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.