CNBC correspondent muses on Trump's mental health: 'He did not look well to me'

[signalmankenneth]

A CNBC journalist on Saturday responded to President Trump’s lengthy press conference in Canada by saying he was concerned about the president’s mental health -- the latest Trump-related health concern raised by media outlets.

CNBC correspondent John Harwood made the remarks on MSNBC’s “AM Joy.” Mediaite first reported on Harwood’s comments.

Trump used the press conference to take a hard stance on tariffs, warning allies not to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on aluminum and steel. He also criticized past U.S. leaders for their handling of the crisis on the Korean Peninsula and trade -- something he has done multiple times before.

But Harwood was concerned.

“I'll be honest as a citizen: I'm concerned about the president's state of mind. He did not look well to me in that press conference,” he said. “He was not speaking logically or rationally. It sounded as if he was making stuff up, saying China told me nobody's ever talked to us, saying, 'Oh, I talked to Justin Trudeau and can't believe he was getting away with so much trade stuff.'”

Harwood said that that there was “something about his affect” that troubled the veteran journalist.

"I don't think those things are true. And he, there was something about his affect which was oddly kind of languid for him," he said. "I don't know what it means but he did not look well to me.”

The radical assessment was given support by Mother Jones DC bureau chief David Corn, who said: “If you were talking to me this morning the way we just heard Donald Trump talk, I would ask you if you’d taken any medication, advise you not to operate any heavy machinery.”

It isn’t the first time, that members of so-called mainstream media outlets have encouraged speculation about the health of members of the first family.

In January, then-White House physician Ronny Jackson was slammed with an onslaught of questions on Trump’s health in a bizarre press conference as White House correspondents asked about everything from whether he wears dentures to how to guage his mental health.

Recently, members of the media wrote pieces and sent out tweets musing about first lady Melania Trump’s health and whereabouts, despite the obvious explanation that she was recovering from a kidney procedure.

CNN even aired a graphic of a calendar, placing question marks on each date since the first lady was “last seen.”

President Trump responded to the speculation by blasting the “vicious” media and accused them of pushing a “sick narrative that she was living in a different part of the world, was really ill, or whatever.”

“Fake News is really bad!” he added.

By Adam Shaw

[Nordberg]

Trump, i am putting tariffs on your steel and aluminum, and don't you dare retaliate. That would be bad. My tariffs, good.

[Jack]

Personally, I hope everyone lightens up on Trump and he can get something accomplished in Singapore.
Maybe a Peace Treaty with NK?
(and 'No', I don't think Kim will be 'de-nuking' anytime too soon)

[Legion]

Hilarious. Cong-lover Ken thinks Trump-hating reporters can diagnose mental illnesses?

[Nordberg]

Personally, I hope everyone lightens up on Trump and he can get something accomplished in Singapore.
Maybe a Peace Treaty with NK?
(and 'No', I don't think Kim will be 'de-nuking' anytime too soon)

Nothing will come of it. They will kiss up and then leave with the only thing being a meeting. That is a huge win for Kim. The NK leaders have been begging to get on the world stage. trump is handing it to them for free. He makes the best deals. Kim can go home and tell his people whatever he wants. But he is now an international status power. This proves how important his nuke program is. Kim will tell all his people the nuke program made us a world power. but now I will get rid of it. All that work. All that money. All that starvation. I don't think so.

[Jack]

Nothing will come of it. They will kiss up and then leave with the only thing being a meeting. That is a huge win for Kim. The NK leaders have been begging to get on the world stage. trump is handing it to them for free. He makes the best deals. Kim can go home and tell his people whatever he wants. But he is now an international status power. This proves how important his nuke program is. Kim will tell all his people the nuke program made us a world power. but now I will get rid of it. All that work. All that money. All that starvation. I don't think so.

NK goal was to become a Nuclear Power. Now, we have granted him that status. The US now meets with Kim right up there with China, Russia, and the Europeans.
Something HAS to come of it, ... or WHY meet? I'm guessing a Peace Treaty with US, NK, SK. Everybody is a 'winner'.
'De-nuclearization' will come hand in hand with US Troops leaving the Korean Peninsula. Which might not be a bad idea.

I'm pretty sure the Right will hail this as a Mighty Victory ... all the way up to the midterms.

[Nordberg]

NK goal was to become a Nuclear Power. Now, we have granted him that status. The US now meets with Kim right up there with China, Russia, and the Europeans.
Something HAS to come of it, ... or WHY meet? I'm guessing a Peace Treaty with US, NK, SK. Everybody is a 'winner'.
'De-nuclearization' will come hand in hand with US Troops leaving the Korean Peninsula. Which might not be a bad idea.

I'm pretty sure the Right will hail this as a Mighty Victory ... all the way up to the midterms.

Kim wanted nukes so NK would not get attacked by US. First, Kim wants to stay alive and have NK stay as it is, with him in power. Now Trump is giving them everything they need. All Trump wants from this meeting is appearances. Trump will get his TV time. Trump is a showman and a conman. he wants it to look like he has a victory, no matter how small. This is what the meeting is about. What can Kim give up to make Trump look good? Trump will give away lots to achieve that.

[rjhenn]

Hilarious. Cong-lover Ken thinks Trump-hating reporters can diagnose mental illnesses?

There have been plenty of mental health professionals who have expressed concerns about Trump's mental health.

[kudzu]

NK goal was to become a Nuclear Power. Now, we have granted him that status. The US now meets with Kim right up there with China, Russia, and the Europeans.
Something HAS to come of it, ... or WHY meet? I'm guessing a Peace Treaty with US, NK, SK. Everybody is a 'winner'.
'De-nuclearization' will come hand in hand with US Troops leaving the Korean Peninsula. Which might not be a bad idea.

I'm pretty sure the Right will hail this as a Mighty Victory ... all the way up to the midterms.

I read an interesting piece by a man who had escaped NK.. He said the people know the government lies to them and that they are impoverished, but they have absolutely no idea just how impoverished they are because they are completely cut off from the rest of the world.

I thought about that when Trump was droning on about "great, wonderful North Korean people".

[kudzu]

There have been plenty of mental health professionals who have expressed concerns about Trump's mental health.

No kidding.. Ever heard the old quip.. "If ten people tell you that you're drunk, go lie down".

[PostmodernProphet]

desperate lib'ruls are so sad.......

[ThatOwlWoman]

No kidding.. Ever heard the old quip.. "If ten people tell you that you're drunk, go lie down".

If Trump truly does have something mental going on, like Alzheimers, who are these ppl who are propping him up and keeping silent?

[Micawber]

Eureka Trumpo is nuts. Who'd have thunk that!

[Leonthecat]

He has never been well or mentally stable.
The delusional clown is facing reality and his hostility towards that reality has him coming unglued.
When Trump says,"we will see what happens" that is his way of admitting that he has no clue what he is doing and no plan whatsoever.
He will do what he has done all his life. He will fuck up and spin it later to deny that it was his fault.
We are all in a lot of trouble.

[Life is Golden]

Hilarious. Cong-lover Ken thinks Trump-hating reporters can diagnose mental illnesses?

This