I understand on Nostr: Again, these are private citizens with private lives who all must know the moment ...

Again, these are private citizens with private lives who all must know the moment they step into the national spotlight they can expect death threats from the wackos.

But that's not the point. The point is that the NYT doesn't know the answer, but chose to spend the whole article exploring a narrative that it was related to the President's health while not exploring an obvious alternate explanation that doesn't require lying and some massive coordinated coverup.