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demmiblue

(39,963 posts)
Tue May 26, 2026, 01:27 PM 10 hrs ago

Trump wraps up 3-hour medical visit to Walter Reed and declares 'Everything checked out PERFECTLY' [View all]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had another medical exam on Tuesday, putting his health under renewed public scrutiny as he has worked to dismiss concerns over his age and stamina.

The 79-year-old president spent more than three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for what the White House described as preventive medical and dental checkups. It was Trump’s fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned to office for a second term, and it comes as he tries to project strength ahead of midterm elections that will test his sway with voters.

In a social media post after the visit, Trump said that he had just finished his “6 month physical” and that “Everything checked out PERFECTLY.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/us-trump-health-doctor-annual-exam-dff4cdb714d42ef860531d345c54e7aa



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Is he going to start bragging about his cognitive tests again... MiHale 10 hrs ago #1
Glad AP had the stones to include these paragraphs BaronChocula 10 hrs ago #2
Three hours for preventive medical and dental checkups? generalbetrayus 10 hrs ago #3
And you know none of it was sitting in a waiting room intrepidity 10 hrs ago #8
Why Did It Take 3 Hours? MissouriDem47 10 hrs ago #4
Maybe it takes that long to recharge his battery. generalbetrayus 10 hrs ago #6
Or graft in another brain... The Madcap 9 hrs ago #11
Took him a long time to figure out which one was the lion. SeattleVet 7 hrs ago #18
yes Skittles 4 hrs ago #22
I like presidents who don't require three hour medical visits. RockRaven 10 hrs ago #5
Did they add new animals to his list? nt woodsprite 10 hrs ago #7
Poor vocabulary bmichaelh 9 hrs ago #9
I like how the press rarely questions whether truth social posts come from Trump Ilikepurple 9 hrs ago #10
Liar. I'll never believe anything he says, and besides, who among the cowards surrounding him would Amendment SWBTATTReg 9 hrs ago #12
Of Course We Can Just Take His Word for It! The Roux Comes First 9 hrs ago #13
Is he going back to the WH or straight to Camp David???? nt in2herbs 8 hrs ago #14
3 hours, eh? City Lights 8 hrs ago #15
3 hours? LudwigPastorius 8 hrs ago #16
Seven dental checkups in two and half months seems rather sketchy Torchlight 8 hrs ago #17
My theory : The real one went to hamburger heaven long ago Blumancru 7 hrs ago #19
Looks/reads like a STENT placement. Don't want the heart shutting down in middle of its wallow walk. dave99 6 hrs ago #20
If it had actually gone "perfectly" Grokenstein 5 hrs ago #21
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