Trump gets Covid vaccine and flu shot during second check-up of the year

The visit, which the White House described Wednesday as a "yearly check-up," was his second examination at Walter Reed in six months.

The White House released a memo Friday from President Donald Trump’s physician summarizing his visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center earlier in the day, which included a Covid vaccine booster and a flu shot.

Trump’s doctor, Sean P. Barbarella, said in the one-page document that Trump “remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance.”

Trump’s visit to Walter Reed was described in the memo as a “scheduled follow-up,” which White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday had characterized as a “his routine yearly check-up” — despite being Trump’s second such visit after undergoing an annual physical exam in April.

The memo said Friday's check-up was part of Trump’s “ongoing health maintenance plan.” The president underwent “advanced imaging, laboratory testing, and preventative health assessments,” his physician wrote.

Barbarella described the labs as “exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters.” He characterized Trump’s “cardiac age” as “approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.”