Overview
- Press secretary Karoline Leavitt read a memo from Physician to the President Sean P. Barbabella stating the October MRIs were preventative cardiovascular and abdominal scans.
- The memo reported no arterial narrowing, inflammation, clotting, or abnormalities in the heart, major vessels, or abdominal organs, and described the president’s overall health as excellent.
- The administration released a written summary of the results but did not provide the underlying MRI images.
- The disclosure followed President Trump’s Nov. 30 remarks that he would release the results and his description of them as “perfect,” after questions from reporters about which body part was scanned.
- Calls for transparency had intensified after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and other Democrats pressed for the results, extending scrutiny that has included a July diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency.