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Trump Rebukes Major Newspaper's Age Report, Boasts 'PERFECT' Physical and 'Aced' Cognitive Test

President Trump rejected a newspaper report suggesting his age has curtailed his public schedule, calling the piece a deliberate smear and defending his fitness by citing a recent "perfect" physical and a cognitive test he said he "aced." The report observed fewer public events and a schedule that often runs between noon and 5 p.m., and referenced an October moment and an MRI Mr. Trump disclosed. He has refiled a $15 billion lawsuit after an initial dismissal; a spokesperson defended the reporting as accurate.

02:15 AM, 11/27/2025Politics
Trump Rebukes Major Newspaper's Age Report, Boasts 'PERFECT' Physical and 'Aced' Cognitive Test

President Donald Trump angrily rejected a recent newspaper report suggesting his advancing age has reduced his public schedule, using the moment to tout his administration’s achievements and accuse the publication of biased coverage.

Posting on Truth Social, Mr. Trump called the story a deliberate smear and insisted the reporting was wrong. He wrote that critics were suggesting he was "perhaps losing my Energy, despite facts that show the exact opposite," and described the article as "ALL PURPOSELY NEGATIVE."

"There will be a day when I run low on Energy, it happens to everyone, but with a PERFECT PHYSICAL EXAM AND A COMPREHENSIVE COGNITIVE TEST ('That was aced') JUST RECENTLY TAKEN, it certainly is not now!"

At 79, Trump is the oldest person ever elected to the presidency. The newspaper’s report cited several ways his second term has differed from his first, noting that he holds fewer public events now and generally keeps a shorter public schedule, with appearances more often taking place between noon and 5 p.m. The article also referenced an October moment in the Oval Office when Mr. Trump appeared to nod off and mentioned that he disclosed undergoing an MRI that month.

The exchange escalates Mr. Trump’s ongoing legal and rhetorical fight with the publication. In September he filed a $15 billion lawsuit accusing the newspaper of acting as a partisan mouthpiece; a judge initially dismissed that suit, and Mr. Trump later refiled an amended complaint in mid-October.

A spokesperson, Charlie Stadtlander, defended the reporting, saying it was "accurate and built on first-hand reporting of the facts," and added that name-calling would not deter journalists from doing their work.

Clarification: This article has been updated to note that Mr. Trump refiled his lawsuit after an initial dismissal.

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