By Chad de Guzman

Copyright time

Trump’s new checkup doesn’t guarantee any more transparency about his health: for years, Presidents have undergone annual exams and selectively released their results to the public.

That’s because Presidents aren’t required to disclose their health status, and there have been no clear, legally mandated guidelines on what health and fitness markers should be tested and presented to the public. Trump’s April health report was the first extensive report on his health since 2018, though there were sporadic updates in the past few years. On the campaign trail, Trump kept his medical records secret despite clamor to release them.

It also doesn’t help Trump’s case that his former personal doctor revealed that a stellar commendation of his health before his 2016 election was actually dictated by the then-candidate himself.

Trump, who has increasingly mused about his mortality, has repeatedly boasted about his health despite his age. “I feel the same or better than I did 30 years ago,” he told Newsmax on Monday, when he was asked how he was “holding up” given how “hard” he works.