Trump, 78, has repeatedly boasted about his vitality since he began his second term, while mocking his 82-year-old Democratic ex Joe Biden for losing his life and is mentally unsuitable for office.
But now it’s Trump, under a stethoscope, will be 82 at the end of his presidency.
“I feel like I’m in good condition. My heart is good. I’ve taken a cognitive test. I don’t know what to tell you except I got all the answers.”
The billionaire arrived at Walter Reed Military Hospital in suburban Washington earlier in the day, delayed due to conversations about tariffs.
“I never felt better, but despite this, these things have to be done!” Trump said on Truth Social earlier this week.
Despite his great interest in the well-being of the U.S. commander-in-chief, Trump has been repeatedly accused of lacking openness to his health.
Trump said he had aerobic and cognitive test, and he said his doctor would release a report Sunday.
The White House previously said that Presidential physician Sean Barbabella will read the body and of course “will provide a full report.”
“I can confirm that the president is in a very good condition, as you see almost every day,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters earlier.
Trump doesn’t do general anesthetics — a procedure commonly used in colonoscopy — but added: “There are a lot of things that can ensure the president achieves all his goals.”
Trump is a prolific golfer who quit drinking and cigarettes.
But he is also known to be addicted to fast food and enjoy a well-made steak, even though he looks thinner than his first semester.
“The healthiest individual”
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Trump’s personal and White House doctors sometimes make weird claims about his health.
In 2015, in Trump’s first presidential election, his doctor, Harold Bornstein, published a letter saying that the “tycoon” would be the healthiest person ever to be elected president. ”
Bernstein later told CNN that Trump himself “decided the whole letter. I didn’t write that letter.”
White House doctors in his first semester Ronny Jackson said in 2018 that Trump’s diet is healthier and could “live until 200 years.”
Jackson’s report later suggested Trump should intend to reduce 10 to 15 pounds, but said he was usually in a “good health” and added that there were no signs of “any cognitive problems.”
A year later, an exam found that Trump, who was 6-foot-3 (1.9 meters) tall, weighed 243 pounds (110 kg), had gained 7 pounds shortly before taking office, making him technically obese. It said he is taking medication to treat high cholesterol.
In 2020, Trump told Fox News that he tested cognitive impairments by repeating the term “man, woman, man, camera, television.”
Age became the main issue in the 2024 election, when Trump and Biden became the oldest major party candidates in history.
Biden was forced to quit the game after stumbling blocks in a television debate against Trump in June, making his concerns about cognitive health atop the agenda.
Since returning to the office, Trump has repeatedly compared his energy to that of Biden, while the White House accused the previous administration of covering up the Democrats’ decline.
