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Claim: Congressman Ted Lieu stated that Donald Trump suffered a stroke recently.

Analysis of the claim:

Congressman Ted Lieu has raised concerns about President Trump's health and cognitive abilities, including pointing out footage where Trump appeared to nod off during a White House cabinet meeting¹². However, Lieu's statement was: "There is something wrong with his health or cognitive abilities. We are going to get to the bottom of this"².
The specific claim that Donald Trump "suffered a stroke" was actually made by Dr. Bruce Davidson, a professor at Washington State University's Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, not by Congressman Ted Lieu³²⁴.
Dr. Davidson suggested that multiple signs point to Trump having suffered a stroke at some point during his second term, citing observations like shuffling, garbling words, hand weakness, and sleep disturbances³⁴.
The White House has strongly denied stroke allegations, with Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt calling them "false and slanderous allegations from a left-wing nut job"³.

Conclusion: The claim misattributes the stroke allegation to Congressman Ted Lieu. While Lieu has questioned Trump's health and cognitive fitness, he did not specifically state that Trump "suffered a stroke recently." That specific medical claim came from Dr. Bruce Davidson, a medical professor who has never examined Trump personally.

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