« Active lifestyle », « frequent victories » in golf … Trump in « excellent health », according to his medical bulletin – Liberation
It is the doctor of the American presidency who says it. Donald Trump is in « Excellent cognitive and physical health », says the health bulletin published by the White House this Sunday, April 13, two days after The first medical visit since his return to power. And the latter to conclude that at 78 years old, « President Trump (…) is perfectly able to exercise the functions of head of state and commander -in -chief » armed forces.
In a particularly detailed report – the oldest American president ever elected had been accused during his first mandate not to be transparent on his health -, the presidency doctor, Sean Barbabella, specifies that Donald Trump consulted no less than 14 specialists and spent a « Complete neurological exam ». « The cognitive function is normal, with a score of 30 out of 30 », he reports. « I don’t know what to tell you, except that I had all the right answers », had provided the Republican septuagenarian on Friday about the cognitive test. On a trip to Florida after spending his medical visit to Walter Reed military hospital, near Washington’s suburbs, the billionaire also said « in great shape ».
« President Trump is maintained in excellent health and presents robust cardiac, pulmonary and neurological functions, such as his general physical state », establishes his doctor. « His active lifestyle significantly contributes to his well-being », he observes, mentioning among other things « His frequent victories in golf tournaments ». His blood results are also recorded – all in displayed standards – and the drugs he takes to control his cholesterol. His ENT examination notes a « Scar on the right ear coming from a ball injury », trace of The assassination attempt that Donald Trump was the target during the presidential campaign, when he was hit by a shot during a meeting in July in Pennsylvania.
The question of the health of the American president has become particularly sensitive to The end of the presidency of Joe Biden Who, completing his mandate at 82, appeared with an increasingly steep approach and an increasingly confused speech, where his opponent gave the appearance of greater physical vigor.
Donald Trump, 101 kilos, does not drink alcohol and does not smoke, but does not hide his taste for sodas and fast food chains. He has often been accused by his opponents of not being transparent on his health, especially when, during the last months of his first mandate, he had been hospitalized for several days for a COVVI-19 infection. Already in 2018, a former doctor from Donald Trump, the New York gastroenterologist Harold Bornstein, had assured that his patient had one day « Completely dictated » A letter presenting him in perfect health, before he was elected for the first time in 2016.
During the 2024 presidential race, he assured that he had passed a cognitive test and succeeded « With brilliant », Without giving any detail when in November 2023 he had simply published a short letter from his doctor claiming that he was in « Excellent » Health and had lost weight – without specifying how much. « If it were elected, I can assert unequivocally that Mr. Trump will be the best healthy individual ever elected to the presidency, » said this bulletin published in December 2015, without providing any evidence supporting this assertion.
