Presidents usually take one trip to Walter Reed a year, but Trump took two in 2025, one of which he initially said was for an MRI but was later revealed to be for a CT scan.

The White House has said that Trump has not made any trips without the public knowing.

“He has never made an undisclosed visit to Walter Reed,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said last month.

Jonathan Reiner, a leading cardiologist, told The Washington Post: “This White House just doesn’t seem to want to acknowledge any physical ailment, but older people develop medical issues, and the president is almost 80 years old.”

“There just seems to be a lack of candour from the White House.”

Reiner is a professor of medicine and the director of the cardiac catheterization laboratory at The George Washington University Hospital. He said he was concerned that Trump’s legs were becoming noticeably swollen.

The White House in July had said that Trump had chronic venous insufficiency, an age-related condition that causes veins to struggle to return blood to the heart, leading to pooling at the bottom of the legs and a swollen appearance.

Trump’s April 2025 medical report made no mention of the condition and Reiner said that if the condition developed after the April report, then it could signify a condition called acute edema.

He added that this “usually warrants an in-depth evaluation to make sure that you don’t have conditions like congestive heart failure.”

There was also no mention of the condition during his medical report from October either, according to the Daily Beast.

The broader conversation about Trump’s health has focused on several key issues, one being the repeated bruising on the back of his hands, which the White House has was due to a lot of hand-shaking.

Reiner commented: “We’ve seen a similar bruise from time to time on his left hand, and I doubt he’s shaking hands with his left hand.”