President Joe Biden ridiculed the concept he would depend on efficiency enhancing substances on Thursday, simply previous to the CNN presidential debate with former President Donald Trump in Atlanta.
‘I do not know what they have in these efficiency enhancers, however I am feeling fairly jacked up,’ Biden wrote on social media. ‘Attempt it yourselves, of us.’
The president’s account shared an image of Biden holding a can of specifically labeled water, that includes the ‘Darkish Brandon’ meme. The can reads ‘Zero Malarkey’ and reads ‘Get actual Jack, it is simply water.’
The marketing campaign put the cans of water on their web site, providing supporters a memento can for a donation of $4.60.
President Joe Biden ridiculed the concept he was on efficiency enhancing medicine forward of the primary presidential debate
For weeks, Donald Trump has fueled wild hypothesis that President Joe Biden could also be on medicine at their 90-minute presidential debate on Thursday.
‘Drug take a look at for crooked Joe Biden? I’d additionally, instantly agree to at least one,’ Trump declared this week.
Echoing these calls for, Ronny Jackson, a Republican congressman, Trump supporter and President Barack Obama’s White Home doctor, despatched a letter to the White Home physician on Monday calling for Biden to be examined earlier than the showdown.
The Biden camp responded on Wednesday dismissing Group Trump’s requests as ‘foolish.’
Marketing campaign spokesperson Adrienne Elrod identified that the previous president lodged almost the identical accusations towards Hillary Clinton forward of their debates in 2016 in addition to Biden earlier than they first went toe-to-toe in 2020.
Whereas there isn’t any proof Biden, or Clinton, ever used ‘performance-enhancing’ substances throughout debates, it hasn’t stopped rampant conjecture amongst voters and within the media: Do debate juicing medicine even exist?
Brett O’Donnell, a veteran Republican advisor who has prepped prime GOP contenders for many years, mentioned he is by no means come throughout any ‘miracle medicine’ able to remodeling a candidate right into a debate dynamo.
O’Donnell, who has coached the likes of President George W. Bush and Senator John McCain, recalled some candidates taking vitamin B-12 injections within the hopes of sharpening their focus and rising vitality ranges.
And because the Director of Debate at Liberty College for almost 20 years, O’Donnell mentioned a few of his college students swore by bee pollen – a pure combination of flower pollen, bee secretions, honey, wax, and enzymes.
Neither complement, in O’Donnell’s estimation, makes a lot of a distinction.
‘DRUG TEST FOR CROOKED JOE BIDEN??? I WOULD, ALSO, IMMEDIATELY AGREE TO ONE!!!’ Trump wrote on social media this week
President Joe Biden, 81, continues to reveal indicators of bodily and psychological decline, however there isn’t any proof he’s utilizing efficiency enhancing medicine to get via the day.
He suggests Biden and Trump lean on Pink Bull and vitality drinks for confirmed outcomes.
Final week, podcaster Joe Rogan proposed that the President’s staff ‘fill him’ with ‘cognitive enhancers’ like Adderall, testosterone and human progress hormone.
Bob Reilly, crew chief, and cameraman Chris Hanson, above, each of CSpan, setup for the upcoming CNN Presidential Debate
US President Joe Biden waves as he walks to board Marine One. The president has spent the week getting ready for the primary presidential debate of 2024
However Dr. Carole Lieberman, a medical physician and psychiatrist, who has raised questions over Biden’s psychological health prior to now, instructed DailyMail.com that a few of Rogen’s prescriptions appear far-fetched.
‘Pharmaceutical stimulants like Adderall,’ Lieberman mentioned, danger elevating coronary heart charges and blood strain to harmful ranges.
Testosterone could cause blood clots and set off wild temper swings, particularly when a person is beneath strain.
These all, absolutely, can be unacceptable dangers for a Commander-in-Chief.
Rogan additionally recommended that Biden be given, ‘NAD infusions and IV vitamin infusions a number of days in a row,’ within the runup to the showdown.
NAD (Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide) is a coenzyme that may be prescribed to spice up the metabolism of getting old people. Intravenous infusions can rapidly handle vitamin deficiencies.
This mix of pictures taken in Columbia, S.C. exhibits former President Donald Trump, left, on Feb. 24, 2024, and President Joe Biden on Jan. 27, 2024. The conflict between Biden and Trump on Thursday, June 27, will be the most consequential presidential debate in many years.
Dr. Lieberman mentioned each remedies can incrementally help focus and focus, however there are potential uncomfortable side effects, like mind fog.
The drug modafinil is a non-amphetamine stimulant generally prescribed to deal with excessive sleepiness as a consequence of narcolepsy or different sleep issues, like sleep apnea which Biden suffers from.
In March, the President’s physician Kevin O’Connor revealed Biden had begun utilizing a steady optimistic airway strain machine to deal with the situation.
Nonetheless, Dr. Lieberman mentioned she doubted the President’s physician would put him on such a strong drug.
Treating reasonable sleep apnea with modafinil can be like, ‘utilizing a hammer to kill a fly,’ she mentioned, and the drug’s troubling uncomfortable side effects, together with headache, nausea, nervousness, and dizziness, would absolutely outweigh any potential advantages.
Dr. Elizabeth Landsverk, a main care physican specializing within the care of the aged, warned that Adderall can be too dangerous for both Biden, 81, or Trump, 72.
‘As a substitute of enhancing their debate abilities, taking stimulants of this kind will diminish their efficiency, making them seem “amped up,” irritable, confused, and unable to filter out the inappropriate,’ she mentioned.
She additionally expressed considerations about Biden’s superior age that will make it harmful for him to take pharmaceutical stimulants, warning of a coronary heart assault or a stroke.
The medical specialists that DailyMail.com contacted concluded that there’s actually just one approach for an 81-year-old man – or anybody – to bodily put together for a public debate.
‘Stimulants, apart from a cup of espresso, wouldn’t improve,’ Landsverk mentioned. ‘As a substitute, I’d suggest a superb evening’s sleep the evening earlier than and going for a brisk stroll proper beforehand to get the blood flowing.’
