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The general surgeon of Trump administration has been mocked for suggesting Donald Trump is healthier than he is. Point to be noted that the president is nearly 30 years elder than his senior. Jerome Adams appeared on CNN and said about the government’s advice to Americans as the coronavirus outbreak continues. He said, “The three people who might be president in January 2021, President Trump, Senator Sanders, and former Vice President Biden, all of them are in their seventies, they have had various health questions. Should those three-stop traveling? Should they stop holding rallies”? Adams reassured viewers of Trump’s health and said, “I was with the president on Friday and I said ‘sir, when was the last time you washed your hands?’ and he said, ‘I just washed my hands a few minutes ago. The president sleeps less than I do and he’s healthier than what I am”.

The response from many quarters was incredulous and asked Matthew Yglesias, “Is not sleeping a sign of good health”? The Daily Beast’s Matt Willstein wrote, “First, do no harm (to the president’s massive ego”. Others pointed out that if Adams is in worse health than Trump, he must be in poor health indeed. Responding to the fallout on Twitter, Adams said that he should not have made this comparison and that he takes five times as many meds as the president reportedly does. Trump has long been suspected to be vulnerable to various health problems, in particular given his weight and famously vegetable-free diet.

His campaign built up a head of steam in 2015, as Trump’s doctor released a euphoric report on his health in which he called Trump’s physical strength and stamina extraordinary and described his test results astonishingly excellent. The letter said, “If elected, Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”. Moreover, the doctor behind the letter announced that Trump had in fact dictated it in 2018. He described it as a piece of black humor. It is noteworthy that Adams served as Indiana’s state health commissioner under then-governor Mike Pence, who as vice president has now been tapped by Trump to oversee the government’s response to the coronavirus epidemic despite his lack of public health expertise.