WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to visit doctors at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on May 26 for what the White House described Monday evening as a routine annual physical and dental checkup, his fourth publicly disclosed medical visit since returning to office and one that comes just weeks before his 80th birthday.
The visit, which the White House cast as preventive care, lands against a backdrop of recurring questions about the president’s health — questions that Trump himself has at times chafed at. Earlier Monday, he told reporters at an Oval Office event, “I feel literally the same” as he did 50 years ago. “I don’t know why. It’s not because I eat the best foods.”
Last week, Trump joked that his exercise regimen amounts to “about one minute a day, max.”
Trump’s health has been a subject of sustained public interest since before he took office. He was the oldest person elected president, surpassing Joe Biden — whose age-related fitness he frequently criticized. Since then, the White House has released periodic updates, but disclosures have been selective.
After an April 2025 annual physical, Barbabella said Trump was “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief and had shed 20 pounds compared with a 2020 checkup that had put him near the obesity threshold. Months later, Trump returned to doctors after noticing “mild swelling” in his lower legs, the White House said; tests found chronic venous insufficiency, a condition common in older adults that allows blood to pool in the veins.
Around the same time, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed bruising visible on the back of Trump’s hands, explaining that it stemmed from irritation caused by frequent handshaking and his use of aspirin, which he takes to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
In October, Trump underwent what the White House called a semiannual physical, receiving a flu shot and a COVID-19 booster. He later told The Wall Street Journal that the visit included advanced imaging on his heart and abdomen as preventive screening — a decision he came to rue. Trump said he regretted the imaging because it only raised public questions about his health.
His upcoming dental evaluation follows two other recent visits to a local dentist near his Florida estate, where he often spends weekends. The May 26 exam is scheduled roughly ten days after Trump is expected to return from a summit in Beijing with Chinese President Xi Jinping.