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By Kate Plummer
Senior US News Reporter
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President Donald Trump has said that White House doctors told him he is in "perfect health."
Writing on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said: "The White House doctors have just reported that I am in 'PERFECT HEALTH,' and that I 'ACED' (meaning, was correct on 100% of the questions asked!), for the third straight time, my cognitive examination, something which no other president, or previous vice president, was willing to take.
"P.S., I strongly believe that anyone running for president, or vice president, should be mandatorily forced to take a strong, meaningful, and proven cognitive examination. Our great country cannot be run by 'STUPID' or INCOMPETENT PEOPLE!"
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Why It Matters
Trump has faced repeated scrutiny over his health during his second term in office. Photos circulated online last year showing bruising and discoloration on his hands.
Trump was also 78 when he was sworn in for his second term in January 2025, making him the oldest person ever to be inaugurated as U.S. president.
What To Know
Trump addressed the rumors about his health in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Thursday, attributing bruising on his hands to his aspirin regime he has maintained for 25 years.
Trump said he was a "little superstitious" about taking a smaller dose, adding: "I don't want thick blood pouring through my heart."
He also admitted to using makeup to conceal minor nicks, including one sustained from Attorney General Pam Bondi's ring during a 2024 Republican National Convention high-five. "Yes, there was a slight little cut," he told the Journal, adding that makeup was "easy to put on, takes about 10 seconds."
He also denied reports that he falls asleep during public events. "Sometimes they'll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they'll catch me with the blink," he said.
In December, the White House also revealed details about Trump's October MRI scan, calling the results "perfectly normal." But Trump told the Journal it was not an MRI scan, saying: "It was less than that. It was a scan." Trump's physician Sean Barbabella added that it was a CT scan "to rule out any cardiovascular issues."
Meanwhile in July, the White House announced that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), a non-life-threatening condition in which veins in the legs are unable to efficiently return blood to the heart. Trump's doctor described the condition as "benign and common."
What People Are Saying
Trump wrote on Truth Social in November: "The Radical Left Lunatics in the soon to fold New York Times did a hit piece on me that I am perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite.
"There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST ("That was aced") JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now!"
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Newsweek previously: "President Trump is the hardest working president the American people have ever had. He is literally always working around the clock, seven days a week, to better our country."
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