WASHINGTON – America’s conspiracy-theorist-in-chief Donald Trump is confronting some about his own health now, after a decade of claiming his political opponents were too mentally and physically ill to handle the presidency.
“Well, it’s fake news. You know, it’s just so ― it’s so fake, that’s why the media has so little credibility,” he said, oddly blaming news organizations for rumors of his impending demise that existed only on social media.
Trump, who spreads conspiracy theories on a near-daily basis and has eagerly spread unfounded rumors about opponents ranging from Ben Carson to Hillary Clinton to Joe Biden, appeared not to appreciate the irony.
“It’s the apotheosis of karma for the man who pretended Hillary was on death’s door,” said Rick Wilson, a veteran Republican political consultant in Florida who broke with his party after Trump seized control of it in 2016. “Mr. ‘Low Stamina’ is now the butt of his own joke.”
Trump’s White House did not respond to HuffPost queries on the matter.
