President Donald Trump said, “Everything checked out PERFECTLY” after a medical exam on Tuesday that lasted for more than three hours.The president’s physician didn’t immediately release a statement. The White House said in an email on Tuesday afternoon that a readout is expected “in the next day or so.” The White House previously described the visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as an annual preventive checkup. It was the fourth publicly disclosed exam since the president’s second term began last year. “I wouldn’t worry about the frequency of visits. I don’t really see it as an issue. The question is, what are the visits for?” said S. Jay Olshansky, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health who has studied the health of past presidents. Trump, who turns 80 next month, was the oldest person elected to the nation’s highest office. He was diagnosed last year with a condition common in older adults called chronic venous insufficiency, which causes blood to pool in his veins and often results in swelling. Photographs of the president’s swollen ankles and calves have circulated online.Pictures of bruising on his hands have also prompted speculation about his health. The White House has cited frequent handshaking and aspirin use as the reason for the bruising. The president has also been accused of falling asleep in some recent meetings, which he denies. Tuesday’s medical exam comes after a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos Poll found that less than half of American adults think Trump has the mental sharpness or physical health to serve effectively, concerns that also surrounded former President Joe Biden during his time in office. “The best way to deal with that is to be open and honest and reveal everything that you know,” said Olshansky. “They should reveal unredacted, not summarized, full medical records so that other experts out there, not just their physicians, can evaluate the information.”Presidents are not required to fully disclose their health records, and administrations have selectively released results for decades.
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President Donald Trump said, “Everything checked out PERFECTLY” after a medical exam on Tuesday that lasted for more than three hours.
The president’s physician didn’t immediately release a statement. The White House said in an email on Tuesday afternoon that a readout is expected “in the next day or so.”
The White House previously described the visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as an annual preventive checkup. It was the fourth publicly disclosed exam since the president’s second term began last year.
“I wouldn’t worry about the frequency of visits. I don’t really see it as an issue. The question is, what are the visits for?” said S. Jay Olshansky, a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Public Health who has studied the health of past presidents.
Trump, who turns 80 next month, was the oldest person elected to the nation’s highest office. He was diagnosed last year with a condition common in older adults called chronic venous insufficiency, which causes blood to pool in his veins and often results in swelling. Photographs of the president’s swollen ankles and calves have circulated online.
Pictures of bruising on his hands have also prompted speculation about his health. The White House has cited frequent handshaking and aspirin use as the reason for the bruising.
The president has also been accused of falling asleep in some recent meetings, which he denies.
Tuesday’s medical exam comes after a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos Poll found that less than half of American adults think Trump has the mental sharpness or physical health to serve effectively, concerns that also surrounded former President Joe Biden during his time in office.
“The best way to deal with that is to be open and honest and reveal everything that you know,” said Olshansky. “They should reveal unredacted, not summarized, full medical records so that other experts out there, not just their physicians, can evaluate the information.”
Presidents are not required to fully disclose their health records, and administrations have selectively released results for decades.
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