MIKE PENCE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Trump on Tuesday denied that the reason for his visit to Walter Reed Medical Center last fall was ‘a series of mini-strokes…’
No media outlet has reported that Mr. Trump has suffered a stroke, mini-stroke or heart-related health incident.
The White House said that the president was referring to a tweet by former Clinton administration White House press secretary Joe Lockhart, who tweeted on Monday, ‘Did @realDonaldTrump have a stroke which he is hiding from the American public?’…
The president visited Walter Reed unexpectedly in November, a visit the White House has said was to get a head start on his annual physical.
In a new book, New York Times reporter Michael Schmidt reported that Vice President Pence was on standby to assume the role of the presidency if needed during the president’s visit to Walter Reed, though Schmidt said Tuesday he did not report anything about ‘mini-strokes’ in his book.”
-Kathryn Watson, “Trump and his physician deny he had ‘mini-strokes,'” cbsnews.com, Sep. 1, 2020