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Trump’s Walter Reed visit: Will his health check-up update be made public? What we know so far

Trump’s Walter Reed visit: Will his health check-up update be made public? What we know so far

President Donald Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday, May 26, for his annual dental and medical check-up and said it went ‘perfectly’. Trump undergoes annual medical check-up at Walter Reed; report expected soon. (Bloomberg) The White House confirmed the visit in a statement, saying it would include “the President’s routine annual dental and medical assessments as part of his regular preventive health care.” The visit also included time with military personnel stationed at the facility. This is Trump’s fourth medical visit since returning to office in January 2025. He turns 80 next month which makes him the oldest person ever elected US president. His health has been under the microscope in recent months, partly due to publicly visible bruising on his hands and swelling in his legs. In July 2025, the White House confirmed Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition where veins in the legs struggle to push blood back up to the heart properly. “Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. …

Is Trump fit to lead? 25th amendment buzz grows as Trump’s ex-lawyer warns of mental decline; ‘governed by a madman’

Is Trump fit to lead? 25th amendment buzz grows as Trump’s ex-lawyer warns of mental decline; ‘governed by a madman’

Donald Trump’s former lawyer has said the US President should step down, citing what he believes to be a serious decline in Trump’s mental condition. The remarks have added fuel to growing calls in Washington to invoke the 25th Amendment. Trump’s former lawyer Ty Cobb has raised serious concerns about the president’s mental fitness. (Getty Images via AFP) Ty Cobb, who worked in Trump’s legal team from July 2017 to May 2018, told the I newspaper that during his first term, there were people within the administration who would push back on the president’s extreme ideas and warn him when a policy was unwise or illegal. But in his second term, Cobb says, Trump has surrounded himself with people who are too afraid to challenge him at all. As per The Mirror, Cobb also believes Trump is showing signs of “frontal lobe decline” and “possible dementia.” He argues that Trump’s long-standing narcissism has grown far worse as a result. “The narcissism has always been an issue for him but in an absence of the impulse …