A President Who Fails at Questions

Donald Trump stood in the corridor of Air Force One, on the return flight from Florida, when reporters again asked him about the MRI from October. He immediately announced that everything could be released, the result had been “perfect, just like my phone call for which I was impeached.” But when it came to what was actually examined during this MRI, his confidence collapsed. The White House has not provided a clear justification for the test for weeks. Karoline Leavitt said only that the president had received an “additional scan” during his appointment at Walter Reed Medical Center, part of a routine check, and that the result confirmed that Trump was “in very good physical condition.” No indication of symptoms, no affected area, no medical necessity - nothing.

On the plane, a reporter asked: What exactly was examined? Trump dodged. The reporter asked again. Trump finally replied: “I have no idea.” He said it had been “just an MRI.” The only thing certain was that it “was not the brain” because he had passed a cognitive test. This created an image that was difficult to overlook: A president calls a result “perfect” without knowing what it refers to. His press secretary praises his condition but provides no facts. And a medical test that was supposedly part of a harmless check-up remains unexplained.

The brief exchange showed how thin the available information is within the president’s own circle. No clear reason for the MRI, no coherent communication - and a president who stumbles over a simple follow-up question. Nothing was learned about his health. But much was revealed about how small the distance between confidence and complete uncertainty in this White House has become.

And here too, the answer to a question shows what a coward Trump really is

On the next question, whether a second strike against people who were already severely injured and drifting in the water would be legal at all, Trump became even more nervous. He dodged, said he did not know whether something like that had even happened, and referred to Pete Hegseth, war minister and former FOX host, who “did not even know what people were talking about.” As experience shows, it is always better to ask Hegseth in the morning. The question referred directly to the attack in early September off the Venezuelan coast - that operation in which, after the first hit, survivors were in the sea and, according to several military sources and the analysis of images, a second strike was carried out to kill them.

Trump then claimed he would not have “wanted” a second strike. The first had been “very lethal,” “that was fine.” It sounded as if he wanted to praise toughness while pretending everything had somehow happened outside his responsibility. This pattern now runs through his entire Venezuela operation: a president who orders the mission, celebrates it as a success, and then acts as if he knew nothing about the decisive details. A commander in chief who projects strength but raises his hands at the first legal question and claims he stands completely outside of it, and who dodges a simple question about his MRI by saying: “I have no idea. The only certain thing was that it ‘was not the brain.’”

To be continued .....