Despite boasting that he’s “the healthiest president that’s ever lived,” a former White House doctor is warning that President Donald Trump “seems to be struggling” and “needs to be evaluated.”

Health questions surrounding President Donald Trump have intensified in recent months, with medical experts and political critics now raising concerns that mirror the same age‑related attacks the septuagenarian once leveled against his predecessor.

Trump – who turns 80 on June 14 – is the oldest person ever sworn into office, surpassing former President Joe Biden’s age at inauguration by five months.

He has continued to contrast his condition with Biden’s, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer.

The POTUS even replaced Biden’s official White House portrait with an image of an autopen, reinforcing his claim that Biden was not fully in control during the final stretch of his presidency. The irony has not gone unnoticed.

Physical and mental health questioned

Trump spent years mocking Biden as “Sleepy Joe,” openly questioning his mental fitness and decision‑making, yet many of the same criticisms are now being directed back at Trump as signs of aging emerge during his second term.

Despite once describing himself as “the healthiest president that’s ever lived,” a growing list of visible incidents, medical disclosures, and public moments has prompted renewed scrutiny of the president’s physical and cognitive condition.

Summer 2025

Public attention sharpened after observers noticed unexplained bruising and discoloration on the back of Trump’s hands during multiple appearances last year.

The White House responded through Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who said: “President Trump is a man of the people and meets more Americans and shakes more hands on a daily basis than any other president in history.”

According to the BBC, Leavitt later explained that the visible bruising was consistent with “tissue damage from frequent hand shaking” while taking aspirin, which she said is “part of a standard cardio‑vascular prevention regimen.”

By July, the White House confirmed that Trump had been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI), a vascular condition that affects blood flow, commonly in the legs and arms.

Then, in late August 2025, rumors escalated when the president reportedly went several days without attending scheduled meetings or public events. Trump addressed the chatter directly on Truth Social, writing: “NEVER FELT BETTER IN MY LIFE.”

The statement did little to quiet the conversation.

‘Wasn’t an MRI’

During the fall, Trump said he had undergone imaging at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. “I got an MRI. It was perfect,” he said at the time. “I mean, I gave you the full results… and it was perfect.”

But “it wasn’t an MRI,” Trump recently told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). “It was less than that. It was a scan.”

A CT scan is a quicker and more commonly used to produce detailed internal pictures, while an MRI takes longer and is generally better suited for examining soft tissue in greater detail.

According to Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Barbarella, the scan was to “definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues.”

In the same article, Barbarella insisted that Trump remains “in exceptional health and perfectly suited to execute his duties as Commander in Chief.”

‘Dozy Don’

Yet concerns resurfaced again in November when cameras captured Trump leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed during a televised Oval Office briefing.

The footage quickly went viral, fueling online mockery and earning Trump the nickname “Dozy Don” – that came from California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office.

But in his interview with the WSJ, Trump denied falling asleep in public: “I’ve never been a big sleeper.” He added, “I’ll just close. It’s very relaxing to me. Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink.”

17 second ‘blink’

Trump’s sleepiness drew the attention of Dr. Jonathan Reiner, the former cardiologist to the late Vice President Dick Cheney, who now serves as a CNN medical analyst.

On Jan. 14, Reiner shared a tweet alongside footage showing Trump, appearing to nod off – or “blink,” as Trump claimed, for about 17 seconds – during an Oval Office meeting.

“The president seems to be struggling with excessive daytime somnolence,” Reiner wrote. “Repeatedly falling asleep with a dozen people surrounding your desk is not normal. It needs to be evaluated.”

While the White House has continued to insist the president is healthy and capable, Reiner’s comments have added medical weight to a conversation that Trump himself helped normalize – one that now centers on whether age, stamina, and cognitive sharpness deserve closer examination at the highest level of government.

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