White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt discovered herself below stress on Tuesday when reporters repeatedly requested why President Donald Trump had undergone an MRI throughout a current go to to Walter Reed Navy Medical Middle final week. Leavitt supplied little readability, saying solely that she would “test again,” whereas insisting the president remained in “optimum bodily well being.”The questions got here after the 79-year-old MAGA chief revealed final week that he had undergone each an MRI and a cognitive check throughout a go to to the navy hospital. The disclosure got here simply six months after his annual bodily in April.Throughout the briefing, CNN’s Kristen Holmes requested, “Why did President Trump get an MRI throughout his current go to to Walter Reed?” Leavitt responded that the go to had been a “follow-up appointment” and repeated that the president was in “optimum bodily well being.” When Holmes pressed additional, noting that an MRI is “a really particular process” and never usually a part of a routine examination, Leavitt repeated, “I’ll test again for you,” earlier than shifting on to a different query.
Trump claims his check outcomes had been ‘good’
Trump first talked about the scan himself whereas chatting with reporters aboard Air Power One en path to Japan. “We had an MRI, MRI and the machine, you recognize, the entire thing, and it was good,” he mentioned, later directing reporters to ask his medical doctors for particulars.Issues over the president’s well being have lingered for months. Images exhibiting bruises on his arms and swelling in his ankles have raised questions on his situation. The White Home attributed the bruising to frequent handshakes and Trump’s routine aspirin use, and mentioned the swelling was attributable to power venous insufficiency, a standard ailment in older adults. Officers have maintained that the president’s remedy or each day schedule has not modified.
