Trump completes ‘semiannual’ physical before traveling to Middle East

White House had described doctor visit as routine yearly checkup' although president had annual physical in April

Donald Trump - the oldest person ever to be elected US president - had what he has described as a semiannual physical" at the Walter Reed national military medical center on Friday.

The visit, which the White House announced earlier this week, comes as Trump is preparing to travel to the Middle East on the heels of a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war. The White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, described it as a routine yearly checkup", although the president had his annual physical in April.