{"id":2528210,"date":"2026-01-01T21:33:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-received-ct-scan-not-mri-during-october-exam\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T21:35:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:35:16","slug":"trump-says-he-received-ct-scan-not-mri-during-october-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-he-received-ct-scan-not-mri-during-october-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he received CT scan, not MRI, during October exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-says-he-received-ct-scan-not-mri-during-october-exam%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2528210&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump said he did not receive an MRI during an October exam at Walter Reed, insisting the procedure was a less extensive CT scan. In a Wall Street Journal interview, Trump and his physician, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella, said the CT was done &#8220;to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues&#8221; and showed no abnormalities. The account conflicts with an earlier White House statement by press secretary Karoline leavitt that Trump had undergone a &#8220;preventive&#8221; MRI, and with Trump&#8217;s own November comments referring to an MRI and saying he &#8220;aced&#8221; a cognitive test. Trump told the WSJ he now <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >regrets sharing details<\/a> of the exam, saying it gave critics &#8220;a little ammunition.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says he did not receive MRI during October exam, contradicting earlier claim<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2459753\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> sought to set the record straight about the medical care he received in October and denied receiving an MRI while at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/as-signs-of-aging-emerge-trump-responds-with-defiance-769c5dcd?st=EHckbr&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\">new interview<\/a> with the <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> released on Thursday, Trump and his doctor said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-is-the-25th-amendment-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"What is the 25th Amendment? - Washington ...iner\">president underwent<\/a> a CT scan and that the procedure was mischaracterized as an MRI, a more comprehensive method.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4393610\/margo-martin-praised-role-trump-social-media-presence\/\">Margo Martin praised for key role in Trump social media presence<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4393445\/interior-department-paves-way-trump-dc-golf-course-renovation\/\">Interior Department paves way for possible Trump DC golf course renovation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4393300\/2026-pivotal-year-trump-second-term\/\">2026 is a pivotal year for Trump&#8217;s second term<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t an MRI,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/us-news\/as-signs-of-aging-emerge-trump-responds-with-defiance-769c5dcd?mod=hp_lead_pos1\">Trump, 79, said<\/a>. &ldquo;It was less than that. It was a scan.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s doctor, Navy Capt. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Sean Barbabella stated in October that the president underwent &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-will-release-results-of-mri-ordered-for-unknown-reasons\/\" title=\"... will release results of ... ordered for unknown reasons\">advanced imaging&#038;rdquo<\/a>; without sharing details, but confirmed to the&nbsp;<em>Wall Street Journal<\/em>&nbsp;that a CT scan, not an MRI, was performed &ldquo;to definitively rule out any cardiovascular issues&rdquo; and revealed no abnormalities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>However, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters at the White House on Dec. 1 that Trump had undergone a &ldquo;preventive&rdquo; MRI earlier this fall and that he &ldquo;remains in excellent overall health.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said in November that he did not know why he underwent the scan but that he would make sure the White House released his &ldquo;perfect&rdquo; MRI results. He added that the procedure was a magnetic resonance imaging scan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was just an MRI. &hellip; It wasn&rsquo;t the brain because I took a cognitive test and I aced it,&rdquo; Trump said at the time.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4393626\/mamdani-democratic-socialist-big-government\/\">MAMDANI VOWS TO GOVERNMENT AS &lsquo;DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST&rsquo; AND EMBRACE BIG GOVERNMENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Given the varying accounts, Trump told the <em>Wall Street Journal <\/em>in late December that he regretted sharing information about his care at Walter Reed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In retrospect, it&rsquo;s too bad I took it because it gave them a little ammunition,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I would have been a lot better off if they didn&rsquo;t, because the fact that I took it said, &lsquo;Oh gee, is something wrong?&rsquo; Well, nothing&rsquo;s wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump: October scan was CT, not an MRI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2655,"featured_media":2528211,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/donald-trump-thumbs-up-scaled.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69909,32319,55561,68021,53319],"class_list":["post-2528210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ct-scan","tag-donald-trump","tag-medical-exam","tag-mri","tag-presidential-health"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/donald-trump-thumbs-up-scaled.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2655"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2528210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2528214,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2528210\/revisions\/2528214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2528211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2528210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2528210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2528210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}