Trump Offers To Release MRI

President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that he is willing to release the results of an MRI he had in October, saying there is nothing to hide and calling the scan “perfect.”

Speaking aboard Air Force One as he traveled back to Washington, D.C., following a Thanksgiving weekend at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, Trump said he has no issue with the scan being made public.

“If they want to release it, it’s OK with me to release it,” Trump said. “It’s perfect.”

When asked again by reporters, he repeated, “If you want to have it released, I’ll release it.”

A reporter followed up by asking which part of the body the MRI was focused on.

“I have no idea,” Trump responded. “What part of the body? It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it. I got a perfect mark.”

The MRI has sparked questions because it’s a more detailed medical procedure and is not often done as part of a routine checkup for a sitting president. Some reporters had previously asked the White House for more information.

On October 10, the White House released a memo from the president’s physician, Dr. Sean Barbabella, who said the MRI was part of a scheduled follow-up evaluation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The memo described the scan as a standard part of the president’s overall health maintenance plan and included laboratory testing and preventive screenings.

“Comprehensive laboratory studies performed in conjunction with the visit were exceptional, including stable metabolic, hematologic, and cardiac parameters,” Dr. Barbabella wrote in the memo.

While the memo confirmed the imaging procedure took place, it did not give details on the reason for the scan or what part of the body was examined. That lack of detail has led some in the media to press for more information.

During a recent White House press briefing, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt just shocked the press by releasing President Trump’s MRI results.