Trump undergoes physical and cognitive exams, says he has ‘a very good soul’

Aboard Air Force One: US President Donald Trump, who in January became the oldest person to assume the US presidency, has undergone his first physical exam of his second term and said it went well, with results set to be released on Sunday.

Trump, who turns 79 in June and likes fast food so much he staged a photo-op at a McDonald’s during his campaign last year, spent several hours being poked and prodded by the doctors at Walter Reed Medical Centre in Bethesda, Maryland.

“It went, I think, well … every test you can imagine, I was there for a long time, the yearly physical,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “I think I did well. I think they’re releasing the report on Sunday.”

Trump also said he took a cognitive exam and got all the answers right.

“Overall I felt I was in very good shape. A good heart, a good soul, a very good soul and I took – I wanted to be a little different than Biden. I took a cognitive test and I don’t know what to tell you other than I got every answer right,” Trump said.

The physical could offer the first clear look at Trump’s condition since his ear was grazed by a bullet in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July. Then his campaign released a report by Ronny Jackson, Trump’s former White House doctor and a Republican congressman from Texas, saying the injuries were superficial.

The White House typically determines what data will be released from a president’s health exam and earlier in the day, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said results would be released as soon as possible.

Trump is not compelled to release any information, and there is no template for the presidential exam. Trump released only limited information about his health during his presidential campaigns.