The White House launched the outcomes of President Donald Trump’s May bodily late Friday night, sharing a memo from his doctor recommending he lose weight and exercise more whereas noting he is in glorious well being.
“President Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical function,” White House doctor Dr. Sean Barbabella wrote in a letter. “Cognitive and physical performance are excellent. He is fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State.”
Barbabella wrote, “Preventive counseling was provided,” in the course of the examination, “including guidance on diet, recommendation to take a low-dose aspirin, increased physical activity, and continued weight loss.”
The doctor famous the president stands 6 ft 3 inches tall and weighs 238 kilos.
At his bodily examination final April, Trump weighed 224 kilos.
His go to to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Tuesday marked the third time he’s visited the ability for a medical examination since changing into the oldest president ever inaugurated final 12 months.
Prior to the go to, the White House stated the check-up would come with “routine annual dental and medical assessments,” regardless of him having already visited a dentist in Florida twice this 12 months.
Immediately following the go to, Trump provided scant particulars on Truth Social, writing “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.”
Since returning to the White House in 2025, seen illnesses and hypothesis over his well being have prompted the White House to expose new particulars of the president’s bodily situation.
The White House stated swelling in his legs and ankles that was revealed final summer season was a results of chronic venous insufficiency, a situation in which valves inside sure veins don’t work the best way they need to, which may permit blood to pool or gather in the veins. Trump tried sporting compression socks, but discovered them uncomfortable.
In Friday’s letter, the president’s doctor wrote that, throughout Tuesday’s bodily, “Slight lower leg swelling was noted, with improvement from last year.”
The president has additionally developed noticeable bruising on his fingers throughout his second time period, which the White House has chalked as much as frequent handshakes and tried to cowl up with concealer in pictures.
According to the doctor’s readout, Trump additionally submitted to a “comprehensive neurological exam,” which confirmed “normal mental status, intact cranial nerves, normal motor strength, sensation, reflexes, gait, and balance.”
As for Trump’s coronary heart well being, the doctor stated, “Al-enhanced electrocardiogram (ECG) analysis estimated his cardiac age…to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.”
Barbabella’s letter famous that Trump at present takes aspirin but didn’t give a dosage. When it’s used for preventive functions, docs usually advise taking 81 milligrams of aspirin per day, but Trump advised the Wall Street Journal in January that he takes 325 milligrams, a dose that may increase the danger of bleeding.
“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump advised the WSJ. “I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. … They’d rather have me take the smaller one. I take the larger one, but I’ve done it for years, and what it does do is, it causes bruising.”
Trump once more took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a 10-minute screening check used to detect delicate cognitive impairment and early dementia. The doctor stated the president scored 30 out of 30.
This story has been up to date with extra particulars.