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Podcast: The Daily Beast Podcast
Episode: This Evidence Proves Trump Had a Stroke: Doctor
Description: Dr. Bruce Davidson joins Joanna Coles to explain why a single, easily overlooked detail — President Trump’s reported daily dose of 325 milligrams of aspirin — convinced him the president likely suffered a prior stroke. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, Davidson walks through why that dosage is prescribed, what it signals medically, and how it aligns with Trump’s public symptoms, from shuffling and garbled speech to sleep disruption, bruising, and what he describes as post-stroke “agitated depression.” As Coles presses on judgment, decision-making, and transparency, the conversation becomes a stark examination of presidential health, medical secrecy, and what it means for the coun...