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Trump should come clean about his all-too-obvious decline | Margaret Sullivan
The public is concerned. Fewer than half of US adults believe that Trump now possesses the mental acuity or physical health to be an effective president
American presidents don’t have a stellar record of transparency about their health problems.
After a polio diagnosis that caused paralysis of his lower body, Franklin Delano Roosevelt used a wheelchair to get around, but went to great lengths to conceal it from the public. John F Kennedy suffered debilitating back pain, but most Americans never had a clue, seeing only a vigorous and youthful politician.
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Margaret Sullivan · Fri, May 29, 2026, 4:00 AM
US news | The Guardian
The public is concerned. Fewer than half of US adults believe that Trump now possesses the mental acuity or physical health to be an effective president
American presidents don’t have a stellar record of transparency about their health problems.
After a polio diagnosis that caused paralysis of his lower body, Franklin Delano Roosevelt used a wheelchair to get around, but went to great lengths to conceal it from the public. John F Kennedy suffered debilitating back pain, but most Americans never had a clue, seeing only a vigorous and youthful politician.
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