{"id":2992,"date":"2026-05-26T12:39:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/26\/trump-to-undergo-annual-physical-after-year-of-public-attention-to-health-issues\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:39:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:39:47","slug":"trump-to-undergo-annual-physical-after-year-of-public-attention-to-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=2992","title":{"rendered":"Trump to undergo annual physical after year of public attention to health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"dd4fa1de-5840-41e5-890e-5abc257b7473\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"two men in suits shake hands\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d585d05c9d1114e9b278ec1812f11dab1f907aeb\/502_0_4589_3672\/master\/4589.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372.0810634125082\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Donald Trump\u2019s hand was bruised from shaking so many hands, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters.<\/span> Photograph: Kylie Cooper\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"dd4fa1de-5840-41e5-890e-5abc257b7473\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">Donald Trump\u2019s hand was bruised from shaking so many hands, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters.<\/span> Photograph: Kylie Cooper\/Reuters<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Trump to undergo annual physical after year of public attention to health issues<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>US president, who turns 80 next month, frequently casts himself as fit but recent photos have added to questions about his health<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\" data-link-name=\"in standfirst link\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, will undergo his routine annual physical on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, after a year of public attention on apparently minor health issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The US president frequently casts himself as more energetic and fitter than Joe Biden, his Democratic predecessor who left office last year at age 82 after facing questions about his fitness for the job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Still, recent photographs showing a blotchy neck rash have added to questions about Trump\u2019s health, after images in July 2025 of swollen ankles and a bruised hand concealed with makeup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump, whose birthday is 14 June, became the oldest person to assume the presidency when he began his second term in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump maintains an active golf schedule, but joked about his relative lack of exercise at a recent Oval Office event where his health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr said the president walks nine miles (14.5 km) every time he goes golfing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWhen I am not using the cart,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Sean Barbabella, the White House physician, has said Trump is using a common cream as \u201ca preventative skin treatment\u201d to address the neck rash, but he has not given details of the condition being treated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">After the photographs of the president\u2019s legs and hands were published last July, Barbabella said in a letter that the ailments were benign and that there was no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease. Trump\u2019s leg swelling was from a \u201ccommon\u201d vein condition, and his hand was bruised from shaking so many hands, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told reporters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump said last October that he had received a magnetic resonance imaging exam that month. The White House initially declined to share further details on the reason for the scan. Leavitt said only that it indicated \u201cexceptional physical health\u201d for Trump. The president later told reporters he got the MRI as part of a second physical exam.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Medical experts noted that MRIs are not typically part of a routine physical and are usually prescribed to get detailed images of the body.<\/p>\n<figure data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.NewsletterSignupBlockElement\" class=\"dcr-173mewl\">\n<div data-name=\"placeholder\" class=\"dcr-ri3hap\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In a memo after the second exam, Barbabella said the president\u2019s \u201ccardiac age \u2013 a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG \u2013 was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Trump has also faced questions after appearing to fall asleep during several meetings, including a session with his Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cSome people said, he closed his eyes. Look, it got pretty boring,\u201d Trump told laughing officials in February. \u201cI didn\u2019t sleep. 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