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Health

Trump Gets 1st Medical Checkup Since Becoming President

President Donald Trump shakes hands with White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson as he boards Marine One as he leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical
Center in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Jan. 12, 2018, after his first medical check-up as president.

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE amination amid suggestions in a Trump shook hands with his physi- sized importance in the age of
KEN THOMAS recent book and by his detractors cian, Dr. Ronny Jackson, and then Trump, given the tone of some of
Associated Press that he’s mentally unfit. waved before boarding his heli- his tweets, comments attributed
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump boarded Marine One at the copter. Later in the day, the presi- to some of his close advisers and
Donald Trump received his first medical facility in Bethesda, Mary- dent was traveling to Florida for the Trump’s recent slurring of words on
medical checkup as president at land, outside Washington, Friday weekend. national TV.
Walter Reed military hospital on afternoon after about three hours The fairly routine exam for previ-
Friday, undergoing a physical ex- at the hospital. ous presidents has taken on out- Continued on Page 3

Trump’s Immigration Remarks Lambasted from Left and Right

By JILL COLVIN Africa nations and saying he “The language used by me at Durbin said, Durbin added,
ALAN FRAM would prefer immigrants from the DACA meeting was tough, “When the question was asked
Associated Press countries like Norway instead. but this was not the language about Haitians ... he said,
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Trump’s comments came during used,” Trump insisted in a series ‘Haitians? Do we need more
Donald Trump on Friday denied an Oval Office meeting where he of Friday morning tweets. Haitians?’”
using certain “language” during questioned why the U.S. would “What was really tough was the Trump took particular issue
a private meeting with lawmakers accept more immigrants from outlandish proposal made - a big with the characterization of his
as fury spread over his comments Haiti and “shithole countries” in setback for DACA.” comments on Haiti.
about immigrants. Africa as he rejected a bipartisan But Sen. Dick Durbin, the only The Washington Post reported
But neither he nor the White immigration deal, according Democrat in the room, disputed that, during the meeting, Trump
House disputed the most to one participant and people the president’s account. said immigrants from Haiti should
controversial of his remarks: using briefed on the extraordinary “He said these hate-filled things be left out of any new agreement
the word “shithole” to describe Oval Office conversation. and he said them repeatedly,” approved by Congress.q