Trump didn’t just boast. He weaponized his medical chart. At a tense White House Hanukkah reception, the 79-year-old president told donors that ex-White House physician Ronny Jackson had declared him “by far the healthiest” compared with Obama and Biden. It was part joke, part threat — Trump even quipped he’d cut Jackson off if he hadn’t said it. But behind the applause, questions exploded about Jackson’s scandals, Trump’s age, and how much of this “healthiest president ever” narrative the public can really tru… Continues…

The moment captured everything combustible about Trump-era politics: showmanship, grievance and a willingness to turn even personal health into a loyalty test. In front of a solemn crowd gathered after a mass shooting, Trump pivoted quickly from tragedy to a familiar comfort zone — boasting, branding and ranking himself above Obama and Biden with a doctor’s praise as proof.

Ronny Jackson, now a MAGA-aligned congressman, has his own complicated trail of demotion, reinstatement and partisan declarations that Trump is the “healthiest president” in U.S. history. Meanwhile, Trump’s official MRIs and diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency paint a more ordinary picture of aging. The clash between medical nuance and political theatre leaves voters staring at a deeper question: in a country led by its oldest presidents ever, whose health narrative can they trust — and who’s writing it?