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President Donald Trump is headed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center once again for what the White House describes as a routine annual checkup, even though it only comes seven months after his last “yearly checkup.”

The White House announced on May 11 that the president would head to the medical middle on May 26 for a go to that consists of his “routine annual dental and medical assessments as part of his regular preventative healthcare.”

However, that announcement immediately raised eyebrows, as the president had also had a “routine yearly checkup” in October, only seven months before the May go to. Six months before that, in April 2025, Trump visited Walter Reed once again, as the White House also described it, for what was also described as an annual bodily. Interestingly, Tuesday’s go to is not going to be the first time this month that the president has visited a medical skilled. On May 2, the White House disclosed that Trump had attended a “scheduled dental appointment at his local dentist in Florida.” It comes after Trump reportedly tried to access the US nuclear launch codes – before one individual stopped him.

President Trump, who is set to flip 80 next month and is the oldest individual to assume the presidency in the nation’s historical past, as nicely as the White House, routinely asserts that the president is healthy and match to serve workplace.

“President Trump is the sharpest and most accessible President in American history who is working nonstop to solve problems and deliver on his promises, and he remains in excellent health,” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said in a latest assertion.

Ahead of his appointment, Trump joked that he feels as strong and healthy as he was when he was youthful, leaving him dumbfounded, given his well-known love for fast food and soda, specifically McDonald’s and Coke.

“I feel literally the same,” the president lately said. “I don’t know why. It’s not because I eat the best foods.”

Last July, Trump was identified with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition among older people that happens when leg veins battle to ship blood back to the guts, inflicting it to pool. Since then, he has repeatedly tried to conceal his swollen legs, as nicely as fixed hand bruising.

According to White House doctor Sean Barbabella, the president takes around 325 milligrams of aspirin a day for “cardiac prevention.” In earlier situations, Trump has said his aspirin routine is the main contributor to his bruising. The White House has also blamed the president’s handshaking for the lesions.

Following his October go to to the medical middle, Trump revealed to reporters that he had undergone an MRI. However, that examination was ultimately revealed to have really been a CT scan of his coronary heart and stomach.

“President Trump agreed to meet with the staff and soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital in October. In order to make the most of the President’s time at the hospital, we recommended he undergo another routine physical evaluation to ensure continued optimal health,” Barbabella said in a assertion.

“As part of that examination, we asked the President if he would undergo advanced imaging — either an MRI or CT Scan — to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues. The President agreed, and our team of consultants performed a CT Scan. As we revealed in the post-examination report, the advanced imaging was perfectly normal and revealed absolutely no abnormalities.” the assertion added.

Speaking at a retirement group in Florida earlier this month, President Trump boasted about his health, claiming he had taken a number of cognitive assessments and “aced” all of them as he attacked California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

“We should give [Newsom] a cognitive test. I took three of them. Aced all of them, by the way. You know, I’m the only president. I’m the only president to take a cognitive test because I don’t think Obama could pass it. I don’t. Didn’t he get into Harvard with a C average? I don’t know,” Trump said.

He continued by detailing a query he’s acquired during the cognitive assessments that requested him to establish different animals.

“The first question is very easy. It’s a lion, a giraffe, a bear, and a shark. They say, ‘Which one is the bear?’ And everybody says, ‘oh, 30 questions.’ Everyone says it’s a very standard test, but very tough around those last ten questions,” Trump said.

It comes after Trump erupted in fury at one of his most loyal allies following a humiliating blunder.