PRESIDENT TRUMP: MORBIDLY OBESE?

ICHEOKU says it seems that the fury is not necessarily about what was said, but why it was said. A professor once said that calling a dwarf a midget often leads to unintended consequences, unlike calling a tall person a midget. In the former, you are confronting the little fella with the truth of his physical state of being and therefore mocking him. In the later, you are simply being sarcastic by intentionally misstating the obvious. Who among the two persons will be ordinarily furious is quite obvious, as the little guy who is already suffering the complex of being short, will take a great umbrage at being reminded of his height limitation. But if the tall fella ever gets mad, then something is wrong with him, as he cannot in all honesty deem himself to be a midget, no matter how measured. 

So the only reason anyone would be mad if called "morbidly obese" is if the person is in fact morbidly obese or thinks or feels that he is morbidly obese, otherwise he should just brush it off as one lunatic rant by one crazy fellow. Truth be told, a man who prides himself as being vain would not allow himself to be morbidly obese, especially being married to a top model. If he was, Melania would have since intervened. But her present silence and quiet shows that she knows that her husband is not morbidly obese. It is not that she choose not to defend her man from an attack by another woman, otherwise she does not stand by her man like Tammy Wynette. 

That is one thing many people doff their hat to Hillary Clinton as she would have since pounced on Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi if it was Bill Clinton that she had called morbidly obese. So, did First Lady Melania Trump decide to sit out the current feud between her husband President Donald John Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi because she doesn't agree or tacitly agrees with Nancy Pelosi that her husband is obese or that she decided not to get involved, regardless? ICHEOKU is at a loss on why Melania did not take side in the matter or at least come to the defense of her husband who is being attacked by another woman. 

But at 6 feet 3 inches and weighing around 230 pounds, ICHEOKU believes that the president is of the right weight for his overall physique. ICHEOKU says has researched the term "morbidly obese" and came to the conclusion that the president is not what Nancy Pelosi said he is. The president is a huge guy but certainly not obese, talkless of morbidly obese. According to the literature, morbid obesity is a serious health condition which interferes with basic physical functions such as breathing and/or walking. Those who are morbidly obese are at greater risk of contracting diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea, heart disease, gastro-esophageal reflux disease, osteoarthritis, cancer etc. For a president who walks, breathes and can stand up for several hours, talks non stop, who has none of the known morbidly obese-associated health issues listed above, to be accused by anyone of being morbidly obese is to say the least simply laughable. 

Morbid obesity is determined by Body Mass Index, BMI, the ratio of height to weight of the person. A person is deemed to be morbidly obese if the person is 100 pounds above ideal body weight for his or her physique or has a BMI of 40 plus and in some cases, or 35 BMI with associated morbid obese health issues. Normal BMI is usually between 20 to 25. So at the average weight of 208 pounds for people who are 6 feet plus tall, the president is definitely not 100 pounds above his weight to be morbidly obese. At about 37 BMI he is below the 40 BMI needed to become morbidly obese and although above 35 BMI but without the associated health issues necessarily required to become morbidly obese. 

Therefore, based on what did Nancy Pelosi make her claim that the president is morbidly obese or has her perception done her a great disservice by deluding her as to the reality of the president's weight condition. It is definitely a thing for concern when a Speaker of the House of Representatives makes up things as she goes without regard to the truth of what she says. It is not right and it is condemnable and should be condemned, accusing the president of having a disease when the president does not have the disease is wrong. 

But why would the president allow the speaker to get away with her false accusation, without taking it to her in his usual punch back manner.  Why did the president let it slide with just "she is crazy Nancy" since there are many things which the president could have said about Nancy Pelosi, including her Botox frozen face and her hips replacement closed legs walk like a pigeon. But for a president who throws counter punches without a care in the world, what held him back is possibly his decision not to jeopardize the current coronavirus recovery effort which might become mired down were he to engage the speaker in a full blown sparring. Also, it could be that the president heeded the professor's admonition above and decided not to engage Nancy Pelosi since he is not morbidly obese. The president made an informed decision, what is the point shouting himself hoax that he is not morbidly obese when he is not morbidly obese and decided to ignore crazy Nancy prodding and baiting. 

ICHEOKU says strongly believes in the freedom of speech, the reason ICHEOKU is against any form of censorship, including those being carried out by the social media giants. Therefore, ICHEOKU does not begrudge Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi holding her view about the president's weight or whatever pleases her fancy. The only thing is that she should have spoken truthfully and on a verifiable matter by first ascertaining the president's weight and researching on "morbid obesity" to understand what she was actually talking about before levying a false claim. But it is the silly season of election year politics and politicians are trying to take a jab and score a point on each another. 

Be that as it may, ICHEOKU says will now butt out and leave the matter for President Donald John Trump and/or his wife First Lady Melania to deal with and respond to Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi as they see fit. For a president who can throw punches, the world now awaits to see how he takes Nancy Pelosi apart during the coming days for body shaming him. The die is cast!