Trump, oldest elected US president, in ‘excellent’ health, says doctor

Donald Trump is in “excellent wide health,” his doc said Friday aft the 79-year-old — the oldest elected president successful US past — underwent his 2nd aesculapian checkup of the year.

Trump saw physicians astatine Walter Reed subject infirmary connected the outskirts of the superior Washington earlier successful the day.

He gave reporters the thumbs-up connected his instrumentality to the White House erstwhile they asked however the checkup had gone.

“President Trump continues to show fantabulous wide health,” his doctor, Navy Captain Sean Barbabella, wrote successful a missive released by the White House.

“His cardiac property — a validated measurement of cardiovascular vitality via ECG — was recovered to beryllium astir 14 years younger than his chronological age. He continues to support a demanding regular docket without restriction.”

A artillery of regular tests was conducted, and Trump received an updated Covid booster changeable and his yearly flu shot, Barbabella said.

The checkup comes 3 months aft the White House announced that Trump had been diagnosed with a vein information pursuing speculation astir predominant bruising connected his manus and his swollen legs.

The White House had said earlier this week that Friday’s checkup would beryllium an “annual” 1 — contempt the information that Trump had already undergone 1 of those successful April.

Trump told reporters successful the Oval Office connected Thursday that helium was “going to bash a benignant of semi-annual physical.”

“I’m in great shape, but I’ll let you know. But no, I person nary trouble frankincense far… Physically, I consciousness precise good. Mentally, I consciousness precise good.”

The Republican billionaire past embarked connected 1 of his trademark tirades comparing his wellness with that of erstwhile presidents, peculiarly his Democratic predecessor Joe Biden.

Trump said that during his past checkup, “I besides did a cognitive exam which is ever precise risky, due to the fact that if I didn’t bash well, you’d beryllium the archetypal to beryllium blaring it, and I had a cleanable score.”

Trump past added: “Did Obama bash it? No. Did Bush bash it? No. Did Biden bash it? I decidedly did. Biden wouldn’t person gotten the archetypal 3 questions right.”

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Trump has repeatedly been accused of a deficiency of transparency astir his wellness contempt immense involvement successful the well-being of the US commander-in-chief.

In September, helium dismissed societal media rumors swirling astir his wellness — including mendacious posts that helium had died.

In July, the White House said Trump was diagnosed with a chronic but benign vein information — chronic venous insufficiency — pursuing speculation astir his bruised manus and swollen legs.

The manus issue, it said, was linked to the aspirin helium takes arsenic portion of a “standard” cardiovascular wellness program.

Trump is regularly seen astatine nationalist events with dense constitution connected the backmost of his close manus to conceal the bruising.

At his past checkup, the White House said Trump was successful bully health, saying helium had a “normal cardiac operation and function, nary signs of bosom failure, renal impairment oregon systemic illness.”

AFP

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