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US President Donald Trump
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US President Donald Trump has countered rumors that he suffered a series of "mini-strokes" in the past year.
Trump described the rumors on Twitter as "fake news" on Tuesday.
"It never stops. Now they're trying to say that your favorite president, me, went to Walter Reed Medical Center for a series of mini-strokes."
But that is wrong.
An unannounced investigation into Trump's Walter Reed military hospital made headlines last November.
The White House then rejected speculation about possible health problems for the president.
President Doctor Sean Conley described the hospital stay as "planned" and "routine".
Trump only did part of his annual health check-up.
Now the news channel CNN reported that a journalist for the "New York Times" was writing in a new book that Vice President Mike Pence had been alerted at the time.
He should be ready to temporarily take over the president's duties should Trump require an anesthetic during his hospital visit.
As a result, rumors about alleged mini-strokes grew on social networks on Tuesday.
Presidential doctor Conley also countered the rumors on Tuesday.
Trump has not suffered a stroke, a mini-stroke - in medical terminology, a transitory ischemic attack - or any other "acute cardiovascular emergency", he stressed.
The 74-year-old incumbent is in good health.
Trump used the rumors on Tuesday to attack his Democratic challenger in the November 3rd presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden.
"Maybe they are referring to another candidate from another party," wrote Trump on Twitter about the rumors.
The Republican tries again and again to cast doubt on the mental fitness of his three-year-old rival.
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