Jamie Raskin Demands Trump Undergo ‘Comprehensive Cognitive Assessment’ | EUROtoday

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) thinks President Donald Trump must see his physician.

Citing a few of Trump’s profane and threatening public statements over the previous week, Raskin requested White House doctor Sean Barbabella to conduct a “comprehensive cognitive assessment” of the president and supply a briefing to Congress.

“At a time when our country is at war ― especially when the war was initiated by the President without congressional declaration or consent ― the American people must be able to trust that the Commander-in-Chief has the mental capacity to discharge the essential duties of his office,” Raskin wrote in a letter to Barbabella.

White House spokesperson Davis Ingle referred to as Raskin a “a stupid person’s idea of a smart person” in response to his letter.

“President Trump’s sharpness, unmatched energy, and historic accessibility stand in stark contrast to what we saw during the past four years when Democrats like Raskin intentionally covered up Joe Biden’s serious mental and physical decline from the American people,” Ingle advised HuffPost.

The questions on Biden had been all of the extra purpose for the White House to take inventory of Trump’s health, Raskin mentioned in his letter. He famous former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) had mentioned that “the president has gone insane” after his Easter Sunday publish on Truth Social demanding Iran open the Strait of Hormuz.

“The post combined vulgarity and profanity, unprecedented threats of mass civilian destruction, and a sarcastic invocation of Islam on Easter morning ― a bizarre display that shocked tens of millions of Americans and astonished observers across the political spectrum,” Raskin wrote.

Trump has ceaselessly bragged about his psychological acuity and insulted his critics as having low IQs. He’s additionally boasted of getting “aced” cognitive assessments with out offering particulars.

An April 2025 memo about Trump’s well being by Barbabella mentioned a “comprehensive neurological examination revealed no abnormalities in his mental status, cranial nerves, motor and sensory function, reflexes, gait, and balance.” The letter mentioned Trump fared properly on a number of cognitive assessments.

While admitting he’s not a physician, Raskin claimed Trump’s current commentary exhibits decline.

“When the President of the United States threatens to extinguish a civilization on social media, rants about combat missions with children at the Easter Egg Roll, and drops profane tirades on Easter morning, we have indisputably entered the realm of profound medical difficulty and concern,” Raskin wrote.