health
Trump completes annual physical after year of public attention to health issues
US president, who turns 80 next month, frequently casts himself as fit but recent photos have added to questions about his health
TL;DR
- Donald Trump completed a physical exam at Walter Reed national military medical center.
- The US president stated that "Everything checked out PERFECTLY".
- Recent photographs showing a blotchy neck rash and past images of swollen ankles and a bruised hand have raised questions about Trump's health.
- A White House physician stated the neck rash is being treated with a common cream as a "preventative skin treatment".
- After a previous exam, a memo indicated Trump's 'cardiac age' was approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.
- While no law requires routine presidential checkups or public results, it has been customary to make public statements since the Nixon administration.