US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on his way back to Washington, DC, on November 30, 2025.
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President Donald Trump underwent an MRI scan in October to assess his cardiovascular and abdominal health, and the resulting images were “completely normal,” the White House physician announced Monday.
The results of President Trump’s magnetic resonance imaging test were released a day after the 79-year-old president told reporters he had “no idea” what part of his body was scanned, and three days later, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz responded to Trump’s “seriously critical” comments by asking him to “release the MRI results.”
“Who in the history of the world has ever been assigned an MRI, as he says, and had no idea what it was for?” Walz said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
President Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Barbavera, said Monday that the advanced imaging tests at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center were part of a “comprehensive executive medical examination” and were ordered because men of his age “would benefit from a thorough evaluation of his cardiovascular and abdominal health.”
Barbabella explained that imaging is routine and preventative, with the goal of identifying potential problems early and confirming overall function.
Barbabella also said cardiovascular imaging showed no signs of artery narrowing, impaired blood flow or abnormalities in the heart or major blood vessels.
Barbabella found that the heart chambers were normal in size and the blood vessel walls appeared smooth and healthy, with no signs of inflammation or clotting. The physician also reported that all major organs were healthy and well perfused, and no acute or chronic concerns were detected.
Barbabella said the president’s cardiovascular system is “extremely healthy.”
The White House has not released images of the experiment.
Until Monday, the White House had described President Trump’s visit to Walter Reed only as a “follow-up assessment” that included “advanced imaging” and did not say why the procedure was undertaken.
