President Donald Trump has revealed that he underwent an MRI during his most recent medical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier this month and that the results came back “perfect,” pushing back on recent speculation about his health from major media outlets.
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Tokyo, Trump confirmed the scan took place during what he described as his “semi-annual physical.”
The 47th president joked about the thoroughness of the test and dismissed questions about why it was ordered.
“I did, I got an MRI — it was perfect,” Trump said. “We had an MRI, and the machine, you know, the whole thing, and it was perfect.”
When pressed on why he underwent the imaging procedure, Trump replied, “You could ask the doctors.”
The MRI was conducted at Walter Reed on Oct. 10 as part of a broader medical evaluation that Trump characterized as routine. The White House described it as a continuation of a series of checkups that began earlier in the year, including a full physical in April.
Trump told reporters that his medical team had given him “some of the best reports for the age” and insisted that the results were entirely normal.
“If I didn’t think it was going to be good, I wouldn’t run,” Trump said, referring to his 2026 re-election campaign.
The brief comments came amid renewed speculation in mainstream media outlets about the 79-year-old president’s health, much of it driven by online rumors and out-of-context photographs circulated by partisan commentators.
In July, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt publicly addressed reports of Trump’s swollen ankles and bruises on his hands — claims that circulated on social media and were amplified by several cable networks.
Leavitt said at the time that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common condition among adults over 70 that can cause swelling in the lower legs.
She added that Trump’s cardiac function remained strong, citing an echocardiogram performed earlier in the summer that showed a “normal cardiac structure and function.”
“There is zero indication of any cardiovascular impairment,” Leavitt said at the time. “The president’s physicians have been transparent, and his overall health is excellent.”
Despite those statements, several media figures have continued to question Trump’s stamina and cognitive sharpness, even as they largely ignored similar concerns about President Joe Biden’s physical and mental decline during his final months in office.
Trump allies have dismissed the coverage as politically motivated. “The same outlets that spent four years covering up Biden’s collapse are now inventing stories about President Trump’s blood pressure,” said senior adviser Jason Miller. “The contrast in transparency could not be more obvious.”
According to medical experts familiar with routine executive screenings, an MRI may be ordered as part of a precautionary assessment, particularly for older adults with a history of orthopedic or vascular issues. A normal MRI, as Trump described, would indicate no abnormalities in the brain, spine, or soft tissue structures typically screened during such tests.
White House physician Dr. Sean Conley has not released additional details about the test but confirmed last week that Trump’s overall health remains “excellent” and that “the president continues to meet or exceed all clinical standards for someone of his age.”
During his first term, Trump underwent multiple publicized physicals at Walter Reed, often releasing summaries to the press afterward — a transparency measure that contrasts sharply with the Biden administration’s handling of health disclosures.
Trump, who has long emphasized vigor and stamina as part of his public image, laughed off further questions from reporters Monday as Air Force One continued toward Japan. “You people worry too much,” he said. “If I didn’t feel great, you’d be the first to know — believe me.”
The president is scheduled to attend bilateral meetings in Tokyo this week and then travel to Seoul before returning to Washington.
When Hannah Glass decided to eat a homemade brownie, she hadn’t known that days later, her parents would be picking up her cremated remains. The college student had always been cautious about her peanut allergy but there was something hidden in the sweet treat that killed her after only two bites.
Glass had turned 19 only two days before.
A community in Wisconsin is mourning the heartbreaking loss of Hannah Glass, a bright and compassionate freshman at Maranatha Baptist University who tragically lost her life due to an unexpected allergic reaction to a brownie.
On November 5, the young woman, who turned 19 two days before, had a violent reaction to a brownie she received from a friend. The teenager had a known allergy to peanuts, and was usually careful, but she was unaware the sweet treat reportedly contained roasted peanut flour, an ingredient used as a gluten-free alternative.
“The second bite, she knew something was wrong,” Hannah’s father, David Glass, told WISN. The dad then explained her friend brought his daughter the brownie from a women’s group on campus and while the treat was made with peanut flour to accommodate gluten-free students, it didn’t consider those with severe peanut allergies.
“We believe because this product contained roasted peanut flour, separate from oily peanut butter, that masked this,” continued David, who along with Hannah’s mother, Janean, raced about 45 minutes from their home in Milton, Wisconsin, to the school residence in Watertown.
Hannah’s reaction was aggressive and immediate. Her father shares that she had thrown up, welled up with hives, and managed to find some relief with Benadryl.
But when she crawled up to her top bunk to rest, her condition changed dramatically.
“When Hannah rolled on her side, the anaphylaxis reaction that we had not seen before hit incredibly hard. This caused her to gasp for breath, leading to the collapsing of the lung, further exacerbating the situation,” the grieving dad writes in the Facebook post that he shared November 11.
That was when Hannah climbed down the ladder from her bed and lost consciousness “part way down” – before her EpiPen was administered.
“I picked Hannah up…and carried her outside to wait for the ambulance to arrive,” the father penned. “She was completely unresponsive, and I was incredibly helpless.”
Paramedics arrived and worked tirelessly to revive her, but Hannah’s heart had stopped for four minutes. She was immediately rushed to Watertown Hospital, before being transferred to Froedtert Hospital, where she was placed on a ventilator.
Her family watched helplessly as doctors fought to save her life, but the damage was severe.
“The majority of her brain was unmistakably, seriously, critically, and without the life-sustaining measures in place, TERMINALLY damaged,” David writes om Facebook of the brain damage sustained after having several seizures, which led to “severe brain swelling.”
“There were no conversations of quality of life or anything like that. This was only life and death!”
Despite the tireless efforts of medical professionals, Hannah’s brain suffered critical damage that left her without hope of recovery.
Before Hannah’s final goodbye on November 10, 2024, she was honored with a traditional “Honor Walk,” a touching tribute as she was taken to the operating room for organ donation.
About 300 people lined the walls of the hallway for the walk, her family by her side until their “final goodbye.”
“It seemed like an endless walk, yet it was also going too quickly,” David shared.
“We went and picked up Hannah’s cremated remains. It was and is a strange mix of emotions. There is still a strong sense of disbelief,” David writes in a November 22, 2024 Facebook post. “Having now, this physical, tangible, memorial of her physical life and body is nice, in one sense, because we now have something to see and to ‘hold on to,’ but it is also very sad because this is certainly not the same relationship that we had before. But, then again, it is good to have her home.”
Now her parents are reminding people with food allergies to “Always be aware. Make sure your EpiPens are up to date,” David said.
Hannah’s organs have already saved four people who desperately needed lifesaving transplants.
Hannah Glass’s story is a poignant reminder of how fragile life can be and the importance of food allergy awareness. Her memory lives on not only through the lives she saved but in the hearts of those who knew and loved her.