USA Trump reports on MRI examination - "It was perfect"
US President Donald Trump has undergone an MRI scan, according to his own statement. "I did it, I got an MRI. It was perfect," Trump said on Monday (local time) on board his government plane Air Force One on the way to Japan.
28.10.2025, 10:11
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The doctor had told him the results were "some of the best they've ever seen for this age," Trump added.
MRI is the abbreviation for magnetic resonance imaging. It provides images of the inside of the body to diagnose joint damage, heart attacks or tumors, for example.
According to the 79-year-old, the examination took place around two weeks ago as part of a comprehensive health check at Walter Reed military hospital near the capital, Washington. Trump did not give the reason for this. His personal physician Sean Barbabella had certified that he was in "excellent health" after the examination.
Speculation about bruising
In recent months, there had been repeated speculation about Trump's state of health when images of bruises on his hands and swollen-looking legs - some of which were apparently covered up with make-up - made the rounds online. Trump explained the bruises with frequent handshakes, his spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt also cited the use of blood-thinning medication as the cause.
In July, the White House announced that Trump suffers from chronic venous insufficiency - a harmless disease of the leg veins that occurs mainly in older people.
Health status is disclosed in the USA
One of the peculiarities of the US political scene is that presidents regularly provide public information about their state of health - not because it is required by law, but because it has developed into a ritual over the years that hardly any office holder can avoid.
Trump's predecessor Joe Biden (82) in particular had major doubts about his mental fitness at the end of his term of office. Due to the increasingly fierce headwinds, Biden withdrew from the race for the White House just months before the 2024 presidential election. In January of this year, Trump - still 78 at the time - went down in history as the oldest president in the United States when he took office.
