General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 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
— Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) 2026-06-11T02:04:19.508Z
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...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/trump-sees-22-medical-specialists-white-house-hasnt-said-why
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 Trumps 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 Houses disclosures around the nearly 80-year-old Trumps 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?
leftstreet
(41,355 posts)What if Darwin had never..
Jonas Salk...
dalton99a
(95,893 posts)MiHale
(13,239 posts)May as well insult him now while we can.
LisaL
(47,865 posts)All those specialists must just be looking at him in amazement that someone can be so healthy.
sop
(19,651 posts)haele
(15,671 posts)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.
EYESORE 9001
(29,972 posts)too many docs spoil the pestilent broth?
RedWhiteBlueIsRacist
(2,379 posts)Jbraybarten
(291 posts)LisaL
(47,865 posts)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)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.
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,279 posts)
struggle4progress
(126,933 posts)They tell me I'm the most still-breathing-est President since ever!"
Totally Tunsie
(12,130 posts)Hope the 22 aren't overworking to keep him breathing.