Wilson's wife concealed his health and took over the helm in his name for a year and a half
American presidents ruled their country from sick bed
President Eisenhower showed no signs of having a heart attack on his face.
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Edith Wilson had political ambitions.
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Edith Wilson has intruded on her husband's main mail and meetings throughout his illness.
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The incident of US President Donald Trump's infection with the new Corona virus opened the file of former US presidents ruling the United States despite illness until they died. The file published by the National Geographic journal included the country's constitutional situation during those periods, and America’s need for a new amendment to regulate this situation. He also referred to the case of President Theodore Wilson's wife, who hid his illness from the people and continued to rule in his name.
The report pointed out that the list of these presidents includes the US President, Zachary Taylor, who suffered from cholera and died in 1850, after he ate cherries and frozen yogurt, and thought for a moment that death was a result of his regular illness, but it was found in a study that appeared in the nineties, that the rotten food that was introduced His was a deliberate attempt to poison him from his opponents.
The list of presidents also included, Franklin Roosevelt, who had a stroke in 1945 that ended with partial paralysis, and concealed from the American people his inability to walk, and President Dwight Eisenhower, who had a heart disease in 1955, and doctors advised him not to enter a second presidential term, and struck with their advice. the wall.
The report pointed to American presidents who died moments after their illness, such as Warren Hiding, who had a heart attack in 1923 while he was in a San Francisco hotel, and died instantly, and his wife refused his autopsy, and William Harry, who died after emotionally speaking to him during his speech. The spirited presidential who took two hours (32 days after taking power) on March 4, 1841.
The magazine devoted space in its report to the effect of disease on the political decisions of some American presidents, such as his influence on President Theodore Wilson, who was struck by the Spanish flu on April 13, 1919, and entered into a dispute with French Prime Minister George Clemenceau at the time, regarding the "peace treaty" that was concluded between the victors. And the defeated after World War I (1917-1920).
Clemenceau insisted that it be a treaty of humiliation for Germany, under the pretext of forcing it to pay the price for its aggression, while Wilson tended to conclude peace without revenge. But according to The New Yorker, as the report states, Wilson, who was exhausted after being exhausted by illness, was forced to give up his point of view and surrender to opinion Clemenceau, which resulted in the conclusion of a cruel treaty that exploded hatred towards the German people, and led to the rise of Adolf Hitler and Nazism.
Likewise, in Wilson's story with illness, the report mentioned that his wife, Edith Wilson, the first person to be awarded the title of "first lady" in the United States, had political ambition, as she intruded on his messages, attended meetings with his senior leaders, and seized her opinion in the events. The politician, amongst senior advisors, traveled with him to the "reconciliation conference" in Paris, and when he fell ill, she hid the news from the people, refused his resignation, and ruled in his name for a year and a half.
The report cites another story of concealing the reality of the health heads in the United States, which is the case of President Grover Cleveland, who also concealed his cancer from the Americans, and claimed that he was going on a trip while he was going to a surgery to eradicate it, and Americans did not know about this until 24 years later. When journalist Iggy Edwards revealed the story, it was denied.
The vagueness of the constitution
The American constitution was not clear at the beginning about the procedures that were supposed to be followed in the event the president became ill, and this ambiguity remained in effect even during Dwight Eisenhower's long struggle with illness in the 1950s, and the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, and it was only resolved with the approval of the 25 amendment in 1967, which necessitated the transfer of powers The ailing president to his deputy when he becomes the first "is unable to bear the duties and powers of the chair."
American presidents died moments after their illness, such as Warren Hiding, who had a heart attack in 1923 while in a San Francisco hotel, and died instantly, and his wife refused an autopsy, and William Harry, who died after emotionally over him during his enthusiastic presidential speech that It took two hours (32 days after he took power) on March 4, 1841.
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