US President Donald Trump is undergoing what he has described as a “semi-annual physical” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre on Friday.
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The visit, which the White House announced earlier this week, comes as Trump is preparing to travel to the Middle East on the heels of a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Gaza war.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described it as a “routine yearly check-up”, although Trump had his annual physical in April.
The White House declined to explain why Trump was getting a yearly check-up six months after his annual exam. But in an exchange with reporters on Thursday, the Republican president said it was a “semi-annual physical”.
“I’m meeting with the troops, and I’m also going to do a, sort of, semi-annual physical, which I do,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think I’m in great shape, but I’ll let you know.”
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