“I went for a physical. and I came back and my wife said, ‘Darling are you OK? … Oh they’re reporting you may have had a heart attack,’” Trump explained
to the hospital, spinning his reassurances that it was just a physical into an attack on the press.
Speaking before a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Trump brought up the abrupt trip to Walter Reed Medical Center unprompted, explaining that he’d only gone to undergo a portion of his yearly physical.But he told reporters that he was greeted by a panicked first lady and communications department when he arrived back at the White House due to media coverage of the trip..
“I was only there for a very short period of time, I went, did a very routine, just a piece of it, the rest takes place in January,” he continued, noting that afterward he took a tour of the hospital and met with an injured soldier and their family. “I got back home and I get greeted with the news that ‘We understand you had a heart attack!’”
Press secretary Stephanie Grisham provided a positive readout of Trump's medical visit over the weekend, telling reporters that “Anticipating a very busy 2020, the President is taking advantage of a free weekend here in Washington, D.C." In an interview on Fox News later, she called Trump "healthy as can be."
Unlike his last two physicals while in office, Saturday’s medical trip was not on his public schedule released ahead of time. Adding to the intrigue was the fact that journalists were instructed not to report on his movements until they arrived at Walter Reed. Other reports noted that both the
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