smh.com.au: https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/trump-faces-health-questions-ahead-of-another-walter-reed-trip-20260526-p600s7.html

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Trump faces health questions ahead of another medical check Open accessibility guide Skip to sections navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Log in Our network Log in Expand navigation menu Search The Sydney Morning Herald logo The Sydney Morning Herald logo Advertisement World North America Donald Trump Trump faces health questions ahead of another medical check Dan Diamond May 26, 2026 — 3:47pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Share A A A Washington: US President Donald Trump is expected to undergo his third scheduled medical check-up in 13 months on Tuesday (US time) as outside physicians say they have persistent questions about the nearly 80-year-old president’s health and fitness. Trump, the oldest president ev

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Trump faces health questions ahead of another medical check Open accessibility guide Skip to sections navigation Skip to content Skip to footer Log in Our network Log in Expand navigation menu Search The Sydney Morning Herald logo The Sydney Morning Herald logo Advertisement World North America Donald Trump Trump faces health questions ahead of another medical check Dan Diamond May 26, 2026 — 3:47pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Share A A A Washington: US President Donald Trump is expected to undergo his third scheduled medical check-up in 13 months on Tuesday (US time) as outside physicians say they have persistent questions about the nearly 80-year-old president’s health and fitness. Trump, the oldest president ever to be inaugurated, is scheduled to visit Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre for a medical and dental visit, the White House said earlier this month. The president went to Walter Reed in April 2025 for his annual physical exam – and returned in October for what officials characterised as a “scheduled follow-up”, sparking weeks of inquiries about Trump’s diagnosis and procedures that the White House repeatedly sidestepped. A bruise can be seen on the back of Trump’s left hand during a signing ceremony for the “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in January. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Nearly three months after the visit, Trump and the White House clarified that the president had received a CT scan. His doctor, Sean Barbabella, described the imaging as preventive “to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues”. While the White House has a round-the-clock medical team that can privately attend to the president if needed, Walter Reed has facilities for advanced imaging and other procedures. Trump has also made two visits to a Florida dentist since January, the White House has said, with officials saying those were for routine cleaning and care. Advertisement The White House has repeatedly said the president is in “excellent health”, including in response to questions this weekend citing medical reports produced by White House physicians, including one from Barbabella in October that said Trump “remains in exceptional health”. Related Article Opinion Trump&#x27;s America Trump told Americans to ‘do their own research’. Now they think the attacks on him are staged Melanie La&#x27;Brooy Writer Trump’s health and fitness have been central to his political identity, in part because the president has continually invoked them, seeking to turn persistent doubts about his age into a point of strength. Trump campaigned in 2023 and 2024 by touting his vigour, particularly compared with then-president Joe Biden, regularly boasting of his results in cognitive exams while attacking his opponent as “Sleepy Joe”. But as an ageing president he now receives some of the same questions that dogged Biden – namely, whether he is mentally and physically fit to p

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