US politics live: Donald Trump’s annual physical health results revealed

The results of Donald Trump’s first annual medical check-up since returning to the US presidency have been released – and they note a few abnormalities. ​

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Donald Trump is in “excellent health,” a White House doctor’s assessment said Sunday, after he underwent his first annual medical check-up since returning to the US presidency.

Mr Trump, 78, has repeatedly boasted about his own vigour since starting a second term, while mocking his 82-year-old Democratic predecessor Joe Biden as decrepit and mentally unfit for office.

“President Trump exhibits excellent cognitive and physical health and is fully fit to execute the duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State,” read a physician’s letter shared by the White House.

It also noted a few abnormalities that included minor sun damage to Mr Trump’s skin, as well as scarring on his right ear from a gunshot wound suffered in an assassination attempt last July.

Earlier, Mr Trump appeared to snub actor Cheryl Hines, the wife of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr, as he walked into the UFC 314 fights.

Video captured the President as he received a raucous welcome at the Kaseya Centre in Miami – which was much warmer than the one he gave the high-profile spouse of his Cabinet secretary.

The moment followed reports the Trump administration is developing a plan for the largest mass deportation in US history, aiming to deport one million immigrants by the end of 2025, and in every year that follows.

And the government has exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its punishing “reciprocal” tariffs – lessening the cost impact on American consumers for a host of popular hi-tech products.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) cited a presidential memorandum issued overnight, which the White House has not publicly released, as the impetus for the new guidance.

The exemptions cover various electronic goods including smartphones and components entering the US from China, which are currently subject to a staggering additional 145 per cent tariff.

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