US President Donald Trump has said the results of his latest medical check-up showed everything was going "perfectly."
Trump's Health Update
The US president wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday: "Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY. Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff! Heading back to the White House. President DJT." He did not provide further details.
Trump, who turns 80 on June 14, arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland, earlier on Tuesday for his annual check-up. It was his third visit to the medical centre in 13 months.
Recent Health Concerns
This announcement comes after a year of public attention on apparently minor health issues, including images in July 2025 showing swollen ankles and a bruised hand concealed with makeup, as well as more recent photographs showing a blotchy neck rash.
White House physician Sean Barbabella said in March that Trump was using a common cream as "a preventative skin treatment" to address the neck rash, but did not give details of the condition being treated. After the photographs of the president's legs and hands were published last July, Barbabella said in a letter that the ailments were benign and that there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump's leg swelling was due to a "common" vein condition and that the bruising on his hands was caused by frequent handshaking.
Previous Medical Exams
Trump said last October that he had undergone a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan, though the White House initially declined to share details of the reason. Leavitt said only that it indicated Trump had "exceptional physical health." The president later told reporters he had the MRI as part of a second physical exam.
"Getting an MRI is very standard. What, you think I shouldn't have it? Other people get it. ... I had an MRI. The doctor said it was the best result he has ever seen as a doctor," Trump said.
Medical experts noted that MRIs are not typically part of a routine health check-up and are usually prescribed to get detailed images of the body. In a memo after the second exam, Barbabella said the president's cardiac age - a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG - was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.
