A White House doctor once deemed former President Donald Trump medically fit to serve but recommended he lose some weight in 2018.
Trump surrendered at the Fulton County Jail on Thursday on felony charges in connection with efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election. Booking documents showed that Trump currently stands at 6-feet-3-inches tall, and his weight was recorded at 215 pounds, according to the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.
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During an annual physical, Dr. Ronny Jackson said the president could use more exercise and a better diet, reporting a "reasonable goal" of losing 10 to 15 pounds for the following year. Trump’s physical showed him at 6-feet-3-inches and 239 pounds in January 2018. While the then-president’s doctor said he was in “very good health overall,” Trump’s body mass index was at 30.4, which made him medically obese.
A doctor’s examination from 2020 showed Trump weighed 244 pounds, an increase from the physical conducted two years prior. Now, Trump's new records show he's lost 29 pounds since his 2020 examination, obeying doctor's orders to lose weight, but some have expressed disbelief at Trump's weight loss.
"Wait wait WHAT?"
— The Recount (@therecount) August 24, 2023
— CNN's @jaketapper reacting to a read that Trump self-reported his weight as 215 pounds pic.twitter.com/s6qIpAhnCr
When reading out the Fulton County records, CNN's Jake Tapper responded on air by questioning Trump's 215-pound report. "Wait, wait, what?" Tapper said.
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With the first 2024 presidential primary contests mere months away, some voters are concerned about the age and physical fitness of the top two presidential contenders in a potential President Joe Biden and Trump rematch. Biden, 80, and Trump, 77, would be the oldest presidents at the end of their second terms. Opponents of Trump have often attacked his physical fitness as a reason not to serve another term in the Oval Office, while Biden's critics deem him mentally unfit.
Trump has denied any negative claims about his physical fitness, claiming at the Conservative Political Action Conference in August 2022 that Jackson, who is now a congressman representing Texas, told him he was "the healthiest president that ever lived."