A top aide to Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared a theory about what he thinks is causing President Donald Trump's alleged "dementia" and swollen cankles — and how his current medical treatment could be "likely shortening his lifespan."
Dr. Aseem Malhotra, an advisor for the Make America Healthy Again movement and now chief medical and scientific adviser for the Make Europe Healthy Again organization, apparently shared his concerns about Trump's health with the administration as he moved to his new role, The Daily Beast reported Tuesday.
Malhotra is expected to speak at the European Parliament on Wednesday and tell the group "that he believes Trump’s health issues stem from his use of cholesterol-lowering medication called statins, and aspirin," according to The Beast.
Malhotra has previously expressed his controversial anti-COVID-19 vaccine views, along with a long campaign against prescription statins and the dangers of their overuse. In 2022, he grabbed Kennedy's attention and the pair have reportedly become good friends.
Medical experts dispute Malhotra's claims and the British Heart Foundation have called his views "misleading and wrong.”
“In my view President Trump is a remarkable man, almost superhuman to do one of the hardest jobs in the world at his age, but if I was his personal physician I’d want to optimize him even further, and the first step would be to stop his aspirin and the cholesterol lowering medications he’s taking that are likely shortening his lifespan and giving him fatigue,” he will say Wednesday during a livestream, The Beast reports.
He reportedly argues that if Trump stops taking the statins, that his "brain fog" would go away in weeks. Malhotra is apparently so worried about the president's health that he has sent private messages to people in Trump's inner circle.