Trump to visit Walter Reed for the third check-up of his second term

President Donald Trump plans to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for a medical and dental check-up, according to a White House official.

This is the president’s third in-person doctor’s visit in a little over a year. He went to Walter Reed twice last year, in April and October 2025. He also visited his dentist in West Palm Beach twice this year — first in January and then again earlier this month for a follow-up.

Trump, who will turn 80 next month and is the oldest person to assume the presidency, routinely asserts that he is in excellent health, even as rumors about his health circulate. He made his promised vitality and energy a major part of his campaign for re-election, mocking his rival as “Sleepy Joe Biden.”

But moments of apparent drowsiness and a noticeably bruised hand, which the White House has blamed on shaking hands and his taking aspirin as a blood thinner, continue to spark questions.

The president was revealed last year to have chronic venous insufficiency, after he was examined for mild swelling in his legs.

President Trump Hosts South Korean President Lee Jae Myung At White House — Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in 2025.Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty Images

Trump told the Wall Street Journal during an interview published in January that “aspirin is good for thinning out” his blood and he doesn’t want “thick blood pouring through [his] heart.”

His Oct. 2025 visit was initially described by the White House as a scheduled follow-up, but Trump later told reporters that he had undergone an MRI. The exam was eventually revealed to be a CT scan of his heart and abdomen.

“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,” Dr. Sean Barbabella, the president’s physician, said in a statement to NBC News. “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.”

After his April 2025 visit to Walter Read, Barbabella said in a statement that the president “remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and general physical function.

He continued: “President Trump’s days include participation in multiple meetings, public appearances, press availability, and frequent victories in golf events.”

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