US President Donald Trump is undergoing what he has described as a “semiannual physical” at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Friday.

The visit comes as Trump is preparing to travel to West Asia on the heels of a ceasefire deal in the Israel-Hamas war he helped broker. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt described it as a “routine yearly checkup,” although Trump had his annual physical in April. Also Read | Trump's FIRST reaction after Nobel Prize snub as Putin praises his peace efforts

“I’m meeting with the troops, and I’m also going to do a, sort of, semiannual physical, which I do,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think I’m in great shape, but I’ll let you know,” he was quoted by the Associated Press as saying.

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