‘The exercise stuff never took off as much as I wanted it to. But we were working on his diet. We were making the ice cream less accessible, [and] we were putting cauliflower into the mashed potatoes.’
That’s former White House physician Ronny Jackson, whose effusive briefing-room delivery of the results of President Donald Trump’s physical exam in early 2018 made him a Trump favorite (and nearly a cabinet member), summarizing his efforts to upgrade the presidential diet and exercise regimen, per a New York Times report.
Jackson, who served in his White House role under administrations of both parties, is currently on the Republican primary ballot for a congressional seat in his native Texas. The New York Times reports he was encouraged to run for office by President Trump and has drawn a supportive tweet from presidential son Eric Trump, even though neither has formally endorsed Jackson’s run.
Reuters Jackson’s examination notably included a test of Trump’s mental acuity — criticized at the time as more appropriate to gauge the capacities of a patient suspected of declining toward dementia than to burnish one’s credentials to serve as commander-in-chief of a global superpower — which also returned to the news on Tuesday as Jackson cast doubt on former Vice President Joe Biden’s cognitive state. “Scary!!” Jackson exclaimed in a tweet posted late Tuesday.
Jackson withdrew as a candidate to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs amid allegations of unprofessional conduct.
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