Doctor confident Trump will complete his term ‘with no medical issues’

Ronny Jackson says president achieved perfect score on cognitive test, has no heart disease but has high choestrol

By AP and ToI Staff 17 January 2018, 12:10 am
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White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Washington, January 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson speaks to reporters during the daily press briefing in the Brady press briefing room at the White House, Washington, January 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

US President Donald Trump’s doctor said Tuesday he was confident that Trump has a “very strong and a very probable possibility” of completing his presidency “with no medical issues.”

Navy doctor Ronny Jackson provided a more detailed readout Tuesday following Trump’s first physical last Friday at the Walter Reed military hospital.

Jackson reported that the 6-foot-3 president weighed in at 239 pounds — three pounds heavier than he was in September 2016.

Trump’s blood pressure was 122 over 74, and his total cholesterol was 223, which is higher than recommended.

Trump’s overall health “is excellent” and he did “exceedingly well” on cognitive screening, Jackson said.

Jackson said Trump’s heart exam was normal, with regular rhythm and no abnormal sounds.

Trump also has no heart disease and no family history of it.

US President Donald Trump speaks to the press with his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev at the White House in Washington, DC, on January 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / NICHOLAS KAMM)

Jackson said that based on the clinical information he has on Trump and his year of observing the president, “I feel very confident that he has a very strong and a very probable possibility of making it completely through his presidency with no medical issues.”

Trump asked that a cognitive test be included as part of his first physical exam, and Jackson said the president achieved a perfect score on the test.

Jackson said Trump’s 30 out of 30 score means there’s no indication that Trump has any cognitive issues.

The doctor speculated that Trump requested the exam in an attempt to beat back the narrative of the past few weeks that he is mentally unfit for office.

Jackson described Trump as “very sharp” and “very articulate when he speaks to me.”

The doctor said he’s found “no reason whatsoever” to think the president has any issues with his thought process.

The doctor also explained why Trump appeared to slur his words during a December 6 speech in which he recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

He explained that he had given the president the nasal decongestant Sudafed the night before and “inadvertently dried up his secretions.”

Trump took office at age 70, making him the oldest incoming US president.

Presidents aren’t required to get a checkup, but modern presidents do so regularly and release a doctor’s report on the findings.

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