Donald Trump underwent his first physical examination of his second term yesterday, and the White House pledged to release full results for the man who in January became the oldest person to assume the US presidency.
Trump, who turns 79 in June and likes fast food so much he staged a photo op at a McDonald’s during his campaign last year, spent several hours being poked and prodded by the doctors at Walter Reed Medical Centre in nearby Bethesda, Maryland.
“I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Trump wrote in a post on the Truth Social platform on Monday, announcing the planned exam.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the White House will provide an update on the exam by the president’s physician as soon as possible. Trump in the past has released few details about his health.
“He is undergoing quite a few tests, imaging. Again, it’s a yearly physical, so there’s quite a lot that goes into it,” she said, adding that Trump had not been scheduled to receive general anesthesia as part of the exam.
The physical could offer the first clear look at Trump’s condition since his ear was grazed by a bullet in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last July.
His campaign released a report by Ronny Jackson, Trump’s former White House doctor and a Republican Congressman from Texas, saying the injuries were superficial.
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