The man who once flipped fries at McDonald’s as a campaign stunt would like you to know he could live to 200. The junk food is the only thing standing between him and immortality.
Speaking at a ceremony honoring the U.S. Naval Academy football team on Friday, Trump spotted his former White House doctor Ronny Jackson in the crowd and turned the event into a health briefing.
“He was my doctor and he said I’m the healthiest human being he’s ever seen,” Trump told the room, then turned directly to Jackson and asked: “Ronny, am I healthier than these guys back here?” Jackson shouted back “Yes, sir” with a thumbs up. “See? This is why I like him,” Trump said to laughter.
.@POTUS‘ DOC SAYS HE COULD LIVE TO 200 IF…😆
Lighthearted moment at the WH with Rep. @RonnyJacksonTX: “If he didn’t eat junk food, he’d live to 200 years old. One of the most popular people in Congress! But I don’t care about that—I care he said I’m the HEALTHIEST HUMAN BEING” pic.twitter.com/1gDwr2ypyR
— Real America’s Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) March 20, 2026
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Jackson has always been Trump’s most enthusiastic medical reviewer.
During the first term he called Trump’s cardiac health “excellent,” credited his “incredible genes,” and declared him healthier than Obama and Bush combined. That list includes Barack Obama, who played basketball regularly, swam, did push-ups, and maintained around 180 pounds throughout his presidency.
Trump weighs 225, golfs, and has a well-documented relationship with McDonald’s that his own Health Secretary RFK Jr once described as “unhinged.” RFK Jr added: “He has the constitution of a deity. I don’t know how he’s alive, but he is.”
Jackson took considerable heat for his assessments and Trump has never let him forget the loyalty. The reward for that loyalty was a nomination to run the Department of Veterans Affairs, which unraveled quickly when nearly two dozen White House medical staffers accused Jackson of drinking on the job, overprescribing opioids, and running a hostile work environment.
He withdrew the nomination and admitted nothing. A Defense Department investigation later found he had engaged in various inappropriate behaviors, and the Navy retroactively demoted him from rear admiral to captain. He is now a Republican congressman from Texas. Trump called him “one of the most popular people in Congress” on Friday.
The bruised right hand was visible throughout the ceremony, concealer applied but not quite convincing. It was the same hand photographed the night before at the state dinner for Japan’s Prime Minister. The White House attributes the bruising to handshakes. Trump attributes it to four times the recommended daily aspirin dose. Doctors attribute the swollen ankles that have also been appearing in photos to chronic venous insufficiency, a circulatory condition that worsens without better sleep, exercise, and diet changes.
The diet changes are not coming. The 200 years, therefore, remain theoretical.
Trump closed the event by signing an executive order making the second Saturday in December the exclusive date for the Army-Navy game. “Not Ohio State against Notre Dame. Not LSU against Alabama. Nobody is going to play,” he declared.
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