SO. Trump Says He Has ‘No Idea’ What Part of the Body His MRI Scanned, but He’s Sure ‘It Wasn’t the Brain’
“I took a cognitive test and I aced it. I got a perfect mark, which you would be incapable of doing,” Trump told CBS News’ Weijia Jiang, who is president of the White House Correspondents’ Association

Donald Trump says he has “no idea” what part of his body was scanned during a recent MRI test, but is sure “it wasn’t the brain.”
While speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on Sunday, Nov. 30, as he traveled back to Washington, D.C. from Florida, Trump, 79, was questioned about the results of his most recent MRI, which Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz recently dared him to release after Trump lobbed a derogatory remark his way.
Trump told reporters he’d be happy to release the “perfect” results of his last known physical exam, which he reportedly underwent during an Oct. 10 visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
“If you want to have it released, I’ll release it,” he added on Air Force One per a clip shared by the White House.
When asked what part of the body was scanned during the MRI, Trump told CBS News’ Weijia Jiang, “I have no idea … it wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it.
Continuing his pattern of insulting women in the White House Correspondents’ Association, of which Jiang is the president, Trump added, “I got a perfect mark, which you would be incapable of doing.”
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Trump also called Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “incompetent” after a reporter mentioned his comments, which came after Trump posted a late-night Thanksgiving message on his Truth Social platform on Thursday, Nov. 27.
During this, Trump sarcastically blasted “patriots” for being “just plain STUPID” when it comes to immigration and zoned in on the Somali community in Minnesota by directing an offensive slur for people with intellectual disabilities at the state’s Democratic leader.
“The seriously retarded Governor of Minnesota, Tim Walz, does nothing, either through fear, incompetence, or both,” Trump wrote.
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White House physician Dr. Sean Barbabella revealed the results of Trump’s last known physical exam on Oct. 10, which stated that he had undergone lab testing, advanced imaging and “preventive health assessments” as “part of his ongoing health maintenance plan” in a summary of the exam in a statement shared with PEOPLE.
Barbabella added that Trump underwent the testing to “ensure optimal cardiovascular health and continued wellness.” He didn’t elaborate on the exact imaging or “preventive assessments” that were performed, though he insisted Trump’s laboratory results were “exceptional” and that his cardiac age is “approximately 14 years younger than his chronological age.”
According to the Heart Foundation, cardiac age is a metric that evaluates a person’s cardiovascular health and risk for heart attack in comparison to their chronological age.
Trump seemingly revealed the type of imaging that was performed while speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Oct. 27.
“I got an MRI,” he said at the time, adding, “It was perfect.”
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The White House has not offered further information about how comprehensive the body scans were, nor clarified why the tests were run out of sync with Trump’s annual physical exam in April.
In addition to the October tests and imaging, Trump also received updated influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, per the letter viewed by PEOPLE.
“President Donald J. Trump remains in exceptional health, exhibiting strong cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and physical performance,” Barbabella wrote in the letter’s summary.
The White House doctor also shared that Trump “continues to maintain a demanding daily schedule without restriction.”
In July, a separate trip to the doctor led Trump to be diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a condition that “causes blood to pool in your leg veins, leading to high pressure in those veins,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.
Much has been made of U.S. presidents’ annual physical exams, which are traditionally followed with a health report from the White House physician that gets shared with the public. The practice, dating back to Richard Nixon, aims to promote transparency and reaffirm confidence in the sitting president’s capabilities — though it has become an increasingly political process with recent presidents whose age is a top concern.
Trump, the oldest American to be elected president, already had his annual check-up in April, after which his newly installed physician deemed him “fully fit” to serve.
“President Trump remains in excellent health, exhibiting robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function,” Barbabella concluded at the time.
