Donald Trump has debunked speculation he suffered a heart attack earlier this month by hailing the “gorgeousness” of his own chest.
Addressing a sea of fans in Florida on Tuesday, the US president insisted he was a perfect picture of health.
He admitted visiting the American army’s flagship medical centre on November 17, but assured the crowd the unannounced appointment was simply for a routine medical check.
Speaking at the Sunrise arena, he stressed that if he "didn't feel great," he "wouldn't be ranting and raving" to such large crowds.
Refuting a popular conspiracy theory that he was treated at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for a cardiac arrest, he said he hadn’t worn a tie for the tests because he knew he’d be asked to remove his shirt.
He said: “Why would I wear a tie? If the first thing they do is say 'Take off your shirt, sir, and show us that gorgeous chest?”
“We've never seen a chest quite like it," he added, mimicking the doctors, to his audience’s rapturous delight.
In a separate physical observation, Mr Trump advised the governor of Florida to wear a jacket less frequently “so people know he's not fat”.
It was the president’s first rally in the state since he officially changed his residency last month from Trump Tower in New York to his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach.
The newly established Florida man used what his campaign dubbed the “homecoming rally”, to rail against the Democrats ongoing impeachment inquiry against him.
Mr Trump spent much of his rally railing against Democrats, accusing them of "trying to rip our nation apart" with its investigations.
"First it was the Russia hoax, and now the same maniacs are pushing the deranged ... impeachment" narrative,” he fumed.
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The president repeated his insistence that he had done nothing wrong in his dealings with Ukraine and argued that the Democrats were trying to take him down because "they know that they cannot win the next election."
His comments come as Democratic chairman Jerrold Nadler urged the president to attend Congress's impeachment hearing against him.
"The president has a choice to make: he can take this opportunity to be represented in the impeachment hearings, or he can stop complaining about the process," the Judiciary Committee chairman said in a statement.
