Overview

• Physician to the President Capt. Sean P. Barbabella said Trump remains in exceptional health and estimated his cardiac age to be about 14 years younger than his chronological age.
• The scheduled follow-up at Walter Reed included advanced imaging, laboratory testing and preventive assessments coordinated by a multidisciplinary team over roughly three hours.
• During the evaluation, Trump received an updated COVID-19 booster and his annual influenza vaccine as part of routine immunizations.
• Barbabella’s memo to Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reiterated July’s diagnosis of chronic venous insufficiency and attributed recurring hand bruising to frequent handshakes and aspirin use.
• The update drew renewed attention to the administration’s narrowed COVID vaccine guidance that emphasizes clinician–patient decisions, even as the president was personally boosted ahead of travel to Israel and Egypt.