Trump’s health report raises eyebrows as ballooning weight sparks questions

The White House released a memo late Friday regarding President Donald Trump’s most recent visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and one key detail in the report stood out among onlookers.

According to The Washington Post, the president’s height was listed at 6’3, and his weight, 238 pounds, 14 pounds higher than his health exam in 2025. While the president’s height has been in dispute, with some critics suggesting Trump to be shorter, it was Trump’s weight that drew attention among onlookers.

"The commander-in-chief is ‘near the threshold of clinical obesity,’” noted retired U.S. Air Force colonel and administrative law judge Moe Davis on Saturday in a social media post on X.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a person is considered obese when their body mass index (BMI) – a screening measure that compares a person’s weight with their height – reaches 30 points. Trump’s supposed weight of 238 pounds – coupled with his listed height of 6’3 – came just under 2 pounds of reaching that threshold, classifying him as overweight.

“The 238 was deliberately selected because it is on the 'overweight’ side of the BMI obesity border,” wrote Richard Donelan, who says he's a retired principal senior assistant special counsel, in a social media post on X.

Liberal political commentator and podcast host Vince Wilson noted: “Based on Trump's reported height and weight, he would fall into the borderline obese range on the BMI scale.”

And foreign policy strategist and author Brahma Chellaney questioned how – and why – the president had gained 14 pounds in the span of a year.

“What's behind Donald Trump's unusually rapid weight gain?” asked foreign policy strategist and author Brahma Chellaney in a social media post on X Saturday. “Post-midnight social media tirades? Chronic sleep deprivation? Or the strain of launching military interventions in seven countries since last year?”