Trump has “routine yearly checkup” 6 months after annual physical, is in “excellent” health, White House says

Washington — President Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Friday morning for what the White House said was his “routine yearly checkup,” just six months after undergoing his annual physical examination at the same facility. 

According to a memo obtained by CBS News Friday evening, written by the president’s physician, Capt. Sean Barbabella, Mr. Trump “successfully completed a scheduled follow-up evaluation.”

Barbabella stated that the president underwent “advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventive health assessments,” adding that “comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.”

The president also received his annual flu vaccination, and an updated COVID-19 booster vaccination.

“President Trump continues to demonstrate excellent overall health,” Barbabella wrote. “His cardiac age-a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG-was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.”

The president spent several hours at the medical center Friday, meeting with troops while he was there. 

When previously asked, the White House declined to explain why the president was undergoing a second yearly checkup. Mr. Trump, 79, plans to travel to the Middle East as soon as this weekend, after he announced the first phase of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. 

Ahead of the appointment, the president described his visit as a “sort of semi-annual physical, which I do.”

“I think I’m in great shape, but I’ll let you know,” the president told reporters Thursday. “… Physically, I feel very good. Mentally, I feel very good.”

The president is able to receive basic medical care at the White House from the physician to the president, but presidents typically go to Walter Reed for more extensive examinations and procedures. 

The president’s annual physical results as released by the White House in April showed no abnormalities, aside from minor sun damage — and scarring “on the right ear from a gunshot wound” — a result of the assassination attempt against him in July 2024. His April records also say that he had a colonoscopy in July 2024 and was recommended to undergo another in 2027. 

After the president was seen with swollen ankles at the FIFA Club World Cup and a bruised hand on multiple occasions, Leavitt in July told the press that according to the readout from the president’s April exam, his health was normal. The latest full exam by the White House Medical Unit, however, revealed the president has chronic venous insufficiency. 

According to Johns Hopkins and the Cleveland Clinic, chronic venous insufficiency occurs when veins in the legs do not function normally, leading to poor blood flow back up to the heart. Barbabella said that an examination revealed no evidence of a more serious condition such as deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease, and the president remains in “excellent” overall health. The White House has said the president’s bruised hand is a result of the extensive handshaking that’s part of his job.