A journalist made the claims in a book about President Trump’s clashes with his officialsPresident Trump has denied that he suffered a series of mini-strokes after a reporter claimed that Mike Pence was put on standby to assume the leader’s duties temporarily. Michael Schmidt, a New York Times journalist, claims in a new book that the vice-president was prepared to take on Mr Trump’s duties when he made a sudden hospital visit last November. At the time of the president’s unannounced visit to Walter Reed military hospital in Maryland, the White House said that the president had a “quick exam” as part of an annual check-up. Speculation was fuelled because the visit on a Saturday was not on his scheduleSchmidt writes in Donald Trump v. The United States, his book about the president’s clashes with officials: “In

Source: The Times September 01, 2020 22:52 UTC