On Monday, Dr. Marc Siegel claimed during a Fox Business interview that President Joe Biden’s verbal gaffes and angry outbursts are a sign of his deteriorating health and called on his doctors to be more transparent about the president’s condition.
In his recent report on the president’s handling of classified documents, Special counsel Robert Hur found that Biden presented himself as a “well-meaning elderly man with poor memory” during their interviews.
However, Siegel told host Stuart Varney that Biden is exhibiting several signs of cognitive decline and demanded “full disclosure” from the president’s doctors on “Varney & Co.”
“We’re not talking about somebody’s grandfather here, we’re talking about the president of the United States,” Siegel asserted. “And one moment of confusion could be all we need for disaster. But that aside, I’d like to see the cognitive assessment over time here, and I’d like to see the MRI … It’s time that we stop calling these gaffes. They’re not really gaffes … they’re mental lapses and they can be tied into a problem with judgment, and they seem to be.”
On Thursday, following the release of the report from Hur, Biden hosted a press conference in which he snapped at several reporters for simple questions relating to the report and his memory and confused the leaders of Egypt and Mexico.
“His defensiveness on the podium with that press conference, the anger he showed. That’s very typical for someone with cognitive problems. They’re the last to know,” Siegel said.
Siegel called on other doctors to reveal their findings on Biden’s cognitive abilities, saying it is time for Biden’s annual physical and that the appointment should include details on his brain.
Biden’s age is a point of concern for most Americans, as a recent survey from ABC News/Ipsos reveals that 86% of American adults believe that Biden is “too old” to run again in the 2024 election, compared to 62% who said the same about former President Donald Trump.
