Seventy-eight-year-old Donald Trump, who is the oldest elected president of the United States (US) and was accused of not being transparent about his health during his first term, said last night that he was "in full form" after his annual medical examination, and doctors will officially release the report on Sunday.
"Overall, I felt like I was in great shape. Good heart, good soul, very good soul," Trump said on the presidential plane that was taking him to Florida after a thorough medical examination at Walter Reed Military Hospital in the suburbs of Washington.
In addition to a heart exam, he said, he underwent a cognitive test to be "a little different from (Joe) Biden," his predecessor in the White House.
During the recent presidential campaign, Republican Trump repeatedly attacked his Democratic rival Biden for his age, and called on him to undergo a cognitive test.
"I don't know what to tell you except that I had all the right answers," Trump said, after several hours of examinations.
The issue of the health of the American president became particularly sensitive at the end of the presidency of Joseph Biden, who ended his term at the age of 82, walking more and more stiffly and his speech becoming slurred, while his rival in the presidential race seemed to have greater physical strength.
Trump does not drink alcohol or smoke, but he does not hide his love of soft drinks and fast food.
During the 2024 presidential race, he said that he passed the cognitive test successfully, without giving any details.
In November 2023, he published a short letter from his doctor, who said he was in "extraordinary" health and had lost weight, without specifying how much.
He has not published a report on his health since then.
Biden, however, published long, detailed reports about his health, even listing his cholesterol levels or what medications he was taking for allergies.
Trump has often been accused by opponents of not being transparent about his health, especially during the final months of his first term when he was hospitalized for several days due to Covid-19.
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