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  • 5/20/2025
Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, President Trump cast doubt about former President Biden's doctor after the former President was diagnosed with cancer.
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00:00I don't want to say what that line is because I think it makes the negotiation even more
00:04difficult than it is. Yes, please. Mr. President, thank you all for your sacrifice. I'm so sorry
00:09for your loss. You mentioned the bloodbath you want to see end in Ukraine. You mentioned that
00:16you believe Putin wants peace, but he just attacked Ukraine yesterday. So what makes
00:21you think that he wants peace? Well, he's in a war. Nobody said don't. They're fighting,
00:27they're attacking, they're attacking each other, and people are dying all the time. He's in a war.
00:32He's fighting a war. Nobody said he was going to stop. I think, is it terrible? Yeah, it's terrible. I do.
00:38I think it's terrible. Can you wait on President Biden's, President Biden's diagnosed with cancer
00:42before, and then I'm asking about reconciliation. Why haven't you increased the sanctions on Russia
00:48yet? Well, because I think there's a chance of getting something done, and if you do that,
00:53you can also make it much worse. But there could be a time when that's going to happen. Yep.
00:59Mr. President, with the ratings down, do you want to respond to President Biden being diagnosed
01:05with cancer? Are you going to call your predecessor? I think it's very sad, actually. I'm surprised that
01:13it wasn't, you know, the public wasn't notified a long time ago, because to get to stage nine,
01:19that's a long time. I just had my physical. You saw that. You saw the results of that particular
01:24test. I think that test is standard to pretty much anybody getting a physical, good physical.
01:31We had the doctors at the White House and over at Walter Reed, which is a fantastic hospital.
01:37I do it. I did a very complete physical, including cognitive tests. I'm proud to announce. I aced it.
01:43Got them all. I got them all right. You're proud of me? Yes. Your husband would be proud of me
01:47for getting them all right. It's a little risk. If I didn't get them all right, these people would
01:50be after me. It would be not a good situation. But I think, I think, frankly, anybody running
01:55for president should act, you know, take a cognitive test. They say it's unconstitutional. But
02:00I would say in that particular case, having a cognitive test wouldn't be so bad. But
02:05when you take tests, medical, as a male, that test is very standard. I don't know if it's given to
02:15everybody, but it's given just about. And it takes a long time to get to that situation. Now, I think,
02:22you know, to get to a stage nine, I think that if you take a look, it's the same doctor that said that
02:28Joe was cognitively fine. There was nothing wrong with him. Well, he said, if it's the same doctor, he
02:35said there was nothing wrong there. And that's being proven to be a sad situation. And the auto pen is
02:41becoming a very big deal. You know, the auto pen is becoming a big deal because it seems like that
02:45maybe was the president who ever operated the auto pen. But when they say that that was not good,
02:51they also, you know, you have to look and you have to say that the test was not so good either.
02:56In other words, there are things going on that the public wasn't informed. And I think somebody's
03:01going to have to speak to his doctor if it's the same or even if it's two separate doctors.
03:06Why wasn't the cognitive ability? Why wasn't that discussed? And I think the doctor said he's just
03:13fine. And it's turned out that's not so it's very dangerous. Look, this is no longer politically
03:19correct. This is dangerous for our country. Look at the mess when you're talking about all these
03:23questions on Ukraine and Russia that would have never happened. As an example, if I were president,
03:28it would have never happened. The other thing is you have to say, why did it take so long? I mean,
03:33when you this, this takes a long time, could take years to get to this level of danger. So it's a,
03:39it's a look, it's a very, very sad situation. And I feel very badly about it. And I think people
03:47should try and find out what happened because I'll tell you the world. I don't know if it had
03:50anything to do with the hospital. Walter Reed is really good. There's some of the best doctors I've
03:55ever seen. I don't even know if they were involved. But a doctor was involved in each case. Maybe it
04:01was the same doctor. And somebody is not telling the facts. That's a big, that's a big problem.

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