Many Americans have been wondering whether President Donald Trump’s bill of health is as clean as his administration wants us to believe.
In late 2025, the president boasted again about getting “all As” on his annual physical. But for that exam, Trump underwent an MRI that White House doctor Sean Barabella claimed was a routine preventative measure. Experts say that’s not a standard practice.
The president has sported poorly concealed hand bruises for months, which the White House claims are from “extensive handshaking.” In March, he developed a mysterious neck rash that was attributed to a “very common cream” as part of a “preventative skin treatment.”
Whatever the cause of his visible ailments, Trump wouldn’t be the first president to keep a health condition secret from the American public.
In July 1893, President Grover Cleveland underwent a secret surgery to remove a cancerous tumor from the roof of his mouth. To keep the operation covert, it took place on a boat.
