Snapshot · The Bulwark Podcast
Trump's administration has released less and less health information even as he makes more frequent visits to Walter Reed; his swollen ankles from venous insufficiency were only addressed after photographers noticed.
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Miller asks about the topic Haberman and Swan were least able to crack: Trump's physical health. She admits it freely — this was the area where their reporting most fell short, not for lack of trying. What is visible is telling enough: Trump falls asleep at public events and during his 2024 trial. His sleeping habits are strange — he was found still asleep late one morning by a trusted aide who went to the residence to check on him after he'd gone silent. He has chronic venous insufficiency causing swollen ankles, a condition that only became public when photographers noticed, and which Trump directed press secretary Caroline Levitt to address from the podium — a decision that struck many in the White House as highly unusual given his well-documented vanity. His visits to Walter Reed are increasingly frequent. And throughout, the administration has released less and less health information. Haberman's conclusion: beyond the visible facts of an 80-year-old man who 'looks 80,' she knows no more than the public does.
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