{"id":883743,"date":"2026-01-09T05:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/trump-says-his-mri-scan-was-ct-scan-denies-falling-asleep-in-white-house-meetings\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T11:34:08","slug":"trump-says-his-mri-scan-was-ct-scan-denies-falling-asleep-in-white-house-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/trump-says-his-mri-scan-was-ct-scan-denies-falling-asleep-in-white-house-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says his MRI scan was CT scan, denies falling asleep in White House meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump<\/a> defended his health in an interview, saying he didn\u2019t get an MRI scan, but instead a CT scan, after questions kept being raised over why he got the imaging.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump<\/a>, 79, told The Wall Street Journal in an interview published Thursday that \u201cit\u2019s too bad\u201d he shared about his testing.<\/p>\n

The president went for a second visit to \u00a0Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October. He went for his annual physical in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn retrospect, it\u2019s too bad I took it, because it gave them a little ammunition,\u201d Mr. Trump<\/a> said. \u201cI would have been a lot better off if they didn\u2019t, because the fact that I took it said, \u2018Oh gee, is something wrong?\u2019 Well, nothing\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n

He and his doctor both said the scan was an MRI, but to The Journal he said it was a CT. Dr. Sean P. Barbabella, White House physician, said in a December memo that the imaging was a preventative measure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was less than that. It was a scan,\u201d Mr. Trump<\/a> said in the report.<\/p>\n

Dr. Barbabella said in a statement Thursday that \u201cPresident Trump<\/a> agreed to meet with the staff and soldiers at Walter Reed Medical Hospital in October. In order to make the most of the President\u2019s time at the hospital, we recommended he undergo another routine physical evaluation to ensure continued optimal health.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor that he asked Mr. Trump<\/a> to undergo imaging \u201cto definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues,\u201d and the results were \u201cperfectly normal and revealed absolutely no abnormalities.\u201d<\/p>\n

Last January, Mr. Trump<\/a> became the oldest person ever to be inaugurated as president.<\/p>\n

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement Thursday that the president\u2019s doctors and the White House have \u201calways maintained the President received advanced imaging\u201d but said that \u201cadditional details on the imaging have been disclosed by the President himself\u201d because he \u201chas nothing to hide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Questions around the president\u2019s health have been particularly common because bruising is often seen on the back of his hands.<\/p>\n

The White House this summer said that Mr. Trump<\/a> has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency. It\u2019s a condition in which valves inside certain veins don\u2019t function well, letting blood build up.<\/p>\n

Mr. Trump<\/a> has said he believes presidents should be transparent about their health, especially after then-President Biden\u2019s mental acuity was laid bare in his disastrous presidential debate against Mr. Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the interview, the president said he also takes more aspirin than his doctors recommend and that he briefly tried to wear compression socks to help his swollen ankles, but stopped because he didn\u2019t like them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don\u2019t want thick blood pouring through my heart,\u201d Mr. Trump<\/a> said. \u201cI want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?\u201d<\/p>\n

He also denied that he had fallen asleep during meetings at the White House, despite TV and still cameras catching his drooping eyes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll just close. It\u2019s very relaxing to me,\u201d he said. \u201cSometimes they\u2019ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they\u2019ll catch me with the blink.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2022 This article was based in part on wire service reports.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Mallory Wilson
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