White House provides Trump health update after MRI scan concerns swirled

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Nov. 12, 2025, that President Donald Trump "remains in exceptional physical health."

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Donald Trump "remains in exceptional physical health" after concerns have swirled in recent months, including when the president received an MRI scan in October. 

"As stated in the memo provided on October 10th, President Trump received advanced imaging at Walter Reed Medical Center as part of his routine physical examination," Leavitt said during Wednesday's White House press briefing. "The full results were reviewed by attending radiologists and consultants, and all agreed that President Trump remains in exceptional physical health." 

The response followed a member of the media asking for additional details as to why Trump received an MRI during a checkup at Walter Reed National Military Center in Maryland in October. 

RESULTS OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S PHYSICAL RELEASED, HERE'S WHAT THEY SAY

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed President Donald Trump's health and recent MRI scan during a Nov. 12, 2025, press conference.  (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

"I got an MRI, it was perfect," Trump told reporters on Air Force One in October. 

"I gave you the full results," he added. "We had an MRI, and the machine, you know, the whole thing, and it was perfect." 

The checkup in October has been described as routine by the administration, with Trump's physician reporting that Trump is in "exceptional health." 

Media outlets and others have fanned the flames of concerns around Trump's health earlier in 2025 when he was spotted with swollen legs in July while attending the FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey, as well as when other photos that same month showed him with bruises on his hands.