A doctor has said the reason Donald Trump gave for receiving an MRI scan in October is "not plausible".
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, who served as the cardiologist of former Vice President Dick Cheney for more than 30 years, said the White House report for Trump's MRI and the claim it was preventive is "not plausible". Speaking with CNN last night, Dr. Reiner shared that there is no MRI scan that can be part of "routine, preventive care" as Trump had claimed.
Dr. Reiner said, "There‘s no chance that this was just sort of routine preventative care. First of all, it‘s not part of routine preventative care... They disclosed that he had a chest scan and an abdominal scan."
"The president‘s doctor didn‘t even disclose what kind of scan. The president said MRI, all that the president‘s physician said was advanced imaging. Did he have an MRI? Did he have a CT? Did he have both?"
"And what he didn‘t say is whether the president had a scan of his brain. He didn‘t say he didn’t, he just included some data from the chest and abdominal scans. So it‘s not plausible or really credible to believe that they just decided to do some preventative screening for a third time this year."
Dr. Reiner would go on to claim the MRI scan which Trump received at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October is a "response to some sort of a symptom or sign of concern," The Daily Beast reported
When asked by reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday which part of his body was examined using the MRI, Trump responded, “It wasn’t the brain, because I took a cognitive test and aced it, I got a perfect mark. Which you would be incapable of doing!”
Before the release of Trump's MRI results, some analysts believed it was "weirder" that he was refusing to release the results and how he was avoiding the conversation around his health.
According to MS NOW’s Steve Benen, the entire saga has grown “weirder” with every Trump remark on the subject rather than becoming clearer.
On Monday, Benen noted an Associated Press headline that stated, “Trump says he’ll release MRI results but doesn’t know what part of his body was scanned.”
As the MS NOW analyst explained. “The president has long struggled to understand the purpose of cognitive exams, which are used to identify evidence of dementia, mental deterioration and neurodegenerative diseases. It’s entirely possible for a patient to do well on such a test and still need a head MRI.”