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| A picture of health? Trump to share details of medical checkup | A picture of health? Trump to share details of medical checkup |
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| A fuller picture of Donald Trump’s health following his first medical checkup as president is expected to be released on Tuesday. | A fuller picture of Donald Trump’s health following his first medical checkup as president is expected to be released on Tuesday. |
| Trump’s White House physician, navy doctor Ronny Jackson, declared the president to be in “excellent health” following an exam on Friday at the Walter Reed military hospital in Maryland. | Trump’s White House physician, navy doctor Ronny Jackson, declared the president to be in “excellent health” following an exam on Friday at the Walter Reed military hospital in Maryland. |
| The White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, said Jackson would attend her briefing on Tuesday afternoon to provide a more complete readout on Trump’s physical health. | The White House press secretary, Sarah Sanders, said Jackson would attend her briefing on Tuesday afternoon to provide a more complete readout on Trump’s physical health. |
| Any conclusions about Trump’s mental acuity are not expected to be shared. Questions about the president’s mental fitness have been raised following comments attributed to some of his close advisers in a new book, and his recent slurring of words on national TV. | Any conclusions about Trump’s mental acuity are not expected to be shared. Questions about the president’s mental fitness have been raised following comments attributed to some of his close advisers in a new book, and his recent slurring of words on national TV. |
| Trump, 71, has defended his mental fitness on Twitter, writing: “Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.” | Trump, 71, has defended his mental fitness on Twitter, writing: “Throughout my life, my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart.” |
| He also said he “would qualify as not smart, but genius … and a very stable genius at that!” | He also said he “would qualify as not smart, but genius … and a very stable genius at that!” |
| Presidents are not legally required to get a health check-up but modern presidents do so regularly and release a doctor’s report on the findings. | Presidents are not legally required to get a health check-up but modern presidents do so regularly and release a doctor’s report on the findings. |
| During the 2016 election, Trump broke with precedent by not releasing any significant medical information. | During the 2016 election, Trump broke with precedent by not releasing any significant medical information. |
| Instead, he provided the media with a letter from his doctor, Harold Bornstein, which stated: “If elected, Mr Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” | Instead, he provided the media with a letter from his doctor, Harold Bornstein, which stated: “If elected, Mr Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” |
| Bornstein later said that he wrote the letter in five minutes while a limo driver waited outside to rush a copy to Trump Tower. | Bornstein later said that he wrote the letter in five minutes while a limo driver waited outside to rush a copy to Trump Tower. |
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