Taking cues from the media, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Friday called for an investigation into President Donald Trump’s health.
Speaking with journalist Aaron Parnas, he stunningly insisted that current House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer, a Republican, should launch an investigation into Trump’s health.
“I don’t believe that this is something that should wait until the American people give Democrats the majority in the aftermath of the November election later on this year,” he explained. “I think it’s something that James Comer [should do], if he’s actually being honest about Congress being a separate and coequal branch of government.”
“We don’t work for Donald Trump. We don’t work for JD Vance. We don’t work for their billionaire donors. We work for the American people, and Congress, in its role as a separate and co-equal branch of government, should make sure that the administration comes clean as it relates to the president’s ability to do his job at the level that the American people deserve,” Jeffries added.
🚨 Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls for Congress to investigate Donald Trump’s health concerns:
“Congress . . . should make sure the Administration comes clean as it relates to the President’s ability to continue to do the job at the level the American people deserve.” pic.twitter.com/9JO5f1y3B6
— Aaron Parnas (@AaronParnas) January 2, 2026
Jeffries’ demand coincided with media uproar over the president’s otherwise clearly just-fine health.
After Trump recently sat with The Wall Street Journal for an extensive interview on his health, multiple media outlets rushed to complain about this, that, or the other.
For instance, CNN complained that Trump had admitted to taking “a higher daily dose of aspirin than his doctors advise.”
“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” the president told the Journal. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?”
“They’d rather have me take the smaller one. I take the larger one, but I’ve done it for years, and what it does do is it causes bruising,” he added.
CNN responded by finding a doctor, Jonathan Reiner of George Washington University’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences, to raise concerns about his aspirin use and bruising.
President Trump tells the WSJ that he’s taking more aspirin than doctors recommend. Is that a good idea? Dr. Jonathan Reiner weighs in. pic.twitter.com/tpzqipXMBE
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) January 2, 2026
“It’s uncommon to see that kind of bruising with one aspirin a day,” Reiner said, pointing to commonly seen bruising on the president’s right hand. “My question is, ‘Does the president take any medications that have not been disclosed by the White House?”
Reiner also complained about the exact 325 mg dose of aspirin that Trump said he takes daily, arguing that a much better dose would be 81 mg per day.
“Aspirin has been studied in varied doses, and the reason why 81 milligrams is given to people is that’s the dose which appears to have the best combination of protection from clotting events and bleeding caused by the drug,” the doctor explained.
“In other words, 325 milligrams increases the bleeding risk but doesn’t increase the efficacy. So we never use that. The big issue here is transparency. All of these issues just highlight how opaque The White House has been about the president’s health,” he added.
Trump, for his par,t has already dismissed all the concerns about his health as another media-concocted nothingburger.
“The White House Doctors have just reported that I am in ‘PERFECT HEALTH,’ and that I ‘ACED’ (Meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my Cognitive Examination, something which no other President, or previous Vice President, was willing to take,” he wrote on Truth Social early Friday morning.
All this hubbub comes just a few short months after Trump underwent a cardiovascular and abdominal scan in October by Navy Capt. Sean P. Barbabella, the physician to the president.
“President Donald J. Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health.”
– Captain Sean P. Barbabella, D.O.
Physician to the President pic.twitter.com/BfBsJTUOGh— The White House (@WhiteHouse) October 11, 2025
In a subsequent report, Barbabella asserted that “Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health” and “continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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