US EditionRaskin calls for Trump to take cognitive test in wake of Iran threats as Democrats question president’s fitness
Raskin says the White House physician should administer a cognitive assessment, release the results and brief Congress after Trump’s recent Iran comments.
- On Friday, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin demanded that President Donald Trump undergo a cognitive assessment by April 25, citing concerns about his mental fitness to discharge essential duties.
- Trump's recent threats to destroy Iran's "whole civilization" prompted the demand, as Raskin described the president's remarks as incoherent, profane, and "volatile" outbursts shocking observers across the political spectrum.
- Demanding that White House Physician Captain Sean Barbabella release results to Congress, Raskin noted that Republicans previously set a precedent by subpoenaing President Joe Biden's physician over similar concerns.
- Responding to the demand, White House spokesperson Davis Ingle dismissed the request, labeling Raskin a "stupid person" while hailing the president's "sharpness" and "unmatched energy" to The Independent.
- Although some Democrats and MAGA figures have floated invoking the 25th Amendment or impeachment, there are no indications that the Cabinet or Vice President Vance support such measures.
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Democratic legislator Jamie Raskin asked the White House doctor on Friday to perform a cognitive test on President Donald Trump, in the midst of his growing rhetoric about the U.S. war with Iran. In a letter to the U.S. president's doctor, Captain Sean P. Barbabella, also a member of the House of Representatives' Judicial Committee, stated that experts had “repeatedly warned” that Trump, 79, had been “showing signs compatible with dementia and c…
Congressman Jamie Raskin is calling for a comprehensive investigation into Donald Trump's mental health. In a letter to the White House physician, he refers to the president's recent wild outbursts. "His apparent deterioration has raised serious concerns... about the president's cognitive abilities."
Jamie Raskin detects signs compatible with dementia and cognitive impairment in Donald Trump, so he requests an immediate assessment of his health status
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