Trump Reveals What Test He Had During Walter Reed Visit

President Donald Trump on Monday mentioned he had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) take a look at throughout a unexpectedly introduced go to to Walter Reed Medical Heart earlier this month.

“I obtained an MRI,” he instructed reporters whereas on Air Drive One earlier than arriving in Japan. “It was good.”

Trump was requested what docs have been searching for on the take a look at.

“You possibly can ask the docs,” he mentioned. “No one has ever given you reviews like I offer you.”

Trump, 79, mentioned the docs instructed him it was “among the finest reviews they’ve ever seen” given his age.

The White Home launched a press release on the time saying that Trump had obtained “superior imaging,” however didn’t present specifics.

White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt declined to reply final week when asked if “superior imaging” meant the president had an MRI.

The White Home launched a press release from Trump’s doctor after the examination saying he’s in “excellent overall health.”

Trump, who didn’t launch medical data in the course of the 2024 marketing campaign, has been seen with swollen legs and bruises on his hand that he seems to cowl with concealer.

The White Home has mentioned the swelling is because of power venous insufficiency, which entails poor blood circulation from the legs again to the center, and the bruising is from aspirin use and frequent handshaking.

However on Monday, the president mentioned he additionally took cognitive exams whereas at Walter Reed, saying, “they’re actually aptitude exams.”

He didn’t identify the take a look at, however his description instructed it was the Montreal Cognitive Evaluation, or the notorious “individual, girl, man, digicam, TV” take a look at he took in 2020 and has bragged about passing ever since.

Regardless of the president’s claims, it’s not an inherent ability take a look at nor an IQ take a look at. It’s meant to examine for indicators of cognitive decline linked to dementia, and as such is meant to be straightforward to cross for somebody with regular cognition.