DONALD TRUMP UNDERGOES FIRST MEDICAL SINCE RETURN TO POWER

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Friday marks Donald Trump’s first yearly medical since taking office again, focusing attention on the 78-year-old president of the United States, who has frequently been accused of being opaque about his health.

Since beginning his second term in the White House, Republican Trump has frequently bragged about his excellent health while disparaging his Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, 82, as mentally ill and in decline.

With the billionaire scheduled to arrive at the Walter Reed military hospital in the Washington suburbs at 11:00 am (1500 GMT) and spend approximately five hours there, Trump will suddenly be the subject of attention.

“I have never felt better, but nevertheless, these things must be done!” Trump said on Truth Social earlier this week.

It was not immediately clear when the results of the exam being led by presidential physician Sean Barbabella would be released, or how detailed they would be.

Trump has repeatedly been accused of a lack of openness about his health despite huge interest in the well-being of America’s commander-in-chief.

Trump is a prolific golfer who abstains from alcohol and cigarettes.

But he is also known to indulge in fast food and famously enjoys his steaks well done, although he appears noticeably thinner than during his first term.

Trump’s personal and White House doctors have at times made outlandish claims about his health.

In 2015, as Trump was running for the presidency for the first time, his doctor Harold Bornstein released a letter saying that the tycoon “unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”

Bornstein later told CNN that Trump himself “dictated that whole letter. I didn’t write that letter.”