<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Courtesy of the <i>New Yorker</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://tinyurl.com/White-House-Doctor-Writes-Note" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">https://tinyurl.com/White-House-Doctor-Writes-Note</a><br><div><br></div><div>———————————————</div><div><span style="font-family: "Irvin Heading", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 44px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">White House Doctor Writes Note Saying Trump Too Sick to Talk to Mueller</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">WASHINGTON (</span><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report" class="ArticleBody__link___1FS03" data-reactid="167" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: geometricPrecision; text-decoration: none; margin-left: 1px; text-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 1px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 1px 2px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) -1px 0px 0px, rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px -3px 0px; background-image: linear-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(255, 255, 255)), linear-gradient(rgb(255, 255, 255), rgb(255, 255, 255)), linear-gradient(rgb(0, 0, 0), rgb(0, 0, 0)); background-size: 0.05em 1px, 0.05em 1px, 1px 1px; position: relative; z-index: 0; background-position: 0px 87%, 100% 87%, 0px 92%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat, no-repeat no-repeat, repeat no-repeat;">The Borowitz Report</a><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">)—Amid reports that Donald Trump might soon be summoned to appear before Robert Mueller, the White House doctor wrote a note on Wednesday indicating that Trump was too sick to talk to the special counsel.</span></div><div><p data-reactid="170" style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: geometricPrecision;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Donald Trump is not well,” Dr. Ronny Jackson wrote.</span></p><p data-reactid="172" style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: geometricPrecision;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The doctor’s note offered a laundry list of ailments afflicting Trump, including flu-like symptoms, upset stomach, headaches, dizziness, confusion, and what Jackson called a “wartime foot injury that appears to be acting up.”</span></p><p data-reactid="174" style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: geometricPrecision;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jackson acknowledged in the note that his current assessment of Trump’s health was at odds with the robust picture he painted last week, but added, “Every patient is entitled to a second opinion, and this is mine.”</span></p><p data-reactid="176" style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: geometricPrecision;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Minutes after the White House doctor issued his note, the special counsel responded by indicating that if Trump is too ill to come to Mueller’s office, then Mueller would be “more than happy” to interrogate Trump at his sickbed.</span></p><p data-reactid="178" style="box-sizing: inherit; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: geometricPrecision;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The White House doctor, however, quickly rebuffed this offer. “The strain of being under oath and giving truthful answers could kill him,” the doctor said.</span></p></div><div>———————————————<br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>