{"id":126598,"date":"2026-05-26T18:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=126598"},"modified":"2026-05-26T18:00:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T13:00:23","slug":"trump-near-80-to-have-annual-physical-amid-scrutiny-of-recent-ailments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/126598\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump, near 80, to have annual physical amid scrutiny of recent ailments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Washington(National Times)-  United States President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, will undergo his routine annual physical on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre, following a year of public attention on apparently minor health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump frequently casts himself as more energetic and fitter than Joe Biden, his Democratic predecessor who&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1884527\">left office<\/a>&nbsp;last year at age 82 after&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1817832\/amid-scrutiny-over-fitness-for-presidential-office-biden-undergoes-annual-medical-exam\">facing questions<\/a>&nbsp;about his fitness for the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, recent&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/02\/trump-neck-rash\">photographs<\/a>&nbsp;showing a blotchy neck rash have added to questions about Trump\u2019s health, following images in July 2025 of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1924857\">swollen ankles<\/a>&nbsp;and a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1964544\">bruised hand<\/a>&nbsp;concealed with makeup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump, whose birthday is June 14, became the oldest person to assume the presidency when he&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1886576\">began<\/a>&nbsp;his second term in January 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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 14.5 kilometres every time he goes golfing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I am not using the cart,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White House physician Sean Barbabella 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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president later told reporters he got the MRI as part of a second physical exam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGetting an MRI is very standard. What, you think I shouldn\u2019t have it? Other people get it\u2026 I had an MRI. The doctor said it was the best result he has ever seen as a doctor,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a memo after the second exam, Barbabella said the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1948289\">president\u2019s cardiac age<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 a validated measure of cardiovascular vitality via ECG \u2014 was found to be approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has also faced questions after appearing to fall asleep during several meetings, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1959060\">a session with his Cabinet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome people said, \u2018he closed his eyes\u2019. Look, it got pretty boring,\u201d Trump told laughing officials in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI didn\u2019t sleep. I just closed them because I wanted to get the hell outta here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Biden last year was diagnosed with an \u201caggressive form\u201d of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1911952\">prostate cancer<\/a>&nbsp;that spread to his bones, and underwent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1948215\">radiation therapy<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington(National Times)- United States President Donald Trump, who turns 80 next month, will undergo his routine annual physical on Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre, following a year of public attention on apparently minor health issues. 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