‘Get well soon’: Donald Trump’s message after Joe Biden broke his foot while playing with a dog

President Donald Trump wished a speedy recovery to President-elect Joe Biden, who broke his foot while playing with one of his dogs over the weekend.

“Get well soon!” Trump tweeted, along with a video of Biden leaving an orthopedic specialist in Delaware earlier that day.

Biden confirmed the injury in a scan Sunday that likely required him to wear a boot for several weeks, his doctor said.

Biden suffered the injury on Saturday (US time).

“Initial X-rays did not show any obvious fractures,” but medical staff ordered a more detailed CT scan, his doctor, Kevin O’Connor, said in a statement. The subsequent scan found small fractures of two small bones in the middle of his right foot, O’Connor said.

“It is anticipated that you will probably need a walking boot for several weeks,” O’Conner said.

Fractures are a general concern as people age, but Biden’s appears to be relatively mild based on his doctor’s statement and planned treatment.

At 78, he will be the oldest president when he takes office in January; he often dismissed questions about his age during the campaign.

Reporters covering the president-elect did not get a chance to see Biden enter the doctor’s office on Sunday, despite multiple requests.

Leaving the doctor’s office to head to an imaging center for his CT scan, Biden was visibly limping, although he walked without a crutch or other aid.

Biden suffered the injury playing with Major, one of Biden’s two dogs.

They adopted Major in 2018 and acquired their first dog, Champ, after the 2008 election. The Bidens have said they will bring their dogs to the White House and also plan to have a cat.

Last December, he published a medical report that revealed that he takes a statin to keep his cholesterol at healthy levels, but his doctor described him as “healthy, vigorous” and “fit to perform successfully the functions of the Presidency.”