{"id":27480,"date":"2018-01-18T02:38:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T02:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27480"},"modified":"2018-01-18T02:40:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T02:40:14","slug":"trump-overweight-enough-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27480","title":{"rendered":"Trump is overweight … enough said"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am not going to get involved in a discussion about whether Donald John Trump is merely overweight, obese, or whether the doctor who examined him is telling us the whole truth about his patient’s medical condition.<\/p>\n

I make this declaration as someone who could stand lose a few pounds as well. So I won’t be overly judgmental, except to say that I do wonder if the president actually weighs a “mere” 239 pounds.<\/p>\n

Dr. Ronny Jackson, the rear admiral who examined Trump, said the president is in “excellent health.” He attributes “good genes” to a diagnosis offered on someone — the president — who eats fast food, guzzles Diet Cokes and gets no exercise.<\/p>\n

Fine, doc.<\/p>\n

I’ll just offer this long-distance observation.<\/p>\n

The president is overweight. He needs to lose a good bit of weight. I’ve seen the pictures of him in his golf attire. The man has a pot belly and an overly ample caboose.<\/p>\n

He’s not an Adonis … even though he might think of himself as one.<\/p>\n

I am in no position to determine whether he has heart disease, as CNN’s resident medical expert, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, has asserted. I’ll leave that analysis to the medical community. Nor will I determine whether he has lost his marbles. If Dr. Jackson says he retains his full mental acuity, I’ll accept that, too.<\/p>\n

However, there is zero doubt in my own mind that the president needs to take better care of himself.<\/p>\n

I say this as one of the president’s 300 million-plus employers. He works for us.<\/p>\n

Lose some weight, Mr. President. Do as you’re told.<\/p>\n\n

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