Doctor's report - Part 2

Now we know why the doctor reported Trump's weight as 239 pounds - an obvious fib.

At 6-foot-3, Trump weighs 239 pounds, Jackson said. That means Trump is overweight and just one pound shy of obesity, according to the body mass index put forth by the federal Health and Human Services department.

  Charles P Pierce

ONE POUND under qualifying as obese. Hahahahaha.  How obvious can you be?

And WTF is the matter with Dr. Ronny Jackson?

In general, Jackson said that the 71-year-old President is in "excellent" health for his age. But, in the same breath, Jackson expressed concern over Trump's well-documented history of indulging in fast food and refraining from exercise.

"I told the President if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years old," Jackson told reporters. "He has incredible genes, I just assume."

  NY Daily News

Are you a doctor or are you not? You just assume he has incredible genes. I'm sure he told you he does, because that's a story he's spun publicly. But, nobody on this earth at this time, no matter what their health, "might live to be 200 years old." Jesus, you're only slightly better than his personal buffoon of a physician.

Jackson attributed Trump's relatively good health to a history of not drinking alcohol or smoking tobacco.

But Jackson said he informed Trump that he suffers from high cholesterol and could benefit from losing between 10 and 15 pounds.

Oh, lordy. How about 50 or 60?

But Trump might actually be obese, as his height has been disputed in the past. A photocopy of his New York driver's license circulated by media outlets during the campaign listed him at 6-foot-2. That height, coupled with Jackson's assessment of his weight, would land Trump in the clinically obese category of the BMI index.

Ha. That, coupled with Jackson's "assessment" of his weight. Didn't happen to have a farm scale on hand to get the actual reading.

"We talked about diet and exercise a lot," Jackson said. "He is more enthusiastic about the diet part than the exercise part but we're going to do both. He and I will work together over the next year to incorporate a good plan."

Lucky you.

“All clinical data indicates the president is healthy and that he will remain so for the duration of his presidency,” he said.

  RT

How can you possibly know that?

“Tell me how a guy that eats McDonald’s hamburgers and fried chicken and all those diet cokes and never exercises is in as good of shape as you say he’s in,” one reporter asked.

“It’s called genetics. I don’t know, some people have just great genes,” Jackson answered.

[...]

“He has incredibly good genes, and it’s just the way God made him,” Jackson added.

Jumped up Jesus. This is a Board certified physician? Does the Navy have different qualification tests than the American Medical Association? And, how about those genes? His father had Alzheimers and his grandfather died of emphysema before he was 50.

I don’t believe that the president* weighs 239 pounds, or that his resting heart rate is 68. I don’t care whether he’s got a platinum genome or not. The man looks like a UPS truck on the golf course. But Jackson is completely legit. This is incomparably strange and, for the nonce, I’m going to believe my lying eyes.

  Charles P Pierce

Me, too.

Previous reports have him at 6'2" (74"), and we all know his weight is closer to 339 than 239.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

Look at this picture from the 2016 Republican debates:

Now, Google "how tall is Jeb Bush?"   Or, take my word for it since I already did:  6'3".

How tall is Ted Cruz?  5'10". 

I'd guess Trump to be at most 6'1", and that's if you measure to the top of his hair, not the top of his head.  And that's with his high heeled shoes, too.  So, in reality, the way most people are measured for height (no shoes, and to the top of their head), 6'0".   And I'm willing to bet.