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LetMyPeopleVote

(183,279 posts)
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:15 PM 9 hrs ago

Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents

Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior checkups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which physicians assessed him.

Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents

Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior checkups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which physicians assessed him.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2026-06-11T02:04:19.508Z

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/trump-sees-22-medical-specialists-white-house-hasnt-said-why

For George H.W. Bush’s first medical checkup as president in 1989, he was seen by five specialists, the White House said at the time. His son George W. Bush was seen by 12 in his first presidential checkup, White House officials said a dozen years later.

President Donald Trump appears to have set a new bar: 22 medical specialists assessed him as part of his latest checkup, according to a medical report recently released by the White House.

That figure is nearly double the number of specialists who assessed Trump for his past medical checkups as president, according to a review of publicly available statements by Trump’s doctors.

The figure also represents the most medical specialists to assess a president for a single visit, based on a review of public statements and records, prompting questions from outside physicians who said they were already skeptical of the White House’s disclosures around the nearly 80-year-old Trump’s health.

“It is an extraordinary number,” said Jonathan Reiner, a longtime cardiologist for former vice president Dick Cheney. “What specialties do they represent? Why so many?”
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leftstreet

(41,355 posts)
1. They just want to study his outstanding, amazing health!
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:17 PM
8 hrs ago

What if Darwin had never..
Jonas Salk...

MiHale

(13,239 posts)
3. A bevy of proctologists for the universe's biggest asshole...
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:19 PM
8 hrs ago

May as well insult him now while we can.

LisaL

(47,865 posts)
4. Yes, cause he is the healthiest president ever.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:22 PM
8 hrs ago

All those specialists must just be looking at him in amazement that someone can be so healthy.

sop

(19,651 posts)
5. He fired the first 21 doctors when they gave him the bad news, number 22 finally told him what he wanted to hear.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:22 PM
8 hrs ago

haele

(15,671 posts)
6. Isn't that, like a rich old guy's hospice care level of specialists?
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:28 PM
8 hrs ago

When my dad was dying of a massive stroke in the hospice floor of the hospital he was taken to, he was visited by as many specialists there as he had underlying ailments (a cardio vascular, a neurologist, a rheumatologist, and an internalist doctor) along with the hospice doctor and his geriatric doctor.
They might have been there to make the final remarks in dad's record, or they might have dropped by to ensure the hospital wouldn't be sued for neglect or something.

22 is really a lot of specialists.
Or a sign of extreme paranoia, attraction to "alternative medicine", or just doctors quitting after just one visit to a mean spirited, attention seeking narcissist developing dementia.

Sometimes, the money just ain't worth it.

LisaL

(47,865 posts)
10. Very true.
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 12:53 PM
8 hrs ago

All that we are told is that he is as healthy as a horse. Somehow I find that hard to believe.

haele

(15,671 posts)
14. Horses can be rather delicate...
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 04:31 PM
4 hrs ago

Their bodies tend to be too heavy for their legs (which are actually forearms, wrists and a finger, with the hood being a fingernail), and they can get intestinal issues very easily.
Ponies and Donkeys now, they're a bit more sturdy.

struggle4progress

(126,933 posts)
12. "I've taken the 'Is he still breathing?' test more than any other President, and I've aced it again!
Thu Jun 11, 2026, 02:25 PM
6 hrs ago

They tell me I'm the most still-breathing-est President since ever!"

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