White House Still Can’t Say Why Trump Had An MRI Scan | EUROtoday

The White House as soon as extra dismissed questions on President Donald Trump’s well being.

Last week, Trump advised reporters he’d had a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) take a look at throughout a go to to Walter Reed Medical Center earlier in October.

“It was perfect,” Trump added, however was evasive when requested what the clinicians had been on the lookout for.

“You can ask the doctors,” the president replied.

More than per week later, thriller nonetheless surrounds why it was wanted.

At a press briefing Tuesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt downplayed questions in regards to the scan, however mentioned she would examine again on it, as she characterised the president as being “in optimal physical health.”

CNN’s Kristen Holmes pressed her once more on why Trump had the scan, and made the purpose that MRI assessments are used to detect a particular situation, and never often as a part of a routine examination.

“As I said, I’ll check back for you,” Leavitt replied, frostily. (Watch video under.)

Following Trump’s Oct. 10 go to to Walter Reed, which got here simply six months after his annual bodily, the White House launched an announcement saying that the president had acquired “advanced imaging.”

Leavitt declined to reply when requested quickly after if “advanced imaging” meant the president had an MRI.

The questions come amid issues in regards to the president’s well being fueled by pictures displaying bruising on his fingers and swelling in his legs.