White House Releases Results of Trump's Latest Physical Exam

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Source: New York Times

White House Releases Results of Trump’s Latest Physical Exam

The report by President Trump’s physician said he was in “excellent health.” It showed that he had gained weight and that neurological and heart tests had come back “normal.”


President Trump at the White House last week. The results of his recent physical exam were released late Friday. Jose Luis Magana

By Chris Cameron
Reporting from Washington

May 30, 2026, 12:49 a.m. ET

The White House released a three-page report from President Trump’s physician late Friday detailing the results of his physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier this week. ... Mr. Trump’s doctors in the past have released positive health reports that stress the president’s excellent condition and good health habits. Friday’s report, written by the president’s physician, Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, gave a similarly upbeat assessment of Mr. Trump’s health, declaring that the 79-year-old president “remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical function.”

Mr. Trump, the oldest man to be inaugurated as president, underwent an extensive battery of physical and mental tests, according to the report. The president had an echocardiogram, an ultrasound image of the heart, following increased testing of his cardiovascular system last year and a diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that occurs when veins have trouble moving blood back to the heart. ... Mr. Trump has a history of high cholesterol and takes two medications, Crestor and Zetia, to lower his LDL cholesterol levels. Mr. Trump also takes a high daily dose of aspirin to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes, rejecting medical guidelines and advice from his doctors to switch to a lower amount.

At Walter Reed, Mr. Trump also took a series of neurological tests — including the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MOCA, a 10-minute exam meant to screen for signs of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other conditions. As in previous years, Mr. Trump scored 30 out of 30 on the exam. ... The report showed that the president had gained 14 pounds since a physical exam in April 2025, weighing 238 pounds — near the threshold of clinical obesity. Mr. Trump, who has often mused publicly about friends and staff who take what he calls “the fat drug,” has said that he has not taken obesity drugs, adding “I probably should.” ... Dr. Barbabella noted in the report that “preventive counseling was provided, including guidance on diet, recommendation to take a low-dose aspirin, increased physical activity, and continued weight loss.”

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For more than a decade, Mr. Trump, his doctors and his aides have frequently issued terse, vague or rosy statements about the president’s fitness and health conditions. Dr. Harold Bornstein, Mr. Trump’s longtime personal physician, said in late 2015 that Mr. Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” Dr. Ronny L. Jackson, a White House physician for Mr. Trump, said in 2018 that with a better diet, Mr. Trump could have lived to be 200 years old.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/30/us/politics/trump-health-medical-physical-exam.html

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