The White House briefing room got a dose of reality on Monday when press secretary Karoline Leavitt stood at the podium and did what the media never expected. She read President Trump’s October MRI report word for word and made it crystal clear that the man is in excellent health. After months of reporters trying to turn every bruise, blurry photo and swollen ankle rumor into a medical thriller, Leavitt pulled the rug out from under them with actual facts.
She explained that Trump’s second routine physical this fall included advanced imaging because, at seventy nine, it’s smart to run a full cardiovascular and abdominal check. Routine. Preventative. Boringly normal. Which, of course, is exactly what the press did not want to hear. Leavitt emphasized the purpose was to identify issues early and confirm overall health, something every man Trump’s age should be doing. Then she went down the list with the kind of detail that probably made half the reporters regret their last five headlines.
Trump’s cardiovascular imaging was perfectly normal. No arterial narrowing. No inflammation. No blockages. No abnormalities in the heart or major vessels. Heart chambers normal. Vessel walls smooth and healthy. In other words, his cardiovascular system is in better shape than half the people asking him questions for a living. And she wasn’t done. His abdominal imaging was also perfectly normal. Every major organ functioning within normal limits. No chronic issues. No concerns. The picture of a healthy man.
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This is the part the media hated the most. There was no mystery diagnosis. No decline. No hidden scare. Just a clean standout report confirming what Trump’s earlier exams already said: he remains in excellent health. Leavitt even reminded them that this level of detailed imaging is standard for someone Trump’s age in an executive physical. Nothing unusual, nothing alarming and nothing the press could twist without sounding ridiculous.
In typical Trump fashion, he previewed the news the night before, calling the MRI “perfect” and laughing off speculation by pointing out it wasn’t a brain scan, which sent certain corners of the press into predictable hysteria. He told reporters they could release it if they wanted, and sure enough, the administration delivered.
It’s funny watching the same journalists who spent years shielding Biden’s obvious decline suddenly pretend to care about presidential fitness now. They ignored Biden wandering stages, freezing mid sentence and needing handlers to move him from point A to point B. Yet Trump gets a routine MRI and they act like he’s on life support.
Sorry to disappoint. The man is healthy, sharp and energized. And judging by the panic in certain newsrooms, that might be the healthiest part of all.
So many posts on X by those with TDS saying that this is not the actual MRI result. Hilarious that they would belive that athe average person could ever decipher a direct MRI readout. You don’t ever see that when you have one yourself. Sorry folks, 3 more years!