Donald Trump's health is under fresh scrutiny after a US physical therapist claimed the president appeared to suffer a 'stroke-like event' on camera during a White House briefing on 'clean coal' in Washington on Thursday, 4 June. The allegation was made publicly on 5 June by Adam James, a geriatric specialist who said Trump, now approaching 80, was showing signs consistent with both dementia and the after-effects of previous strokes.
This latest round of speculation about Trump came after he largely disappeared from public view for six days, from 27 May to 3 June, before re-emerging at the Oval Office event on deregulation and environmental policy. Trump has long faced rumours about his fitness for office, but there is still no official confirmation that he has ever suffered a stroke, mini-stroke or any other neurological episode, and his medical team has repeatedly dismissed such claims as unfounded.
