President Trump arrived at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center early Tuesday for what the White House called a “routine annual dental and medical assessment” — and the president’s third in-person doctor’s visit in a little over a year.
He had his last full physical at Walter Reed in April 2025 and a follow-up visit in October.
Presidents are not legally required to release their medical records. The results of Trump’s last physical were published by the White House two days after the exam.
“Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out PERFECTLY,” Trump wrote on Truth Social early Tuesday afternoon. “Thank you to the great Doctors and Staff! Heading back to the White House.”
Trump, who turns 80 next month, is the oldest person to assume the presidency and the second-oldest to hold the office. Former President Joe Biden was 82 when he left in 2025.
And while the White House and Trump himself frequently proclaim he is in excellent health, his advanced age, swollen ankles, bruising on his hands and apparent bouts of drowsiness have raised questions about his fitness.
Here’s what we know about Trump’s health from his previous visits to Walter Reed, statements from his doctor and his own comments.
April 2025: 1st physical of 2nd term
Following Trump’s first physical examination of his second term, the White House released a three-page medical report in which Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, the president’s physician, said that he “remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function.”
According to the medical report, Trump’s weight was 224 pounds — 20 pounds less than he weighed in 2020. And his LDL — or “bad” cholesterol — had improved since his last publicly disclosed exam and was in “optimal” range.
The physical revealed a few “abnormalities,” according to Barbabella, including scarring on the right ear from the gunshot wound Trump sustained during the 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., and “diverticulosis and a benign polyp” that were found during a colonoscopy the previous July. It was recommended that Trump receive a “follow-up colonoscopy” in three years.
July 2025: Leg swelling and hand bruising
In a memo released by the White House last July, Barbarella said that Trump had noticed “mild swelling in his lower legs” in recent weeks, and a “comprehensive examination” revealed that he had chronic venous insufficiency, which occurs when veins become damaged and struggle to send blood back to the heart. Barbarella called it a “benign and common condition.”
Trump’s bruised right hand is seen during a meeting at the White House on Aug. 25, 2025.
Barbarella also said bruises that were seen on Trump’s hand were “consistent with minor soft tissue irritation from frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin,” which the president takes as part of a “standard cardiovascular prevention regimen.”
The bruising is “a well-known and benign side effect of aspirin therapy,” Barbarella said.
October 2025: Another visit to Walter Reed
The White House initially described Trump’s next trip to Walter Reed as a scheduled follow-up to his physical.
Weeks later, Trump told reporters that he had undergone an MRI during that visit, but was not sure what part of his body was scanned. (“It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it,” Trump said.)
Barbarella then issued another memo, on Dec. 1, revealing that Trump had a scan of his heart and abdomen in October, and that in both cases the advanced imaging was “perfectly normal.”
“This level of detailed assessment is standard for an executive physical at President Trump’s age,” Barbarella said.
January 2026: Trump says he takes more aspirin than his docs recommend
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Jan. 1, Trump revealed that he takes more aspirin — 325 milligrams per day — than his doctors recommend.
“They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart,” Trump told the Journal. “They’d rather have me take the smaller one. I take the larger one, but I’ve done it for years.”
Trump arrives to deliver remarks at Rockland Community College in Suffern, N.Y., on May 22.
The president also said he regrets having the advanced imaging done in October because it stirred more questions about his health among his critics.
“In retrospect, it’s too bad I took it because it gave them a little ammunition,” Trump said. “I would have been a lot better off if [I] didn’t, because the fact that I took it said, ‘Oh gee, is something wrong?’ Well, nothing’s wrong.”
