Having emphatically failed in its duty to cover the deteriorating health of Joe Biden during the end of his presidency, America’s media is now in a bind over reporting the ailments of Donald Trump.

Trump’s right fist, which he memorably held aloft in the “fight, fight, fight” pose, which signalled his vitality even in the face of attempted assassination last year, is today marked by unsightly and extensive bruising, a sign of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, which he attempts to hide from the cameras using concealer.

At campaign rallies, Trump loved to publicly mimic Biden’s stumbling gait to get laughs from his supporters. Now he suffers from severe swelling in his own lower legs, a condition called chronic veinous insufficiency. At 79, he is the oldest president to be inaugurated and when he briefly and unusually disappeared from public view over the recent Labour Day weekend, false rumours of his demise caught fire on social media, where #trumpdead became a trending topic.

Serious news outlets were not part of this frenzy of wishful thinking among Trump’s enemies. Yet when asked about the rumours, Trump........

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