President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up sign after arriving in Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, after his annual physical. | Carolyn Kaster/AP Photo White House Trump’s physician says POTUS is ‘in very good health’ after annual medical exam

Donald Trump’s personal physician said the president is “in very good health” and predicted he would remain so beyond his time in office, in a brief statement released after an annual physical examination Friday.

“While the reports and recommendations are being finalized, I am happy to announce that the President of the United States is in very good health,” U.S. Navy Cmdr. Sean P. Conley said in a statement released by the White House, “and I anticipate he will remain so for the duration his Presidency, and beyond.”


Trump went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday for his second physical while in office. According to Conley’s statement, the appointment lasted four hours and Conley supervised the evaluation with more than 11 board-certified specialists.

Beyond that description and Conley’s broad statement about Trump’s health, no further details on what tests were administered and or opinions rendered by the other specialists were provided.

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Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, Trump’s previous physician and later an unsuccessful nominee to head the Veteran Affairs Department, told reporters last January that Trump was in good physical health. At that time, Jackson also said that he and Trump, who was then 6 foot 3 and 239 pounds, had a shared desire for the president to lose “10 to 15 pounds,” but Trump had not been following an exercise routine.

On Saturday morning Trump tweeted: "It was great meeting some of our outstanding young military personnel who were wounded in both Syria and Afghanistan. Their wounds are deep but their spirit is sooo high. They will recoverer & be back very soon. America loves them. Walter Reed Hospital is AMAZING - Thank you all!"