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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Welbert Bauyaban

How Healthy Is Donald Trump? White House Defends 79-Year-Old President Energy

A presidency under the microscope, where every blink is parsed as evidence. (Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons)

The public discourse surrounding Donald Trump's health has intensified following viral footage captured during a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on 27 May, with the clip spreading rapidly online and prompting questions about his energy levels and fitness for office.

The 79-year-old President was recorded with his eyes closed for a period that observers interpreted as him nodding off. While the White House has moved quickly to dismiss these concerns as partisan, the moment has reignited a wider debate about the US President's age and the demands of the world's most high-pressure office.

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