These days Donald Trump’s press pool is just the MAGA faithful outlets, who lob him safe and loaded questions so he can toss out today’s talking points, which all them have received earlier in the day. Today was no exception.
While yapping at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One for another day of lie-spreading, Trump was asked this nice loaded question about a medical professional who does not see patients but instead works on health policy for his state.
“Mr. President, what do you think of the fact that Abdul El-Sayed portrays himself as a medical doctor?”, asked the young man with reddish hair and the stylish tiny microphone bloggers and Instagrammers like to use (maybe Breitbart ‘reporter’ Nick Gilbertson). “He’s even appeared in a white coat, despite the fact that he never completed the qualifications after medical school to be a licensed doctor.”
OH MY GAWD! He’s appeared in a white coat, like lots of health professionals do!! Did anyone inform this young man that white coats are not awarded after doctors complete internships and residencies? Did anyone tell him that one can be a medical doctor and choose to be in the medical field in myriad ways and STILL WEAR A WHITE COAT? Apparently not.
And by the way, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed did earn his M.D. as an NIH-funded Medical Scientist Training Fellow and went on to Oxford to earn his D.Phil. Emphasis on the word “earn,” a word this young man and his subject are still struggling to define.
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