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What medical records have been released by Trump’s physicians and the White House and what dates do they cover?
Executive summary
The White House and Trump’s physicians have publicly released a handful of discrete medical documents: a White House physician’s memorandum summarizing a Walter Reed physical on April 11, 2025 (published April 13, 2025), which the White House described as finding President Trump in “excellent health” and scoring 30/30 on a cognitive test (MoCA) [1] [2] [3]. Prior to that, the campaign and Trump’s doctors had periodically released short letters and memos (e.g., November 2023 letter, July 2024 and other brief memos) rather than full multi-year medical files [4] [5] [6].
1. What was released in April 2025 — a full White House memo and physical results
On April 13, 2025 the White House published a memorandum from the White House physician reporting results of President Trump’s Walter Reed physical performed April 11, 2025; media outlets summarized the memo as saying Trump was in “excellent health,” “fully fit” to serve, and that he scored 30/30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) [2] [1] [3]. The release was described by TIME and other outlets as the first full, robust report on his health since his 2018 physical [1].
2. Earlier releases: short letters and memos, not full records
Before the April 2025 memo, Trump’s team had released intermittent, brief statements from his personal physicians rather than comprehensive medical records. Reporting notes a November 2023 signed letter describing him as in “excellent health” and two July memos tied to care after an assassination attempt; the campaign framed those as voluntary updates [5] [6] [4]. News outlets and physician groups repeatedly noted that these releases were limited compared with a complete multi-year medical file [4] [7].
3. What dates do those releases cover — limited ranges, often single-encounter snapshots
The released materials cover specific encounters or narrow time windows rather than longitudinal electronic medical records. The April 2025 memorandum covers the April 11, 2025 physical and associated testing [2] [3]. The November 2023 letter is a short summary issued at that time [5]. The July 2024 memos referenced by the campaign were tied to the period after the shooter-plausible injury and are described as reports about his recovery [6] [5]. Available sources do not mention full records spanning 2015–2025 being released; reporting says Trump had not publicly released a full medical report since 2015 prior to 2025 [8] [4].
4. What was not released — limits and continuing gaps flagged by reporters and doctors
Reporting repeatedly emphasizes what was not provided: comprehensive, multi-year medical records with raw lab data, imaging, longitudinal vitals or the full chart. Axios, TIME and other outlets described the previously released items as “brief” and “general and vague,” and medical groups called for fuller transparency [4] [1] [7]. Several outlets note there is no legal requirement for a president or candidate to publish full records, and that the more detailed April 2025 memorandum could only be released with the president’s consent if it included certain clinical details [9] [4].
5. Disputes and outstanding questions in the reporting
Journalists and some physicians flagged inconsistencies or unanswered items even after April 2025. For example, subsequent reporting about additional October visits and an MRI raised questions because the October memo did not mention certain imaging and the White House declined to disclose specifics about some exams; former White House doctors questioned timing and scope of visits [10] [11] [12]. Reuters and other outlets reported the White House declined to provide granular imaging details while saying radiologists agreed the president “remains in exceptional physical health” [11] [13].
6. How different actors describe their motives — transparency vs. privacy
Advocates for disclosure — including hundreds of medical professionals and political opponents — argued for full records to assess fitness for office, noting other candidates released more detail [7] [14]. The Trump campaign and administration framed their releases as voluntary, selective updates from treating physicians intended to demonstrate fitness while protecting private health information [6] [4]. Media outlets noted both perspectives: public-interest pressure for transparency and legal/ethical limits on releasing private medical data without consent [4] [1].
7. Bottom line and what reporting still leaves unanswered
The public record, as documented in these sources, consists of discrete memos and short physician letters tied to specific dates (notably November 2023, July 2024 memos and the April 11, 2025 Walter Reed exam summarized April 13, 2025) but does not include an exhaustive decade-spanning medical file [5] [6] [2] [1]. Available sources do not mention a release of full medical records covering 2015–2025; they instead document episodic statements and the April 2025 White House physician memorandum [8] [2] [1].