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Dr. Mehmet Oz said he thinks Trump likes the validation he gets from medical checkups, offering an explanation for why he phas had three physical exams in 13 months.
Oz, the head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said at a White House briefing today that the results of Trump’s recent routine physical were “spectacular.”
Trump’s visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center a week ago was his third in-person medical checkup since he returned to office in 2025.
There has been skepticism over Trump’s physical health and cognition, owing to his appearing to fall asleep during daytime meetings, chronic bruising on his hands and swelling in his legs, which has been attributed to chronic venous insufficiency. Oz was asked why, if the results of his cholesterol, blood pressure and other health measures are “excellent,” as the White House physician said in a memo Friday, is Trump, 80, getting physical checkups every six months.
“I think he likes the results,” Oz said. “He does really well. He aces the test every single day.”
Trump regularly boasts that he has aced his cognitive exams. Last week, he said he scored 30 out of 30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, or MoCA, a screening tool that measures mild cognitive impairment or early dementia.
Trump, who has gained 14 pounds since his April 2025 checkup, takes two cholesterol medications, including a statin, and aspirin to protect his heart.
“I do actually believe that he’s curious to make sure everything’s going in the right direction, for him to want to know the numbers and keep on top of it,” Oz said. “It’s the same reason he calls people at odd hours, because something’s on his mind and he wants to deal with it.”
