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    Home - UK News - Donald Trump undergoes annual medical check-up but report likely to be scarce on details

    Donald Trump undergoes annual medical check-up but report likely to be scarce on details

    Donald Trump undergoes annual medical check-up but report likely to be scarce on details

    Donald Trump undergoes annual medical check-up but report likely to be scarce on details

    • WTX News Editor
    • April 12, 2025
    • 12:34 am
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    Cliff Notes

    • Donald Trump has had his annual medical check-up but has historically kept information about his health private, with public disclosure dependent on his discretion.
    • The examination at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre presents an opportunity to assess his health status, especially following a recent assassination attempt.
    • Despite promises to release his medical records, Trump has consistently shared limited details in the past, raising questions about transparency compared to other presidents.

    Donald Trump undergoes annual medical check-up – but report likely to be scarce on details | US News

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    Donald Trump has had his annual medical check-up, although the US president has consistently chosen to keep basic facts about his health secret.

    There is no guarantee the public will be told about the health of a man who, at the age of 78, was the oldest in US history to be sworn in as president.

    “I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Mr Trump posted on his social media site.

    He will be examined at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in Washington DC, but he will have leeway over what details are released.

    If history is repeated, his latest physical examination is likely to produce a flattering report that is scarce on details.

    It represents the first potential opportunity to discover the status of Mr Trump’s health since an assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July last year.

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    Donald Trump was defiant after a failed assassination attempt in July. Pic: AP

    At that time, Ronny Jackson, a staunch supporter who served as his White House doctor, wrote a memo describing a gunshot wound to Mr Trump’s right ear. He once joked that the president could live to be 200 if he had a healthier diet.

    Despite Mr Trump promising in a CBS interview last August that he would “very gladly” release his medical records, he never did.


    2:31

    Trump admits ‘transition’ costs

    During President Biden‘s time in office, medical reports have typically included vital statistics like height, weight, heart rate, blood pressure and cholesterol results, along with any medical symptoms. Other checks have included the vital organs and a neurological assessment.

    Mr Trump has offered few details about his health over the years, despite repeatedly questioning the physical and mental capacity of his predecessor Mr Biden, who is three years older.

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    Trump contracted COVID-19 in 2020. Pic: Reuters

    In 2020, President Trump contracted COVID-19. After his recovery, more details emerged that he had been sicker than he had let on.

    In November 2023, Mr Trump’s doctor released a letter to coincide with Mr Biden’s 81st birthday, saying Mr Trump was in “excellent” physical and mental health.

    It said that his “physical exams were well within the normal range and his cognitive exams were exceptional”, adding he had “reduced his weight”.

    But there were a lot of details missing, including weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels, or the results of any tests.

    Trump takes anti-baldness pills

    During his first term in office, his first medical check-up as president included details of his daily anti-baldness pills. But subsequent medical examinations were less transparent.

    In November 2019, Mr Trump underwent a medical examination which was not revealed until three days later. He would only say it was a “very routine physical”.

    A year later, an examination found he was technically obese and was taking medication to treat high cholesterol.

    Before Mr Trump first ran for office in 2015, the results of a medical examination were described as “astonishingly excellent” by his personal doctor.

    Dr Harold Bornstein stated at the time that Mr Trump would be the “healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”

    The doctor later admitted to CNN that Mr Trump had dictated those words to him.

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