Overview
- Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a CNN medical analyst and former cardiologist to Vice President Dick Cheney, urged lawmakers on X to open a bipartisan review of presidential fitness.
- He pointed to Trump's letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, reportedly circulated to other European governments, which tied Greenland rhetoric to not winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
- Reiner also called for additional medical testing, citing observations of excessive daytime somnolence and reports of the president appearing to nod off during events.
- Several Democrats, including Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Eric Swalwell and Yassamin Ansari, publicly called to invoke the 25th Amendment after the letter.
- The White House said the president has nothing to hide regarding his health, and there was no immediate sign of formal congressional action.