WASHINGTON – The White House physician pronounced Donald Trump to be in”excellent health” after Trump had his first medical exam as U.S. presidenton Friday, capping off a week in which his mental fitness for the job hascome under intense scrutiny.
Trump spent about three hours with military doctors at the Walter ReedNational Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, an exam that WhiteHouse doctor Ronny Jackson said went “exceptionally well.”
“The president is in excellent health and I look forward to briefing someof the details on Tuesday,” Jackson said in a brief statement distributedby the White House.
The exam came after a new best-selling book portrayed Trump, 71, asunfocused and childlike. The White House has faced a barrage of questionsover his contradictory messages on key policies and an incident last monthwhere he slurred some words while giving a speech.