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Trump quips his workout routine is ‘about one minute a day, max’

Trump’s remark drew ridicule online as questions about his health resurfaced and commenters mocked his diet and exercise habits.

  • On Tuesday, President Donald Trump joked about his fitness routine at a White House athletics ceremony, telling attendees, "I work out so much, like, about one minute a day max, if I'm lucky."
  • Trump's recent quip aligns with his historically unconventional fitness habits, with published accounts noting he considers exercise misguided and claimed he sleeps around four hours a night in his 2004 book.
  • During the same ceremony, Kennedy praised Cabinet members as "thoroughbreds," prompting Trump to assert he walks "nine miles a day on a golf course every weekend. When I'm not using a cart."
  • Social media users widely ridiculed the claim, with one commenter writing, "Wow & he said something truthful for once," as FactPost shared the viral video on Tuesday.
  • White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt continues defending Trump's physical condition amid recurring online rumors about his health and stamina that circulate nearly every week.
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Trump is known for his love of golf. At a meeting with schoolchildren at the White House, he was self-ironically joking about his sports routine.

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In June Donald Trump becomes 80 years old. Now the US President has proclaimed "a golden age of athletics" for children and has revealed what he allegedly does to keep fit. Let's say that it is not much.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday before a group of children who exercise at most one minute a day, during the signing of an order to revive a presidential prize for physical fitness in schools.

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