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

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Source: Washington Post

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.

June 10, 2026 at 6:34 p.m. EDT Yesterday at 6:34 p.m. EDT
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President Donald Trump departs Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland on May 26. (Alex Brandon/Ap Photo/Alex Brandon)
By Dan Diamond and Isaac Arnsdorf

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.

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Trump "set a new bar for presidents" by requiring the attention of nearly two dozen doctors.

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President Trump had 22 medical specialists assess him as part of his latest checkup, according to a medical report recently released by the White House, who also 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 check-ups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which specialists assessed the president.
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Trump "set a new bar for presidents" by requiring the attention of nearly two dozen doctors.

Congrats?

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) 2026-06-10T23:26:47.594Z

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The more doctors you have, the healthier you are, everyone knows that!
7:28 PM · Jun 10, 2026
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The more doctors you have, the healthier you are, everyone knows that!

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[The Wizard]

1. Kevorkian beckons.

[Orrex]

11. That answer deserves more applause

[RockRaven]

2. I like presidents who don't need tens of medical specialists.

[3Hotdogs]

10. Fuck me. You're just jealous. 22 is why he is the healthiest president to ever president the White House.

[wyn borkins]

3. The medical specialist I care to hear from...

...would be the County Coroner.

[niyad]

12. YES!!!

[Buddyzbuddy]

4. Wake me when the coroner is the specialist.

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Note: my apologies to prior posters that beat me to the original reply. I responded before reading the replies. It just means we're all thinking the same thing. Or, is it hoping?

[JoseBalow]

5. He's dying

[niyad]

13. Not quickly enough.

[Figarosmom]

6. Maybe this will be a case of

Too many chefs spoil the sauce scenario.🤞

[SunSeeker]

7. Hopefully those 22 doctors are as incompetent as the rest of the people working for Trump.

[trusty elf]

8. I hear that injecting bleach can help.

[niyad]

14. JFC. A person I know, who claims to have at least 6 rare medical

conditions (personally, I think she has Munchhausen Syndrome), only has 11 md's plus several alternative practitioners.

[Lars39]

15. That doesn't necessarily mean he's kept all 22.

They could be playing hot potato with him, even with a huge care team, or he’s fired quite a few because they didn’t say or do what he wanted.

[SamuelAdams]

16. That is a lot.

Assuming each was focused in a different specialty, many people would struggle to name 22 different specialists.

[DavidDvorkin]

17. He wanted a twenty-second opinion.

[OhioBack2Blue]

18. Satan is calling his cretin back to the bowels and fire

[dave99]

19. Each specialist should be brought up on Perjury charges for NOT TELLING TRUTH OF PRESIDENT"S POOR HEALTH !

and then their credentials removed from their respective focuses.. fucking losers

[Karasu]

20. This. It's the most transparent shit in the world at this point.

[Katinfl]

21. I don't care how many specialists he sees.

Until he is diagnosed with a specific, hopefully terminal, condition, it is all speculation. 80 year old people all have some sort of common ailments. He is not unique in any way except for his mental ability. So far that has not stopped him at all. He is not capable of holding this office but I see no end in sight. I hope I am wrong.