Although President Donald Trump has been widely criticized for his inadequate response to the coronavirus crisis, he has a reputation for being a major germaphobe and obsessing over his health. Trump, now 73, has often boasted about how fit and healthy he believes he is. And journalists Ashley Parker and Josh Dawsey, in the Washington Post, report that recently, Trump has become even more obsessed with his physical and mental health.
Trump, according to the Post reporters, has shown a “growing preoccupation in recent weeks over perceptions of his mental and physical health at a time when critics have mocked him for episodes in which they say he has appeared frail or confused.”
Trump has repeatedly described former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, as “Sleepy Joe” — which is Trump’s way of saying that Biden is over the hill and doesn’t have what it takes to run the United States. But the “Sleepy Joe” insults, according to Parker and Dawsey, “have boomeranged back on him, as opponents have seized on Trump’s own missteps to raise concerns.” Continue reading.