Associated Press
President Donald Trump had an annual physical Friday and concluded, “I did well,” praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House doctors may not be ready until the weekend.
The 78-year-old, who in January became the oldest in U.S. history to be sworn in as president, spent nearly five hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center undergoing what he called “every test you can imagine.”
“I was there for a long time,” Trump said. “I think I did very well.”
Despite long questioning predecessor Joe Biden’s physical and mental capacity, Trump has routinely kept basic facts about his own health shrouded in secrecy — shying away from traditional presidential transparency on medical issues. He said he believes the doctor’s report on his latest physical would be ready on Sunday — though, if history is any indication, that may offer little more than flattery with scarce detail.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said while Trump was still being examined that a “readout from the White House physician” on his health that would be released “as soon as we possibly can” and suggested it’d be comprehensive.
Trump went straight from the examination to Air Force One to fly to Florida for the weekend. Speaking to reporters midflight, he said doctors offered him “a little bit” of advice on lifestyle changes that could improve his health, though he didn’t elaborate on what that was.
”Overall, I felt I was in very good shape. A good heart, a good soul, a very good soul,” Trump said. He also noted that he took a cognitive test. “I don’t know what to tell you other than I got every answer right,” he said.
He said undergoing mental acuity screening was “what the American people want” and took another shot at his predecessor, saying, “Biden refused to take it.”
The finished medical report would be the first public information on Trump’s health since an assassination attempt against him in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
4 comments
Peachy
April 12, 2025 at 2:02 pm
Dude runs circles around Joe Biden. Now we have some liberal media hacks questioning Trump’s cognition yet they sat silent as it was obvious to everyone that Joe was simply lost. I still think about him getting out of the car at Normandy. Joe had no earthly idea where the hell he was.
FlipCash
April 12, 2025 at 2:52 pm
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Skeptic
April 12, 2025 at 3:31 pm
I’m happy that Attila is doing ok. Sad to see his spine of steel get wrapped around the axle of China. His abject surrender on high tech goods must be spun as the victory of getting the Chinese to impose tariffs of no more than 125% of U.S. goods. So there is that . . .
Michael K
April 12, 2025 at 2:55 pm
Too bad he is failing the test of American history, the preservation of our democracy, respect for the rule of law, and fidelity to the US Constitution. I can’t think of a single American president who has singlehandedly wrecked the global economy.
Only a sick puppy would intentionally do such a thing (or an inside trader or traitor). It’s funny that he thinks he has a good soul—the people and institutions he has maligned and the suffering he has unleashed on the world bear the hallmarks of a heartless, greedy narcissist taking perverse pleasure in human cruelty.
Like the tax returns he’s always promised to release, I doubt we will ever see a medical report.