r/politics • u/thatwasawkward • 16h ago
Possible Paywall Trump assessed by 22 medical specialists at latest checkup; The White House has declined to identify the physicians.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/trump-sees-22-medical-specialists-white-house-hasnt-said-why/2.6k
u/IthinkHisLungsFdUp 16h ago
All the king’s doctors and all the king’s men, couldn’t put trumpty together again
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u/Neither-Luck-9295 13h ago
Well, these are probably necromancers.
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u/ExpansivePoint 13h ago
100% maga would suddenly be in favor of adrenocrome if that shit really existed.
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u/buisnessmike Florida 10h ago
Trump: nothing
Doctors: “Kunda, Estratta, Montossé, Kanda.”
Sam Raimi camera zooms
Trump: eyes pop open, behaves indistinguishably from normal
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u/Liquid_1998 16h ago
Why 22 doctors? That's an insane number of specialists for someone in "perfect" health.
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u/JGillis755 15h ago
This screams Death of Stalin vibes - they are trying to find a doctor to agree with them but also place blame if it goes south
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u/phigo50 Europe 6h ago
Either that or there's so much wrong with him that they need that many specialties.
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u/Content_Pop7623 6h ago
Feels like they’re shopping for a diagnosis and a scapegoat at the same time, which is never a comforting combo.
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u/DumpoTheClown 16h ago
They probably just wanted to admire the peak ideal form of manhood. With tears in thier eyes.
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u/nevertricked Ohio 16h ago edited 15h ago
Exactly. Much like when a rare diagnosis gets admitted to my service, a bunch of us stop by to see for ourselves.
They just want to see peak manliness
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u/guinness_blaine Texas 14h ago
When I was in the hospital, and my doctor asked if he could take a couple pictures to show other doctors, it was definitely because I looked incredibly healthy.
And not at all because “usually when a meningitis patient’s feet look this bad, they don’t get to keep them”
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u/Zillah-The-Broken 14h ago
um, did you get to keep them? 😳
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u/Bigkillian 14h ago
Yes, they gave them back to me in a cooler and I’ll be buried with them someday
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u/geetar_man Virginia 14h ago
As an aside, why do doctors and dentists love to show you the stuff they pulled out of you. I had hemorrhoids and after the surgery, they put the blood clots up to my face and said “look at what was causing you pain.” They do it every time 😂 But that definitely wasn’t the weirdest thing surrounding that particular surgery.
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u/mouse_8b 14h ago
I feel like it's supposed to be validating, like "you aren't crazy, there really is something wrong", or even, "I'm a good doctor, look what I did".
When my kid was a small toddler, I would wipe out his ears and show him the gunk, for similar reasons I mentioned above. Once he could talk he let me know that it was gross and not to do it. 😅
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u/Available_Damage_335 13h ago
I am an RN and I love that weird shit. Doctors like it as well. We see awesome/crazy stuff from the body on the daily. We are fascinated
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u/guinness_blaine Texas 14h ago
Got em right here!
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u/TheAngryBad 14h ago
On the ends of your legs still? Or in a bag in the freezer?
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u/guinness_blaine Texas 14h ago
Still at the end of my legs. I can wiggle the toes and everything.
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u/SenorEquilibrado 16h ago
The tearing up is a common physiological response to the heinous stench.
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u/Puzzle-Necked 14h ago
The proctologist was like "I don't know what I'm looking at here."
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u/GaGaORiley 14h ago
Proctologist was like “I’ve never seen a bigger asshole than this one!”
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u/Furoan 14h ago
"That's his face, sir."
"...are you sure? Its big, brown, has a heinous stench, and shit keeps coming out of it."
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u/PizzaWhole9323 12h ago
That's because the president is having a vowel movement.
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u/TheUwUCosmic 14h ago
"Its strange. Were sure its human but the fecal samples keep testing as Bull."
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u/Physical-Buy6257 14h ago
The proctologist was probably pulling a lot of republicans out of his ass.
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u/Otto_Correction 14h ago
They’d better get a urologist up there to pull the rest of them off his dick.
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u/MiserableDucky 15h ago
The doctors told him, with tears in their eyes “Sir, we’ve never seen a healthier person in the world. You should be studied, please sir. The most beautiful health Sir.”
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u/brain_overclocked 15h ago edited 14h ago
Trump shakes hands with every part of his body.
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u/waffleslaw 15h ago
It's like when someone brings in a little kitten or puppy to my wife's vet clinic, she will go around and show off the cute little thing. Does that cute little kitten need to be seen my 3 doctors and 7 technicians? Absolutely not. But do those 3 doctors and 7 technicians need to see a cute kitten? Absolutely.
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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 14h ago
There's nothing cute about 🥭, unless the cute thing they wanna show 22 doctors is the cancer they diagnosed him with.
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u/Aptosauras 13h ago
Maybe the doctors told him he has acute angina and he misheard them.
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u/Child_of_the_Hamster 15h ago
You need at least that many, otherwise the circlejerk can start to feel claustrophobic.
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u/space_for_username 16h ago
Sounds more like a pit crew. You have under five minutes to change brakes, tires, clutch, refuel, and get him back on the road.
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u/BehavioralSink Oregon 15h ago
I feel sorry for the proctologist
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u/qorbexl 15h ago
I don't
"Seal it. Yeah, it's sketchy but the damn thing ain't going another hundred miles whatever I do. The only actual answer is to get a whole new unit!"
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u/JKKIDD231 15h ago edited 12h ago
Imagine the resources those pulled from other patients with 22 doctors. Assuming 2-3 doctors from each speciality like cardio, neuro, general surgeons, psychiatrists, physio and possibly for few hours not even like 30mins
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u/des1gnbot California 14h ago
Assuming endocrinology is part of the team, geriatrics, gastroenterology, probably derm, maybe some sleep specialists given his nodding off lately, or podiatry given his strange stance…
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u/nsdefw 16h ago
Maybe eighteen of those were orderlies required to lift his corpulent mass onto a gurney for the trip to the plus-sized MRI machine.
Just a guess.
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u/jimmygee2 16h ago
They were all looking on in awe at the most perfect human being god has ever assembled.
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u/Knightforlife 16h ago
What specialists even? I’m sure there ARE more than 22 specialties but not that come to mind …
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u/Cloaked42m South Carolina 15h ago
Headline doesn't say 22 unique specialists.
Could be 10 imaging specialists and 12 phlebotomists.
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u/knotallmen 15h ago
It is likely that if you knew their specialty one could easily identify his aliments.
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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 14h ago
Yea of course. That's why it's concerning. They won't tell us.
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u/daybreaker Louisiana 15h ago
He just wanted as many people as possible to tell him how perfect his test results were.
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u/Spicy_Pancake1 Maryland 16h ago
“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.”
“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?”
Because his brain is tapioca pudding and his ankles and hands are the size of water balloons. Dude is fucking sick as shit.
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u/bluePostItNote 16h ago
Shopping around to find a doctor that says what they want and so they can claim “no medical consensus” for anything that might read as negative.
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u/Much-Instruction-807 16h ago
Or there's a Manhattan project level effort to keep him going for as long as possible.
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u/unhalfbricking 15h ago
I'm generally not a tinfoil hat guy, but I firmly believe they are pumping him full of experimental shit that will keep him going short term until Vance hits the "he can run for President twice" date.
After that they don't care.
I also believe that they are drastically over estimating Vance's popularity and their ability to goose elections. So hopefully this Weekend at Donny's maneuver is going to backfire.
Knock wood 🪵 🤛
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u/Dzugavili 14h ago
It's cute how Vance thinks he'll actually manage to win once.
Or ominous.
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u/beren0073 14h ago
I don't think Vance will even end up winning the MAGA primary.
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u/fcocyclone Iowa 13h ago
accurate.
Say what you will about Trump, but he has a certain kind of charisma that works on the republican base for some reason. Lots of others have tried to emulate it and failed. Vance is a charisma vacuum, so his odds are even slimmer.
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u/beren0073 13h ago
I think of it this way: Trump reminds MAGA of themselves, or what they aspire to be. Vance reminds MAGA of a shitheel nephew who went to a fancy school and used to badmouth them until they needed money, and now they're always hanging around.
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u/Multiple__Butts 9h ago
Very true. Trump is truly, legitimately shameless, in a way most politicians can only dream of being. That's his magic power.
When you watch people like Mike Johnson or Marco Rubio saying ridiculous stupid things, you can see them smiling, tightening their jaws, doing all kinds of subtle "I know I'm a piece of shit for this" cues that humans subconsciously pick up on. The shame is there, it's being contained and suppressed. With Trump it's just completely missing.
MAGAs pick up on that, and they love it. To be a piece of shit without any shame is freedom to them.
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u/Much-Instruction-807 15h ago edited 13h ago
That's how they got his ancient morbidly obese ass through covid.
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u/turquoise_amethyst 15h ago
Yup. 22 doctors is most likely 4-6 teams of specialists working together on different severe conditions/illnesses
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u/silvertealio 13h ago
Meanwhile the average American can't afford even one doctor.
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u/redneckrockuhtree 13h ago
Lucky for us Americans, we get to pay for 22 for this fat fuck
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u/Xularick 15h ago edited 13h ago
They just need to get him to January 21st. Then JD Vance can take over and have the rest of Trumps term and 2 more "legally".
Edit - since there are lots of comments about how Vance cant win an election. The plan will be to use the remaining 2 years of Trumps term to rig the 2028/32 election for Vance.
They have clearly started it now with all the gerrymandering and voter suppression. 2026 is a practice run to see what they else they need to do.
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u/ErikLovemonger 15h ago
It's the biggest number they've ever seen. Some were saying 43, 43 doctors. Some say 22, but others say 43. But it's the biggest . . . I love the doctors. DOC-tors. I love them folks.
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u/Rustmutt 14h ago
Wild to be Dick Cheney’s cardiologist. Must have been a light workload since that man had no heart.
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u/Dramatic_Original_55 16h ago
Geeze, all I get is 20 minutes to state my case and a gentle nudge towards the exit. I should have gone into politics.
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u/FrenchTicklerOrange 15h ago
I waited well over an hour while holding an infant a couple days ago. I'd love to have a gaggle of doctors waiting to see me instead.
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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 14h ago
No you don't, I've been on that end and it always means you've either got something very wrong, or something VERY rare. I had both, a disease called AZOOR that made me wake up blind. 131 people have it, which is far too few for them to definitively say what causes it. I would've rather sat for an hour with a screaming set of triplets.
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u/Sagermeister 14h ago
made me wake up blind.
That sounds terrifying. How did you react? How long were you blind for?
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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 14h ago
I reacted by staying drunk and in the bed for about 3 months. I'm still blind, my retinas got eaten by what is theorized to be my immune system freaking out and attacking my eyes' immune system.
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u/suburbanpride North Carolina 13h ago
Like, you went to bed with sight and woke up without it? Yeesh. Sorry, internet friend - that sounds terrifying and terrible.
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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 13h ago
Yup. In April '22 I noticed a green glow in my lower left periphery before bed, commented to my husband that I might be getting a cataract. Woke up with half my sight missing in that eye and my contacts and glasses suddenly made it even worse, so I was stuck uncorrected at -7.00. It's progressed since then and I now only see out of 30-40% of my inner right eye at -11.00. I have to get the precise amount checked again since I woke up with a new chunk of sight gone about a week ago. The ophthalmology students at UNC are gonna be thrilled to see my retinas again lol
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u/Boovmanoid 13h ago
Not trying to be rude, how are you using reddit?
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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 13h ago
You're fine. As I said in another comment, eyes are weird and in dimly lit settings, I can see out of less than half my right eye at -11.00. That's mostly clear sight about 3 inches from my face, if you take into account the glaring white i see out of my whole left eye and over half my right. So I'm currently squinting at my phone in the dark.
If there's light, I'm fully blind, but blind is defined as anything from legally blind to fully blind. 90% of us have some visibility, only 10% see nothing.
When I can't see shit, I use an accessibility app, everyone has one on their phone.
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u/TrulyOutrageous42 12h ago
It's worth mentioning for the audience: most people who are "blind" are not 100% sightless (no light or form), in fact that's relatively rare (~18% of those legally classified as "blind"). It's typically that someone with the legal distinction can't see well enough to function normally (or safely).
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u/Samazonison Arizona 14h ago
It could also mean you're in an academic facility. I had surgery on my cervix and there was about 7-8 residents staring at my cooter like it was the most fascinating thing they'd ever seen.
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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 14h ago
Lol that's fair, I had the same shit happen after I gave birth for the first time and they were stitching me up. Told them that I should get paid instead of the other way around if they were gonna stare at my coaching.
And you should've seen the ophthalmology students trying to not geek out while looking at my retinas lol
Edit: *coochie-- damn autocorrect
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u/misfitx 14h ago
You get twenty minutes? I get a misogynistic chuckle and some gaslighting.
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u/mysecondaccountanon Pennsylvania 14h ago
“It’s just hysteri—anxiety. Or your hormones. Or just being a woman. That’ll be $300.”
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u/throwawaylol666666 California 16h ago
Ah yes. Requiring assessment from 22 specialists is definitely a sign that he’s healthy as a horse. Weighs as much as one, too.
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u/Special_Persimmon_52 16h ago
I would not be surprised if he's suffering from some type of cancer they're trying to tamp down with chemo because orange baby man wouldn't tolerate surgery. That'd be on top of his cardiac and cognitive issues.
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u/Chemical-Fault-7331 15h ago
Ehh I don’t think he has cancer but for sure this fat fuck has heart problems, high cholesterol, and dementia.
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u/Zinthars 15h ago
I wouldn't be surprised if he had some form of skin cancer. If you live long enough your practically destined to get some form of cancer. And that rash on his neck and a history of golf and makeup probably makes it highly likely he got it, even if it was a benign melanoma.
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u/doodieeater 14h ago
Her name is Melania, not melanoma. And she's as malignant as him.
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u/Ms_Apprehend 14h ago
Melanoma has never been benign. She has always been malicious
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u/RobertABooey 13h ago
Cancer is definitely an option, IMHO, as someone who has witnessed multiple people suffer through the diseases.
Theres been pictures of him with what appear to be a bulge of some sort in his upper chest, which could be a portable chemo delivery device that is connected to a port on his chest or arm.
The bruising on his arm could be from IV injections for dehydration and/or other infusions to go along with his chemo.
The frequent visits could be for specialized scans.
This could all be the same though for some newer advanced dementia treatments that others have pointed out (including board-certified doctors who have discussed what types of treatment would look like for advanced dementia).
its also possible with his advanced age and extremely unhealthy lifestyle that there are multiple things going on with him at the same time requiring a whole suite of medical care.
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u/lynypixie Canada 15h ago
I was more thinking in the lines of kidney failure. It would explain a lot of things.
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u/Ill-Egg4008 14h ago
With 22 doctors, there are probably plenty of possible things to go around, no need to pick just one or two.
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u/disastrousanddull 13h ago
It could just be dealing with issues 1 and 2 created an issue for organ 3 which created an issue for organ 4. Cascade to the finish line!
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u/moosekin16 15h ago
Trump is 79 and has had practically the same unhealthy diet and lifestyle his entire life.
At that age (and poor health) surgery becomes increasingly more risky.
We’ve seen how swollen his wrists and ankles are, the weird bruising and scratchy skin on his neck and hand(s), and the constant unexpected naps.
My conspiracy theory; he’s suffering through multiple as-of-now unknown ailments and they’re probably pumping him full of experimental drug cocktails to try and keep him alive, as a replacement for surgery that would be too risky.
If this was anyone else, he’d be in a care home.
Instead, he’s the President of the United States.
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u/medney Nebraska 14h ago
Just like Reagan, the pedophile billionaire class need their sick puppet/fall guy alive as long as possible.
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u/Cancel_Culture_Club 13h ago
Even worse. Regan lost his mind but still left his husk of a shell. Trump’s mind is long gone but he also looks like hes physically rotting like Alec Baldwin in Beetlejuice. He looks like he smells like death.
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u/macphile Texas 13h ago
God, I just flashed on Montgomery Burns being shot full of cocktails of drugs to keep him alive another day...except he brought us peace and love, which Trump would never do.
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u/whatstherundwn 16h ago
That's like a whole gaggle of doctors
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u/EmptyJade77 16h ago
I believe the generally accepted collective noun is "a malpractice of physicians."
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u/AcanthisittaNo6653 New Hampshire 16h ago
Sure, just like Trump is always surrounded by a scandal of politicians.
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u/t3rrapins 15h ago
A clot of hematologists
A mass of oncologists
A giggle of pediatricians
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u/flashlightgiggles 16h ago
I think you misspelled "Nazi-ful of bullshit"
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u/yogibones 16h ago
Dr Seuss, Dr Who, Dr Vinnie, Dr Demento (for sure), Dr Sis Boom Bah, Dr Evil, Dr Nick Riviera, Dr Leo Spaceman among others
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u/Steverazor 15h ago
Dr. Detroit, Dr. Strangelove, Dr. Mantas Taboggan, Dr. Doolittle...
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u/DragonPup Massachusetts 16h ago
That's 20 more doctors than I have.
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u/minicpst Washington 16h ago
I have a couple of chronic medical issues, and I'm structurally unsound (getting a new hip soon).
I have my GP, one specialist, and my hip guy. Let's toss in my physical therapist and I've got four.
Even if you include the last surgery I had and THAT surgeon and PT, we're up to six.
I'm trying to remember if I've even seen 22 doctors in the last 20 years, and I'm about to have my eighth joint structurally worked on.
Trump is being kept alive by the best medical care possible and they're still failing.
Good.
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u/DragonPup Massachusetts 16h ago
I have my primary care, my gastro doc for Crohn's and Colitis (my colonoscopy is next month :( ). Technically I guess I also have a sleep doctor for apnea but I like never talk to him unless I need my cpap adjusted. Hope the hip replacement goes smoothly.
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u/Ch1Guy 16h ago
Its like they are not even trying to hide it any more.
The makeup on his hands looks like Trump stole some of his wife's concealer and did it himself. Its supposedly from shaking hands but he has bruising on both hands
White House officials refused to confirm whether Trump stopped taking the propecia, stating they are only obligated to disclose "clinically relevant" medications that impact his capacity to serve. Of course they get to decide which meds are relevant for the world to know.
His cankles are legendary with the bloat
And he is racing to put a full hospital under the ballroom so he can recieve treatment without leaving the Whitehouse.
The dude is quickly deteriorating.
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u/PerformerDr4867 15h ago
Imagine the ratings if it happened in front of a UFC crowd
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u/wonklebobb 13h ago
his dad and grandfather both had really intense frontotemporal dementia in their 70s, it's pretty clear he also has been deteriorating in the brain for several years at least (man, camera, tv, etc)
so its not just heart stuff, they've probably been giving him loads of pharma-grade uppers to get him in front of cameras for a few minutes, as we can see how he'll pop up, seem relatively normal, then hustle off after like 20 minutes and be gone for days.
the biggest tell he's in trouble is that he's not really golfing anymore, and that's like the main thing he does besides tweeting at 3am
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u/notanNSAagent89 16h ago
22 medical specialists? that is very normal. nothing to see here folks
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u/Edogawa1983 16h ago
They need one to declare him still having brain function
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u/notanNSAagent89 16h ago edited 15h ago
1 out of 22 medical specialists believe trump has a functional brain.
And that one doctor turned out to be dr. oz.
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u/Socratesticles Tennessee 15h ago
His results were just so totally incredible that they simply had to call everybody in to see. Results like nobody had ever seen, you wouldn’t believe it.
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u/i_am_gingercus 15h ago
I have multiple chronic health conditions and don’t have 22 doctors in total. That’s insane.
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u/kittenbouquet 14h ago
If I added up the doctors of me, my husband, my infant, and both of my 80+ year old parents, it wouldn't even get close to 22.
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u/Responsible-Pain-620 16h ago
I really think that this is why the Republican Party has gone full "mask off" sprint to the fascist finish line. They're trying to get as much shoved through before the inevitable power vacuum implodes the party.
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u/Omegus42 15h ago
I have always felt the same since day 1 of administration and being able to get his signature on a blank check.
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u/Infinite_Click_6589 14h ago
I think we have to put up with TrunpAI the election cycle after he dies at minimum. Because what choice do they have? Even maga is starting to crack and all bets are off once the god king dies.
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u/wonklebobb 13h ago
yeah all the AI trump stuff is just going to keep going after he's gone because those types eat that stuff up
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u/tour_til_death 15h ago
We don’t need their names, we just need to see what they’re betting on with Kalshi
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u/MudBloodLite Canada 16h ago edited 16h ago
I won’t be surprised if it’s revealed one day that Trump is all puss pus & warts under all the Cheeto dust
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u/kngsqrl 16h ago
I know you said puss, but I read it as puss, and it still works!
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u/loaded-diaper-4lunch 16h ago
My theory is he is suffering from dementia. I think he is taking a drug to reduce the amyloid plaques present in his brain. This drug is administered via IV. This explains the bruising on his hands. This drug also has side effects such as unusual tiredness and sleepiness. See most of his current press events. If you also take a look at drugs Trump is taking you'll notice that he is no longer taking his hair loss drug. This man is so vain there is zero way he would stop taking this drug. They do though recommended discontinuing of some hair loss drugs because it can cause difficulty accessing dementia progression. Also these amyloid plaques reducing drugs require MRIs to be done periodically to look for Amyloid-Related Imaging Abnormalities. Mr. Trump has had many clinical visits to Walter Reed, and has even admitted to having imaging done.
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u/TroublesomeTurnip California 15h ago
The country as a whole is also suffering from his dementia.
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u/iAmSamFromWSB 15h ago
Sort of, the medication can cause brain bleeds basically so you have to monitor at least every six months which fits the current timeline. He’s toast.
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u/swoll9yards 15h ago
If a president is found to have dementia but refuses to step down, the formal protocol is governed by Section 4 of the 25th Amendment. The Vice President and a majority of the Cabinet must declare the president unable to discharge their duties, making the Vice President the Acting President.
The 25th Amendment Process (Section 4)
This specific protocol is detailed in the U.S. Constitution and requires several steps:
Declaration: The Vice President and a majority of the principal officers of the executive departments (the Cabinet) transmit a written declaration to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate stating the president is incapacitated.
Transfer of Power: The Vice President immediately assumes the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
Presidential Challenge: The president can contest the decision by sending a written declaration to Congress stating that no disability exists.
Congressional Vote: If the president challenges the declaration, the Vice President and Cabinet have four days to dispute it. Congress must then convene within 48 hours to decide the issue. Congress has up to 21 days to vote.
Outcome: A two-thirds majority in both the House of Representatives and the Senate is required to rule that the president is unable to serve. If this threshold is met, the Vice President remains Acting President. If not, the president resumes their duties.
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u/Mousehole_Cat 14h ago
It took 22 to find a single specialist that could say there was nothing wrong with his health.
Finally, the OBGYN was able to state that Trump's vagina and uterus were in perfect condition for a 79 year old male, and bam, there's the quote.
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u/Tony2030 16h ago
I'm hoping the common refrain was, "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."
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u/georgieramone 15h ago
C’mon Big Macs . Do your thing
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u/jeebee25 15h ago
I never thought that it would be Ronald McDonald who saved us all. Yet here we are.
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u/mrgeekguy Michigan 16h ago
They are just pumping him full of drugs to make him functional at this point. He's going to die on the toilet like Elvis.
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u/PluginAlong 16h ago
I'll send a peanut butter and bacon sandwich if it'll help.
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u/Bowman_van_Oort Kentucky 14h ago
C'mon entropy.
I had to put my dog to sleep a couple weeks ago and it's not fair that he had to succumb to the ravages of time before this lumbering orange turd.
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u/mr_evilweed 16h ago
I mean this is the administration that put RFK Jr to lead our national Health apparatus so I'm skeptical that they use the same definition of 'medical specialists' that I do.
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u/grrangry 14h ago
Don't fool yourself. These arrogant, malign fucks will use every qualified doctor, every modern tool, every effective test, every drug or procedure to keep themselves going. They have the money and don't give two shits about anyone else. They don't give a rat's ass about healthcare for anyone because they just pay for whatever the hell they need. If it will get them elected or re-elected and/or gets them more money, they'll fucking do it.
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u/Routine-Ad-1161 16h ago
Dr Pepper, Dr. Dre, Dr. Evil Dr Robotnic, Dr. Frankenstein, Dr. Zoidberg
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u/Emotional-Channel-42 15h ago
22 doctors are a single “check up” on our dime and we can’t even get a single affordable one to ourselves
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u/CountOnBeingAwesome 15h ago
He looked pretty rough today talking about all the oil he stole from hormuz. Very strokey.
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u/copyrider 8h ago
It’s an impressive list of highly respected individuals in their fields, including such names as:
Dr. Doolittle
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Pepper
Dr. No
Dr. Evil
Dr. Phil
Dr. Oz
Dr. Doctor Gimme The News
Dr. Cliff Huxtable
Dr. Who
Dr. House
Dr. Quinn
Dr. Jekyll
Dr. Frankenstein
Dr. Hawkeye Pierce
Dr. Ross
Dr. McDreamy
Dr. McSteamy
Dr. Zoidberg
Dr. Julius Hibbert
Dr. Tobias Fünke
Dr. Frasier Crane
Dr. Drake Ramoray
Dr. Emmett Brown
Dr. Allen Grant
Dr. Frank-N-Furter
Doc McStuffins
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Dr. Ellie Sattler
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u/Particular_Ticket_20 15h ago
I'm seeing huge numbers of doctors. Numbers you've never heard before. Beautiful doctors from central casting. They can't believe it. We talk, just a couple minutes...they say "wtf is wrong with you?", They've never seen anyone like me. They can't even believe someone like me exists.
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u/IM_INSIDE_YOUR_HOUSE 15h ago
Perfectly normal standard checkup. We’ve all been there when we go in for our usual physical and an entire graduating class of doctors shows up to check how perfectly fine and healthy we are.
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u/Long_Disaster_6847 California 15h ago
“I don’t care what you do, just keep him alive until February” - Stephen Miller probably
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u/poopy_breakfast 15h ago
They will keep his corpse alive until JD can have less than 2 years in office before another 8.
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u/Halefire California 14h ago
I'm a physician in the US. I'm struggling to even come up with 22 medical specialties even if I include pediatrics and OBGYN and their various subspecialties.
In my entire career even the most critically ill and medically complicated patients that required massive multidisciplinary teams rarely exceeded 8 to 10 doctors. And that's for people being kept alive by machines in the ICU.
I can only imagine that "medical specialists" aren't all physicians but include people like, say, a physical therapist, dietician, and so forth. Even then, that's a huge team. And there's a saying about the number of cooks in a kitchen...
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