Trump in ‘excellent health,’ president’s physican says

President Donald Trump is in “excellent health,” the White House physician said Friday in a memo the administration released after Trump’s visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — his third in-person medical checkup in 13 months. “He is fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief,” Dr. Sean Barbabella, the president’s physician, wrote in the memo. Trump had a planned medical and dental checkup Tuesday, a White House official said. He went to Walter Reed twice last year — in April and October — and had two dental appointments in Florida this year: one in January and one in May. Trump, who will turn 80 in June, is the oldest person to assume the presidency. He regularly insists he is in excellent health, most recently Tuesday following his visit to Walter Reed in Bethesda, Maryland. “Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff!” Trump posted on Truth Social. He also regularly claims he has aced cognitive exams. Still, speculation about Trump’s health has been fueled by moments of apparent drowsiness and a noticeably bruised right hand. The White House has blamed the bruising on Trump’s frequent handshaking and said he takes aspirin as a blood thinner — more than is recommended by his doctors. Last year, the White House revealed that Trump had chronic venous insufficiency, a non-life-threatening condition that causes poor circulation and led to swelling in his legs. In October, following his visit to Walter Reed, which the White House had described as a “routine yearly check up” even though it was his second visit in six months, Trump revealed to reporters that he had undergone an MRI. His doctor later clarified that the exam was a CT scan of his heart and abdomen “to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues.” Barbabella said that Trump had the scan “to make the most of the President’s time at the hospital” and that his doctors had asked Trump whether he would undergo advanced imaging. “As we revealed in the post-examination report, the advanced imaging was perfectly normal and revealed absolutely no abnormalities,” Barbabella said in a statement to NBC News at the time. Barbabella struck a similar tone during Trump’s April 2025 visit, saying he “remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and general physical function.”