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americans were not allowed to know that until after he left office. sure. sure. the hill reported on january 8th, the day after, that donald trump s physical would not include a psychiatric evaluation or neurological evaluation. do you think that presidents should receive a neurological examination with their physical? well, let s be clear. first of all, a president doesn t actually doesn t have to have a physical at all nor does he have to divulge any of the stuff that we want to know as citizens. he is a citizen as well. so the choice is more like a photo op just to say that he did have it. i think they should have it and if he happened to have just medicare, if he came to our clinic, he would actually have to have a mental status exam and a cognitive status exam. that s part of what we must do. so the fact that he didn t have one, once again, is misleading, by i just want the folks out there to know, he doesn t have to do any of it and we have to remember that. what we have
might raise red flags. is that basically accurate? that s what they do. that s the first step. once you as a medical examiner in that context see what the pilot has listed on that form if they don t check yes, if they don t raise any red flags themselves, are you still empowered to try to follow up and discern those answers as to the decision? definitely. the guidelines are set by the federal surgeon and the aeromedical certification division. and any doctor who can get certified to do these. but they have to be they don t have to be a psychiatrist and we don t have to do a mental status exam. but we are encouraged to form a general impression based on the emotional reactist. the first step is that form. and the faa encourages us to probe deeply to see if there are