically addressing the former president's case — “any time there's a high-velocity injury, especially one.” An attack with a weapon and a shot poses the risk of significant damage. You have to be very meticulous and very conscientious, even when it comes to judging seemingly insignificant things.”

The trauma surgeon Dr. However, Kenji Ibana said: Just Considering that Trump “walks, talks on the campaign trail, and does things normally,” it can be concluded that he did not suffer any major effects that could be caused by a gunshot wound to the ear, such as bleeding between the skull and brain or ear bone damage .

His campaign did not release details about the specifics of his injury, his treatment or whether follow-up care was required.