Norm Eisen, who knows Dr. Jackson, says he's "a good man" but "played with the stats"

[highplainsdem]

Eisen is commenting on a tweet from Maggie Haberman pointing out earlier physicals gave Trump's height as 6'2" and not 6'3" as claimed yesterday by Ronny Jackson.

Link to tweet

this was not a fully objective evaluation by the doc (who i know from my WH days & who is a good man). he played with the stats to avoid saying trump was obese, and MOCA cognitive eval was BS in this circumstance. All who touch trump--which Dr J literally has to do--get corrupted

[jrthin]

1. 45 is a virulent virus. nt

[onenote]

2. Trump's height could vary depending on whether his hair was pushed down or not

Seriously. If the measurement was done touching the top of his hair lightly, he's going to register as an inch taller than if his hair was pushed down during the measurement.

These measurements are not exact (i.e., someone listed as 6 feet tall might really be 5 11 and some fraction or 6 feet and some fraction, not 6 feet on the nose.)

Obama was listed as 6' 1" (or 73 inches) in most of his physicals. But he was listed as 73.5 in his last one? Did he grow a half inch? Probably not. These are "give or take" a bit measurements.

Plus, while in my experience, height and weight measurements are taken with shoes off, Obama's 2010 physical report indicates that his weight was measured "with shoes and workout attire".

[DetlefK]

6. Height changes with day-time. You are higher in the morning.

Over the course of the day, your body-weight compresses the buffers in your spine and you shrink. For an adult of 5-6 feet height, the effect is about 0.5-1 inch of shrinkage.

[GusBob]

3. A Christian lady lies for him every day, FOX news lies daily for him, in the past week alone,

2 Senators spouted lies, and the DHS lady lied yesterday,under oath.

This is not our America anymore

[Hugin]

4. All will be clear when Trump pops like a tick.

I understand and appreciate the doctor was bound (and reminded, I'm sure) by the precedent of patient/doctor confidentiality. Note: The Trumps have a long history of abusing such confidentiality statutes. Remember, Jr. tried to give the client/attorney privilege as his reason for not revealing what occurred on AF1... Because, there was an attorney present.)

This is on Trump and not the doctor. The doctor has been going by the ethics of his profession.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Yet another Trump Dignity Wraith. nt

[Major Nikon]

7. I absolutely believe Trump is 6'3"

Albeit with the benefit of a prosthetic.

[bdamomma]

8. I wish his head would just

fly off!!!! Jerk I hate the man.

[Major Nikon]

9. I don't believe he's a good man, and is certainly not a good doctor

Describing someone as having "excellent health" who is obviously morbidly obese and has heart disease isn't doing his patient or the public any service. Anyone in the medical field who is this dishonest isn't fit to clean bed pans.

[Skittles]

10. "played with the stats" he is a fucking liar / Trump whore