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White House releases memo describing results of Trump’s health checkup

A man sits in back of a black limo with a presidential seal on the side of the door
Donald Trump departs Walter Reed national military medical center on 26 May in Bethesda, Maryland. Photograph: Win McNamee/Getty Images

Donald Trump has been grappling with “lower leg swelling” as well as “benign” hand bruising but remains in excellent health, the US president’s physician said in a memo released by the White House.

Citing the results of a recent examination, the memo from Dr Sean Barbabella said Trump “remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological and overall physical function”.

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