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LetMyPeopleVote

(182,622 posts)
Mon May 25, 2026, 12:54 PM Monday

Trump faces health questions ahead of another Walter Reed trip


The president trumpets claims that he is in excellent health, but independent physicians say the White House hasn't answered key questions ahead of his third visit in 13 months.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/05/25/trump-faces-health-questions-ahead-another-walter-reed-trip/

Trump faces health questions ahead of another Walter Reed trip www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2026-05-25T14:30:12.096Z


President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to undergo his third scheduled medical checkup in 13 months, as outside physicians say they have persistent questions about the nearly 80-year-old president’s health and fitness.

Trump, the oldest president to ever be inaugurated, is scheduled to visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a medical and dental visit, the White House said earlier this month. The president went to Walter Reed in April 2025 for his annual physical exam — and returned in October for what officials characterized as a “scheduled follow-up,” sparking weeks of inquiries about Trump’s diagnosis and procedures that the White House repeatedly sidestepped.

Nearly three months after the visit, Trump and the White House clarified that the president had received a CT scan. His doctor, Sean Barbabella, described the imaging as preventive “to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues.”

While the White House has a round-the-clock medical team that can privately attend to the president if needed, Walter Reed has facilities for advanced imaging and other procedures. Trump also has made two visits to a Florida dentist since January, the White House has said, with officials saying those were for routine cleaning and care.

The White House has repeatedly said the president is in “excellent health,” including in response to questions this weekend, citing medical reports produced by White House physicians, including one from Barbabella in October that said Trump “remains in exceptional health."
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Trump faces health questions ahead of another Walter Reed trip (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Monday OP
Dupe bif Monday #1
Nice bet malaise Monday #2
yikes! a day ahead of his visit to Walter Reed, Trump's discolored hand is looking rough LetMyPeopleVote Monday #3
Patiently awaiting the final answer. C_U_L8R Monday #4
What do they give him there... lame54 Monday #5
"Piggy faces health questions..." MorbidButterflyTat Monday #6
a day ahead of his latest trip to Walter Reed, Trump's hands looked downright cadaver-like on Memorial Day LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #7
Egads! He looks like death warmed over. llmart 15 hrs ago #9
White House breaks from precedent by not releasing Trump's medical report LetMyPeopleVote 15 hrs ago #8

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,786 posts)
6. "Piggy faces health questions..."
Mon May 25, 2026, 03:35 PM
Monday

No, he doesn't. He doesn't "face" anything. He and his MAGAts continuously lie and deflect, and occasionally insult.

He hasn't faced a damn thing.

LetMyPeopleVote

(182,622 posts)
7. a day ahead of his latest trip to Walter Reed, Trump's hands looked downright cadaver-like on Memorial Day
Tue May 26, 2026, 10:35 AM
Tuesday

trump does not look like he is healthy




LetMyPeopleVote

(182,622 posts)
8. White House breaks from precedent by not releasing Trump's medical report
Fri May 29, 2026, 09:04 PM
15 hrs ago

trump is NOT well and the White House is not even going to release the bogus medical reports that they use to release

www.cnn.com/2026/05/29/p...

White House breaks from precedent by not releasing Trump’s medical report

LunaLuvgood2020 (@lunaluvgood2020.bsky.social) 2026-05-29T23:44:42.849Z

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/29/politics/trump-physical-exam-results

The White House has yet to release any results from President Donald Trump’s most recent physical exam, a break from its own past practice that’s likely to fuel further questions about his health and fitness.

Trump, who is the oldest president to be inaugurated, declared on social media that he was in perfect health following an hourslong visit on Tuesday to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

But despite promising to provide a summary of the checkup in “the next day or so,” the White House has since offered no additional information — nor has it confirmed that Trump’s physician plans at any point to offer a public readout.

The three-day silence marks a departure from the White House’s handling of Trump’s prior physical exams. After a visit to Walter Reed last April, personal physician Dr. Sean Barbabella summarized the results in a memo released two days later. When Trump returned for another exam in October, Barbabella’s declaration that he remained in “exceptional health” was published later the same day.....

“It’s unimaginable to me that the White House would not release a statement about the president’s health — even the most basic statement,” said Dr. Jonathan Reiner, a professor at The George Washington School of Medicine & Health Sciences who was the longtime cardiologist for former Vice President Dick Cheney. “It’s going to really spark concerns about the president’s fitness for office if the White House refuses to disclose his medical report.”

Maybe trump failed his latest cognitive test
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