President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with Finland's President Alexander Stubb in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
ABWASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is undergoing what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at Walter Reed ɫtv Military Medical Center on Friday.
The visit, which the White House announced earlier this week, comes as Trump is preparing to travel to the Middle East on the in the Israel-Hamas war. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had described it as a “routine yearly check up,” although Trump had .
The White House declined to explain why he was getting a yearly checkup six months after his annual exam. But in an exchange with reporters Thursday, Trump said it was a “semiannual physical.”
“I’m meeting with the troops and I’m also going to do a, sort of, semiannual physical, which I do,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think I’m in great shape, but I’ll let you know.”
The president is scheduled to return to the White House after his visit to Walter Reed, which is located in Bethesda, Maryland.
His April physical found that he was “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief. The three-page summary of the exam done by his doctor, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, said Trump has lost 20 pounds since a medical exam in June 2020 and said Trump has an “active lifestyle” that “continues to contribute significantly” to the well-being of the president, 79.
In July, the that Trump recently had a after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs and was found to have a condition common in older adults that causes blood to pool in his veins. Tests by the White House medical unit showed that Trump has , which occurs when little valves inside the veins that normally help move blood against gravity gradually lose the ability to work properly.
At the April physical, Trump also passed a to assess different brain functions.
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