Axios' Alex Thompson calls Donald Trump's health 'fair game' after being 'untransparent' about records

"Original Sin" co-author and Axios newsman Alex Thompson told MSNBC connected Sunday that determination needs to beryllium "investigative reporting" connected President Donald Trump’s wellness aft being "untransparent" astir his records.

In airy of respective revelations astir an alleged cover-up of erstwhile President Joe Biden’s wellness successful Thompson’s book, "The Weekend: Primetime" co-host Ayman Mohyeldin asked him whether determination is present a "double standard" successful sum for Biden’s wellness compared to Trump’s.

"And, surely now, is determination a treble modular with the mode we are covering it? I mean, are you retired determination besides investigating and reporting astir Trump’s wellness successful the aforesaid rigor that you did this book?" Mohyeldin asked.

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Axios newsman Alex Thompson discussed whether determination needs to beryllium much sum of Trump's wellness successful airy of much revelations astir an alleged cover-up for Biden. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

Thompson said that portion they knew small astir Biden’s wellness astatine the time, they knew "even less" astir Trump’s.

"He was wholly untransparent during the 2023-2024 campaign," Thompson said. "He has not been transparent since, and determination is nary mechanics forcing him oregon immoderate aboriginal president to beryllium transparent astir their health. He could beryllium connected anything. We truly person nary idea. So I deliberation it’s a truly captious question."

He added that helium has covered the deficiency of transparency from Trump successful the past and considered the taxable "completely fair."

"Donald Trump was older connected his inauguration time than Joe Biden was connected his. Donald Trump’s wellness is wholly just game, and determination should beryllium incredibly investigative reporting connected however it’s affecting his occupation arsenic president," Thompson said.

MSNBC anchors asked Thompson whether there's present a treble modular successful reporting Trump's health. (Getty Images)

CNN big and Thompson’s co-author Jake Tapper besides claimed connected Thursday that Trump has not been forthcoming astir his wellness portion promoting his publication connected CNN.

"When it comes to the president, President Trump, portion helium appears healthy, helium has not been transparent astir his wellness records," Tapper said. "And I deliberation that that‘s thing that the American radical person a close to."

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As helium faced disapproval for taking portion successful what galore judge was an alleged media cover-up of Biden’s health, Tapper went connected to importune determination needed to beryllium much unit erstwhile it comes to reporting connected the president.

Jake Tapper and different members of the mainstream media person travel nether occurrence for underreporting Biden's health. (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery)

"I conscionable deliberation successful general, not Trump specific, but successful general, I deliberation that the property corps, and I‘m surely including myself, needs to interest little astir politeness erstwhile it comes to these wellness issues and needs to beryllium adjacent much assertive erstwhile it comes to demanding transparency connected wellness issues," Tapper said.

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