Donald Trump’s real height and weight, according to his latest White House physician memo, are 6 feet 3 inches and 238 pounds. That memo came out in late May 2026, weeks before he turned 80, and it put his weight 14 pounds above the 224 pounds recorded in April 2025, as AFP reported. The height has stayed the same across a decade of paperwork. The dispute over that height is older than any of those memos, and it is where most of the confusion starts.
Below is every measurement his doctors have released since 2016, the places where the numbers conflict, and what one inch of disagreement does to his body mass index.
Donald Trump Height: The Official Number
The official figure is 6 feet 3 inches, which is 75 inches or about 190.5 centimeters. Dr. Sean Barbabella’s April 2025 memo lists 75 inches, according to CNN, and his May 2026 memo repeats 6 feet 3 inches, according to AFP.
The same height appears in the 2019 memo from then White House physician Sean Conley (reported by NBC News) and in the September 2016 letter from Trump’s longtime doctor Harold Bornstein (reported by CBS New York). That is four documents and three different doctors giving one number.
Wikipedia’s list of presidential heights also uses 6 feet 3 inches and ranks him third among presidents, behind Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches and Lyndon B. Johnson at 6 feet 3.5 inches. The page lists him at 191 cm, a rounded version of the 190.5 cm that 75 inches converts to.
Why Some Records Say 6 Feet 2 Inches
For years before the 2016 campaign, Trump was commonly listed at 6 feet 2 inches. The Daily Dot noted in September 2016 that his height was long thought to be 6 feet 2 inches. Politico then reported that his driver’s license listed the same figure, a detail Mother Jones relayed alongside Slate’s observation that several outlets, Google included, had used the shorter number.
An old license image circulated again in April 2025, when Latin Times revisited it after the annual physical put him at 6 feet 3 inches.
The doctor’s letter behind the taller figure has its own problem. Bornstein told CNN in 2018 that Trump dictated the 2016 letter, according to Latin Times. NPR had earlier reported that Bornstein wrote a December 2015 letter in five minutes while a limo sent by Trump waited outside.
Later numbers differ in one respect: they come from the White House physician after exams at Walter Reed, not from a private doctor. They are still White House releases, though, and none comes with an independent measurement the public can check. The fair reading is that 6 feet 3 inches is the consistently documented figure, and 6 feet 2 inches is the older alternative that still sits on record.
The Doctors Behind the Numbers
Four physicians account for every figure on this page, and their reports are not equally detailed.
Harold Bornstein was Trump’s longtime private doctor, an internist and gastroenterologist at Lenox Hill Hospital, according to NPR. His 2016 letter gave the first public height and weight, and it ran one page, per 10News.
Ronny Jackson handled the 2018 physical as White House physician and briefed reporters in person, according to CBS News. Jackson is now a Republican congressman from Texas, according to NewsNation. Sean Conley wrote the 2019 memo, which was addressed to press secretary Sarah Sanders.
Sean Barbabella, a Navy captain, signed the 2025 and 2026 memos. The 2026 memo runs three pages, according to AFP, and it covers an overview of the exam and diagnostic testing.
Donald Trump Weight: Every Official Reading Since 2016
His latest recorded weight is 238 pounds, about 108 kilograms, from the May 2026 physical. Here is every figure his doctors have put on the record.
| Year | Source | Weight | BMI at 6 ft 3 in |
| September 2016 | Harold Bornstein letter | 236 lb | 29.5 |
| 2018 | Ronny Jackson exam | 239 lb | 29.9 |
| 2019 | Sean Conley memo | 243 lb | 30.4 |
| 2020 | Final presidential physical | 244 lb | 30.5 |
| April 2025 | Sean Barbabella memo | 224 lb | 28.0 |
| May 2026 | Sean Barbabella memo | 238 lb | 29.7 |
BMI values are calculated using 75 inches. They match the figures reported for 2016, 2018 and 2019. The 2020 weight comes from CNN’s April 2025 report on his final presidential physical of that era.
For metric readers, 6 feet 3 inches is 190.5 cm, and 238 pounds is about 108 kg, the figure AFP used. The 2025 low of 224 pounds is roughly 102 kg, and the 2020 high of 244 pounds is roughly 111 kg.
Weight has not moved in a straight line. It rose from 236 to 244 pounds over four years, fell to 224 by 2025, and is back at 238.
Ten years ago on The Dr. Oz Show, Trump said he would like to drop 15 or 20 pounds, according to 10News. His 2026 weight is two pounds above the 236 pounds in the letter from that same week. Jackson had also told him in 2018 to lose 10 to 15 pounds, per CBS News.
Why One Inch Changes the BMI Math
At 236 pounds, 6 feet 3 inches gives a BMI of 29.5, which CBS New York described as overweight. At 6 feet 2 inches, the same weight gives 30.3, which counts as obese, as the Daily Dot calculated in 2016.
That arithmetic led some commentators, Slate among them, to suggest the extra inch kept him under the line. Nothing in the public record shows that was the intent. It is a coincidence in the numbers, and the effect is real.
The 2019 memo shows the line in action. At 243 pounds and 6 feet 3 inches, his BMI was 30.4, and NBC News reported that it moved him into the obese category. The 2026 reading of 238 pounds works out to about 29.7, just under 30.
BMI is a screening ratio and does not separate muscle from fat, so it says little about one person’s health. Treat these figures as arithmetic, not a medical assessment.
The Weight Swing Between 2020 and 2026
The drop to 224 pounds in 2025 was large. CNN reported it as 20 pounds below his final presidential physical in 2020 and noted that his cholesterol had improved.
The 2026 memo records 238 pounds and includes counseling on diet, more physical activity and continued weight loss, according to AFP. Barbabella still called his health excellent and found him fully fit for the job.
In plain terms, Trump regained 14 of the 20 pounds he lost, and his own physician is advising him to take some off again. The 238-pound reading is still 6 pounds below the 244 recorded in 2020. For a reader tracking the number, that makes weight the figure most likely to change at the next annual exam.
What Ten Years of Readings Add Up To
Across the six weights in the table, the average is about 237 pounds and the gap between the lowest and highest is 20 pounds. The May 2026 reading of 238 sits within a pound of that average, which makes it a typical figure for him and not an outlier.
The BMI column tells a similar story. It ranges from 28.0 to 30.5, and only the 2019 and 2020 readings reach the 30 mark that the National Institutes of Health uses for obesity, per NBC News. Four of six readings land in the overweight band or below it.
Height, by contrast, has not moved at all in the four documents that state it. That contrast is the simplest answer to the question of which number is more reliable: the one that never changes is also the one nobody outside the White House has published a measurement of.
Other Numbers in the Same Memos
The 2019 memo reported total cholesterol down from 223 to 196, according to NBC News, and CBS News said his rosuvastatin dose was raised. The April 2025 memo listed a resting heart rate of 62 beats per minute and blood pressure of 128/74, per CNN. The 2016 letter gave blood pressure as 116/70, according to CBS New York.
Both the 2025 and 2026 memos report a 30 out of 30 on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. The 2026 memo adds that his cardiac age is roughly 14 years younger than his actual age, as AFP summarized it.
None of this is medical advice, and the memos are summaries prepared for release. They are still the only primary public record of his measurements, so they set the baseline for any claim about his build.
How Donald Trump Compares With Other Presidents
At 6 feet 3 inches, Trump is about three inches taller than Joe Biden, who is listed at 6 feet 0 inches on Wikipedia’s page. He is roughly an inch and a half taller than Barack Obama at 6 feet 1.5 inches, and half an inch above Bill Clinton at 6 feet 2.5 inches.
Wikipedia frames the list as a way to test what role, if any, height plays in elections. Height makes an easy comparison point, but the page treats it as a question to examine and not a rule.
The same list credits him as both the 45th and the 47th president, since his terms ran from 2017 to 2021 and again from 2025.
How to Quote These Numbers Accurately
The cleanest way to cite him is to name the document and the date. For example: 6 feet 3 inches (75 inches), White House physician memo, May 2026.
For weight, add the month, since it changes from exam to exam. A line such as “238 pounds as of the May 2026 physical” ages better than a bare number.
If you mention 6 feet 2 inches, label it as the older listing, tied to the driver’s license Politico reported in 2016. That keeps the record straight for readers who have seen both figures and want to know which came from where.
What Counts as His Real Height and Weight
The best-documented answer is 6 feet 3 inches and 238 pounds. The height rests on four documents over ten years, and the weight comes from the May 2026 physical, which came shortly before his 80th birthday on June 14, 2026.
Neither figure comes from an independent public measurement, and a 6 feet 2 inches license listing remains on record. Anyone quoting a precise number should say which document it came from.
Weight is the figure to watch. It has moved by as much as 20 pounds between physicals, so any number older than the latest annual exam is out of date. Readers checking back later should look for a newer physician memo before trusting the 238 figure. The next annual exam is where this page will need its next update.
