TUESDAY: Whitehouse fed the Congressional Record!

TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2026

Journalists averted their gaze: We're sorry to be tedious, but a statement as rare as Dr. Gartner's ought to be recorded. 

The same is true of the statement made by roughly three dozen medical specialists—a statement recently inserted in the Congressional Record by Senator Whitehouse (D-RI).   

We refer to statements which have been cited and reported by Farrah Tomazin of the Daily Beast. In the bulk of this recent report, Tomazin was describing the president's most recent recitation about the three cognitive tests he keeps insisting he "aced." 

The absurdity of the president's claim has long been apparent, but he ran through the whole thing again last Friday, delivering a five-minute monologue on the subject during a rally on Long Island.

We'll offer a thought about that below. For now, here is Tomazin's report on the medical statements in question: 

Trump Reveals the One Insult He Hates Most  

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The president’s latest comments [about acing the cognitive tests] come days before he is likely to take yet another cognitive test when he visits Walter Reed Hospital on Monday for his latest medical and dental checkup—his fourth publicized examination since returning to office.  But while Trump was jovial during his speech, serious concerns about his mental fitness have nonetheless emerged, thanks in part to his erratic behavior and extreme comments.

A group of about three dozen medical experts sounded the alarm earlier this month, warning that the president was “mentally unfit” and must be removed from office “with the greatest urgency” amid escalating global tensions.

The group had not examined the president face-to-face, but it included neurologists, psychiatrists, and other physicians with extensive experience diagnosing cognitive disorders and evaluating patients.

Dr. John Gartner, a former Johns Hopkins University professor, also told The Daily Beast Podcast that as the president approaches 80, the signs that he has lost a step have become clearer.

“Anybody who has eyes, ears, and a brain… and hasn’t drunk the Kool-Aid or been bitten by a MAGA zombie, can see for themselves that this person is transparently mentally ill and cognitively deteriorating,” Gartner said.  

We've mentioned Dr. Gartner before. He's the rare medical specialist who's still willing to use the (tragic) term "mental illness" when discussing President Trump. 

In this instance, he told the Daily Beast that the president is "transparently mentally ill," with additional "cognitive deterioration" layered on top of that. He says that anyone who isn't drunk or blind would be able to discern such facts. (He may mean that any functioning medical specialist would inevitably form that assessment.)   

As always, the fact that Dr. Gartner said it doesn't mean that it's true. That said, the sheer absurdity of the president's latest rambling account of those alleged cognitive tests—tests Obama could never have handled!—can surely speak for itself at this extremely late date.  

We'll post a transcript at some point. Attention must (but won't) be paid.

Also this:  

Tomazin also refers to the medical statement memorialized by Senator Whitehouse. Headline included, that lengthy statement starts like this:   

Medical Concerns About President Donald J. Trump and His Fitness for Office  

The following is not a political statement. It is a medical one, made by individuals holding both conservative and liberal ideologies, identifying as both Republicans and Democrats, from different backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and religions.

We are a group of neurologists, forensic psychiatrists, general psychiatrists, and other physicians, along with other mental health professionals, experienced in the diagnosis of cognitive disorders and in evaluating dangerousness to self and others. Among us are professionals whom the courts and criminal justice system regularly turn to for our expert opinion on these matters. We are also consulted by governments in matters related to national security and the psychological profiles of world leaders.

 Prior to the presidential election in the Fall of 2024, a statement assessing Donald J. Trump's mental fitness for the presidency was issued. At that time, serious signs of cognitive decline were identified, and in our expert opinion, these signs warranted disqualification from office.  

It is our professional opinion, based on previous and ongoing assessments, that Donald Trump's mental state since our 2024 statement has deteriorated even further...  

The statement continues from there. The statement does not specifically refer to issues of "mental illness." It specifically refers to "mental fitness" and to "serious signs of cognitive decline."   

That said, it does refer to various behaviors which may play a role in diagnosis of serious "personality disorders"—for example, this:  

Grandiose and delusional beliefs, including assertions of infallibility, imagery of himself as Pope suggestive of a divine mission, being a mythical warrior hero, depicting himself as combat pilot—dropping feces on civilians, and claims that his decision-making authority is unlimited...   

We've linked you to overviews concerning (diagnosable) grandiosity and delusional belief on various occasions. As we've noted, you have to hear about such matters from us because our professional journalists have agreed that they will never interview the medical specialists who could offer professional expertise with respect to such manifestations.   

The Daily Beast is the rare site which is willing to mention such matters as these. This madness goes on and on and on—and we're referring here to the colloquial madness of our Blue American news orgs, not to any medical conditions with which the sitting president may be afflicted.   

Senator Whitehouse inserted that lengthy statement in the Congressional Record. When he did, you know what happened next:

Nothing to look at! Move right along, Blue America'a journalists said.   

As for the president's account of the way he allegedly aced those extremely difficult cognitive tests, his recitations become more pathetic, even more pitiable, as time slowly crawls along. To watch his ludicrous, five-minute ramble on that topic last Friday, just click here, then move ahead to minute 42. 

("I'm the smartest guy you're ever gonna meet." That's the way the gentleman starts.)

That person is badly in need of help. So are the cowardly stars of our Blue American press corps.