Donald Trump ‘Gasping for Air’ Video Raises Questions About President’s Health
After President Donald Trump returned to the White House following his stay in the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, many social media users commented that he appeared to be struggling to breathe in footage of him standing on the Truman Balcony of the White House just after his arrival.
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President Donald Trump stands on the Truman Balcony after returning to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5.
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Though Trump “may not entirely be out of the woods yet,” the president was discharged from the hospital as he “met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria,” Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician, said at a press briefing Monday joined by the medical team treating the president.
Responding to the footage of Trump on the balcony, Congressman Ted Lieu, representative for California’s 33rd congressional district, tweeted: “If a picture is worth