Trump to visit Walter Reed for the third check-up of his second term

Donald TrumpTrump to visit Walter Reed for the third checkup of his second term Trump, who will be 80 next month, is the oldest person to be elected president.Donald Trump in the Oval Office on May 21. Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 25, 2026, 12:55 PM EDTBy Elyse Perlmutter-Gumbiner and Jane C. TimmPresident Donald Trump plans to go to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday for a medical and dental checkup, according to a White House official.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.This is the president’s third in-person doctor’s visit in a little over a year. He went to Walter Reed twice last year, in April and October 2025. He also visited his dentist in West Palm Beach twice this year — first in January and then again earlier this month for a follow-up.Trump, who will turn 80 next month and is the oldest person to assume the presidency, routinely asserts that he is in excellent health, even as rumors about his health circulate. He made his promised vitality and energy a major part of his campaign for re-election, mocking his rival as “Sleepy Joe Biden.” But moments of apparent drowsiness and a noticeably bruised hand, which the White House has blamed on shaking hands and his taking aspirin as a blood thinner, continue to spark questions. The president was revealed last year to have chronic venous insufficiency, after he was examined for mild swelling in his legs.Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in 2025.Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty ImagesTrump told the Wall Street Journal during an interview published in January that “aspirin is good for thinning out” his blood and he doesn’t want “thick blood pouring through [his] heart.”His Oct. 2025 visit was initially described by the White House as a scheduled follow-up, but Trump later told reporters that he had undergone an MRI. The exam was eventually revealed to be a CT scan of his heart and...