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  • 19 Feb 2023 13:13
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Former White House doctor Ronny Jackson says Americans can see that "Biden's mental health is in total decline."

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  • White House physician Ronny Jackson speaks at a press briefing at the White House on Jan. 16. (AFP)
    White House physician Ronny Jackson speaks at a press briefing at the White House on January 16, 2018. (AFP)

After a recent physical examination found President Joe Biden to be "fit for duty," US Congressman and former White House physician Ronny Jackson accused the US administration of hiding reports on the president's mental health.

As a "healthy, vigorous" 80-year-old man on Thursday, Biden was deemed fit to carry out the duties of his office by presidential physician Kevin O'Connor.
 
"The majority of Americans can see that Biden's mental health is in total decline, yet there is no transparency from the White House on what's going on, if anything, to address this issue and his inability to do his job," Jackson told Fox News Digital. 
 
Jackson argued that the Thursday physical exam report "further confirms that this administration is still adamant about concealing the truth."

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He also noted that Biden's "deteriorating mental health" was not mentioned in the document, nor was there any mention of him taking a cognitive test.
 
Last year in November, Biden turned 80. By taking the presidential oath at age 78, he became the office's oldest-ever occupant. He will turn 86 before finishing a second term in office if he runs for reelection in 2024 and wins.

The president previously stated that, if he had any health issues, he would be honest with the American people and let them know about them.

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A collection of Biden’s endless gaffe series:

On July 16 2022, the US President honored the "selfishness" of the US soldiers who fought corporate wars in the Middle East. Biden, who has been under large-scale scrutiny from his party for his unfitness for the presidency and senility, quickly corrected "selfishness" with "selflessness" in accordance with what was written on the paper he was reading from.

Many tongue-in-cheek, as well as disappointing instances have happened in recent memory.

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Biden, reading off a teleprompter read what he shouldn't have read: "end of quote," and "repeat the line" - and, he actually repeated the line.

 
 
 
 
 
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In late June 2022, a similar incident that instigated political embarrassment was at the NATO Summit, when he declared that "Ukrainians will not defeat Ukrainians!"

We will be with the #Ukrainians to make sure that the #Ukrainians will not defeat them. That is, that the #Russians will not win — Biden.#Sweden - #Switzerland, #Russians - #Ukrainians. What a difference!#Biden #NATO #NATOSummit #USA #US #UnitedStates #AMERICA pic.twitter.com/4vWzrCPzC7

— K Boz (@KBoz3) June 30, 2022

During the conference, Biden also replaced Sweden with Switzerland, as the leader said he welcomed Switzerland into NATO, before realizing he confused the two and corrected his mistake, saying NATO's expansion has gotten him anxious.

In July 2021, Biden forgot a congressman’s name in an address, and then got confused about whether a guest’s mother is attending the event and asked if she was in the crowd.

Joe Biden forgets a congressman’s name, then confuses whether a guest’s mother is attending the event.

“Where’s mom? Mom?” pic.twitter.com/YxOMsKprQr

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 26, 2021

At the time, the New York Times wrote a piece on how Biden's age, 79, with his deteriorating health conditions, are making him increasingly unfit for the presidency. 

Many Americans believe Biden is too old, as per the polls, and several Democratic strategists do not believe he should run for office again.

As a matter of fact, the White House has been forced to retract some of his impromptu remarks, such as when he threatened a military response if China attacked Taiwan or said that Russian President Vladimir Putin "cannot be in office".

Because the US President seems to not know how to act, his aides decided to hand him a cheat sheet! Mistakenly, the President held out the sheet prepared by his aides in one instance urging the prone-to-mistake leader of the free world to "take YOUR seat" and limit his remarks to "2 minutes".

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