CNN’s Jake Tapper and Dr. Jonathan Reiner discussed President Donald Trump’s health and concerns they have with Trump’s recent behavior:

JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: Anytime anyone, even his supporters, questions any of this aberrant behavior, they’re accused of having Trump derangement syndrome. So just ask yourself, being offended by the most powerful man in the world mocking the victim of a gruesome murder is the being offended part, is that what’s deranged? Dr. Jonathan Reiner, who served as the late vice president, Dick Cheney’s cardiologist for years, was among the many observers alarmed by what he saw from President Trump last night, his behavior. He posted on X quote, “I’m seriously concerned about the health of the president and adding no one should be happy to see the president like this. He looks unwell.” Dr. Reiner joins us now. He’s a professor of medicine and surgery, George Washington University and a CNN medical analyst. Dr. Reiner, what specifically was it about President Trump that you found so concerning watching him last night, especially in the context of, you know, he gives outrageous speeches and has been for years? DR. JONATHAN REINER, CNN MEDICAL ANALYST: Well, it wasn’t the content. I think I thought the content was just standard, standard fare that we’ve become accustomed to. But it was the way it was delivered. It was delivered in with a manic cadence, almost a frantic cadence. It was as if you felt like you were listening to a podcast on on two X and that kind of manic delivery was was very, very disturbing, very pressure, very pressurized speech. And as the address went on, his his cadence of his remarks became quicker. And we’ve never seen the president like that. He seemed almost frantic and it was it was disturbing to watch. It was disturbing because he’s the commander in chief. He’s not just the head of the government. He’s the commander in chief of the greatest armed forces this world has ever seen. And it’s it was disturbing to see him with in such a almost uncontrolled cadence. TAPPER: So you call his cadence manic and uncontrolled. And then earlier today. And this is not the first time this has happened. And the president appeared to be struggling to keep his eyes open during a public White House event in the Oval Office earlier today. We’re showing the video right now. I don’t know if that worries you. What’s your take on that? What is that? REINER: So he’s he’s done this several times now in the last few weeks. He’s fallen asleep in a crowded Oval Office and he’s also fallen asleep at cabinet meetings with people talking directly to him. And that’s what’s called increased daytime somnolence. And there are a lot of things that there are a lot of things that that can do that. Sometimes people with sleep apnea, people who wake up many times during the night and don’t get restorative sleep, have that. That’s treated typically with CPAP, with CPAP masks. We’ve never been told the president has has sleep apnea. So but it’s jarring to see the president go from basically asleep in the Oval Office to, you know, really this rapid fire pace, you know, during basically a 30 minute speech that he gave in 18 minutes. It was. And again, what I said last night is no one should be happy to see that. Certainly his supporters shouldn’t have been happy to see him so so sort of loud and and almost out of control. And his detractors should not be happy to see him. You know, the president of the United States should be well, but there have been a lot of health issues. You know, he has the he has the chronic he has the chronic bruise. He had swollen ankles. He’s had these mysterious scans. We mentioned the daytime somnolence and then last night’s speech. So I think all of this raises consider, you know, realistic concerns about the health of the president. And it would be great if the White House was a little bit more forthcoming about about that. I can’t be the only person who had concerns after watching.

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