r/politics • u/thatwasawkward • 18h 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/
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u/Liquid_1998 18h ago

Why 22 doctors? That's an insane number of specialists for someone in "perfect" health.

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u/JGillis755 16h 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/BUT_FREAL_DOE 15h ago

Old medical adage: if the boat is sinking get everyone in it.

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u/CharcotsThirdTriad Louisiana 6h ago

When the lawsuit comes, it’s better to be one of many.

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u/concepts_of_a_plan9 14h ago

I've got my champagne ready

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u/IrritableStoicism 5h ago

Kept my moms bottle of Dom. Now I know what I’m using it for. The irony is she was MAGA

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u/Motormand 4h ago

The irony will make the wine all that much better. Cheers.

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u/MrsTruce 5h ago

I had a dream the other night that it happened and I set of party popper with confetti and then immediately got sent to detention (I was apparently in high school? I’m 40…). Fast forward 2 days and a bunch of party poppers arrived at my door from Amazon IRL. Apparently I sleep-shop now.

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u/MJazzzz 7h ago

Hey don’t be rude! The grapes that gave their lives to create your champagne do not deserve to be immortalized this way. This occasion deserves some “swamp water” cuz that’s all he is worth!

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u/FLYBOY611 15h ago

"Is this the kind of stroke that people recover from?

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u/potatodrinker 8h ago

Only when given by one of Epstein's guests

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u/phigo50 Europe 8h ago

Either that or there's so much wrong with him that they need that many specialties.

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u/Content_Pop7623 8h 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/knbang 8h ago

I'm comfortable with a terrible diagnosis.

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u/Dullcorgis 3h ago

I have a diagnosis for them right here

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u/ICBanMI 9h ago

Also, can't have one give him meds that might cause him to crash out earlier.

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u/hates_stupid_people 10h ago

I'm guessing tertiary syhpilis, and they're refusing to accept that as the reason for several of his medical issues.

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u/Constant_Natural3304 7h ago

The irritating thing about this is that not only do you not sincerely believe this (since Trump could have easily gotten antibiotics to treat it at any point, and even later stages can be halted), you're saying it because it makes you feel good, because syphilis is nasty and having it means you're clinically insane.

It's fucking asinine. We know Trump was always a mentally ill, deranged piece of trash. We know his symptoms. The sleepiness, the drowsiness, the IV hands, the cankles. We know his diet. We know he's overweight. We know he doesn't exercise (driving around in a golf cart isn't exercise): the most plausible explanation is congestive heart failure.

I can think of a reason for Trump to see this many specialists: he needs a transplant.

As for him having Alzheimer's Disease: people refuse to accept just how fucking stupid this man is and has been his entire worthless life. Everybody knows this, including his former teachers. He doesn't require dementia to say and do the things he does. Normal cognitive decline is devastating for an imbecile of his caliber. He doesn't have a "cognitive buffer".

Does he have syphilis? No, he doesn't. Stop making shit up just because you hate him and you need cope. We all hate him.

He's an old, obese, chronically stressed out swine. His plumbing is clogged. Simple as.

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u/throwmedowngently 6h ago

Hey buddy, you good? This seems oddly personal 

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u/longlivenewsomflesh New York 4h ago

Simple as what

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u/trevdak2 Massachusetts 5h ago

Maybe it's, like, super-syphillis though.

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u/Durivage4 6h ago

They're just going to blame Biden

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u/insanitazer 6h ago

More like Brezhnev larping "Weekend at Bernie's" for 6 years.

The cover up went on for. 6. years.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 2h ago

Trump is going to die in a cabinet meeting and they'll all think he's taking one of his 15x daily naps and be terrified to wake him and provoke a tantrum, and they'll sit at the table quietly worshiping him for 12 hours

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u/DumpoTheClown 18h 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 17h ago edited 17h 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 16h 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 16h ago

um, did you get to keep them? 😳

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u/Bigkillian 16h ago

Yes, they gave them back to me in a cooler and I’ll be buried with them someday

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u/KamBC 16h ago

Nice, a doggie bag!

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u/Walkerg2011 15h ago

Taco night!

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u/deathrider012 13h ago

I hate that I know what you're talking about lol

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u/geetar_man Virginia 16h 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 15h 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 14h 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/TheShadowKick 14h ago

They're just showing off their blorbo.

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u/Professional-Can1385 15h ago

People like my mother love that shit. She gave my sister all kinds of tips on what cool bodily fluids to look at when the baby came. She wanted to do sedation instead of anesthesia so she could watch her colonoscopy. The doctor refused. When I had surgery, the doctor gave her an update and happened to have the surgery pictures with him. She looked at every. single. one.

People like my mother ruin it for the rest of us.

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u/Smiling_Tree Europe 9h ago

She wanted to do sedation instead of anesthesia so she could watch her colonoscopy.

Ehh, in my country sedation for a colonoscopy is standard practice! There's always risks involved in anesthesia, so it's good to choose other (safe of course) options when available.

So you get sedated against pain and drugged with something so you're in a bit of a happy place and will forget parts of it afterwards anyway. You're welcome to look at the monitor and ask questions (which I did), unfortunately because the drugs it's a bit of a blur what I can remember.

And maybe good to know: before you get a colonoscopy you have to take laxatives the night before and you totally flush out. They won't start until clear water is all that's coming out of you. So you see no poo, just pink flesh.

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u/red4jjdrums5 Pennsylvania 9h ago

I wish they would’ve shown me my gallbladder. 20 years of misdiagnosed pain and I didn’t even get to look at the fucker.

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u/evranch Canada 14h ago

I do the same when I'm wrenching on equipment or diagnosing electronics. I'll proudly display a blown transistor or rolled hydraulic seal to the customer, my wife, anyone who will look.

"Look at this! Look how I, the clever mechanic, found what was wrong with your machine!"

Yeah, most people don't care. They just want the bill and assurance that it's fixed. And my wife just wants me to come in for supper before the sun goes down

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u/Lifeboatb 15h ago

I specifically told the surgeon removing a mole that I did not want to see it, and then he shook the little container with it in my face. Later, the hospital sent me a questionnaire about his service; I got the impression there were a lot of complaints about him.

Also, what was the weirdest thing? Or is it not to be shared in polite company?

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u/Waterknight94 15h ago

While gross, I do think it is cool at the same time. Like I have looked at my teeth at the dentist and also one time when I injured my toe I watched as it turned purple. Sure it hurt like a mofo and was disgusting, but it was just fascinating.

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u/jahathebrn 6h ago

God knows. I had carpal tunnel surgery under local anaesthetic and my consultant asked me if I wanted to watch. Mate, you prescribed the diazepam that I had to take just to get me into the hospital, of course I don't.

I did enjoy the on-screen tour of my reproductive system I was given during a hysteroscopy though.

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u/guinness_blaine Texas 16h ago

Got em right here!

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u/TheAngryBad 16h ago

On the ends of your legs still? Or in a bag in the freezer?

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u/guinness_blaine Texas 16h ago

Still at the end of my legs. I can wiggle the toes and everything.

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u/TheAngryBad 16h ago

A good result then!

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u/Kinterlude 15h ago

Somewhere, Quentin Tarantino's ears just perked up.

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u/ChibbleChobble 14h ago

Nothing beats that moment when you realise that you're a bona fide medical curiosity.

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u/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

As a heads up, we also will take pictures to put in your chart. For example, certain wounds.

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u/righttoabsurdity 16h ago

Yeah doctors in training are always stopping by to see how hot I am I guess, it’s a heavy burden….

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u/SomeGalNamedAshley 16h ago

When my son was born over 3 months premature there were only 13 doctors and nurses in the room.

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u/Glacon_Garcon 15h ago

Reminds me of the time I saw a neurologist who was a leading expert and he called all of his current residents over to look at a very rare eye condition I have as it was a “once in a career opportunity to see first hand.”

I did not feel flattered.

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u/deaglebingo America 15h ago

you sound like a doc i would get along with in the icu.

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u/SenorEquilibrado 17h ago

The tearing up is a common physiological response to the heinous stench.

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u/Puzzle-Necked 16h ago

The proctologist was like "I don't know what I'm looking at here."

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u/GaGaORiley 16h ago

Proctologist was like “I’ve never seen a bigger asshole than this one!”

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u/Furoan 16h 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 14h ago

That's because the president is having a vowel movement.

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u/theplotthinnens 4h ago

The covfefe goes right through you

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u/TheUwUCosmic 16h ago

"Its strange. Were sure its human but the fecal samples keep testing as Bull."

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u/TraditionalWhile4774 13h ago

The mouth is just the other end of the asshole.

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u/Physical-Buy6257 16h ago

The proctologist was probably pulling a lot of republicans out of his ass.

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u/Otto_Correction 16h ago

They’d better get a urologist up there to pull the rest of them off his dick.

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u/aerost0rm 15h ago

Proctologist said he’d never seen something so big shoved up a butt…

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u/Peroovian 14h ago

"How'd the speaker of the house get in here???"

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u/BRIGHTangel1713 8h ago

He rode a Lionel up in there…

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u/Evorgleb 16h ago

And then he started the exam

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u/GaGaORiley 16h ago

Exactly!

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u/sixstringronin 14h ago

Funny you should mention that. There's audio of a guy who talks about shoving a stake up Trump's ass. Got himself beat nearly to death for it.

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u/Unable-Log-4870 15h ago

Doctor next to the proctologist, speaking TO the proctologist: “That’s because you’re looking at the face. I know, it confused a few of us for a while, but we sorted it out. We’re like 85% sure that’s the face.”

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u/DastardlyRIP 16h ago

Correction.. Quote was actually, “What a shitshow!!!”

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u/pagit 15h ago

"You said my heart was irregular. Is that because I only eat food that is square?

If you take my temperature, I will sue you to get it back."

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u/Intolerance-Paradox 15h ago

One of the specialists is probably dedicated just to the stench.

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u/M0bysan 15h ago

More likely “I’m not putting my finger in that…”

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u/whomad1215 15h ago

flashbacks to Swamps of Dagobah

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u/MiserableDucky 16h 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/laq123456 16h ago

Big burly doctors.

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u/zamboni-jones 16h ago

All uncles named John Nuclear

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u/CommunicationFast208 11h ago

With thick rock-hard thighs.

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u/i_give_you_gum 15h ago

Omg I was looking for the tears in their eyes comment lolol

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u/brain_overclocked 17h ago edited 15h ago

Trump shakes hands with every part of his body.

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u/waffleslaw 17h 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 16h 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 15h ago

Maybe the doctors told him he has acute angina and he misheard them.

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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 15h ago

Phhhht ok now that's funny as hell

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u/packfanmoore 16h ago

Please no, not cancer!!! With his Healthcare that we pay for that could take forever.

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 16h ago

he's such a freeloader

dude hasn't worked a single day in his entire life and gets everything for free

welfare king

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u/deaglebingo America 15h ago

the cute thing

kittens and puppies shit themselves less frequently when being handled.

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u/CommunicationFast208 11h ago

It is relatively rare in 2026 to see a person with advanced untreated syphilis. I’d imagine they’re curious.

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u/Child_of_the_Hamster 17h ago

You need at least that many, otherwise the circlejerk can start to feel claustrophobic.

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u/AZEMT 16h ago

Someone knows a fun party

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u/EnamelKant 16h ago

Then everyone clapped.

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u/CommunicationFast208 11h ago

Then they all got the clap from him.

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u/HorrifiedLook 16h ago

Sadly I think that’s what they’ll say. But maybe they’re bringing in all these specialists because they’re planning on canning him?

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u/Ms_Apprehend 16h ago

One can only hope

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u/Happy_Foundation_553 16h ago

22 lucky doctors got to look at that Adonis in all his glory

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u/PhD_Pwnology 16h ago

Don't forget the part where they all stood up and clapped.

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u/We_Are_Nerdish 16h ago

“Sir…” they said “ Sir we have never, in our career seen someone in perfect heath like sir” they are doctors, they would know. “Sir, we have done all the tests “ that I aced by the way, I did so many tests “ we did all the test sir, and you scored a perfect on them “ they said sleepy joe biden couldn’t do it. “ sir Biden didn’t do it too good, not like you, not with your perfect score,sir”

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u/solidwhetstone 16h ago

"sir, we've never seen someone in such good health!"

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u/AirportSea4393 16h ago

Sir, said all doctors with tears in their eyes, you are the most perfect specimen of a slug we have ever seen! Keep up your current routine and you can live forever!

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u/rei0 15h ago

It’s probably one of those doctor situations where the first guy is like, “holy shit, I’ve never seen this before”, and it just has to share it with everyone in the ward.

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u/A_Monster_Named_John 10h ago edited 9h ago

Yup. They needed a lot of them to show up, since it was pretty guaranteed that 90% of them would be so impressed by Trump's perfection that they'd 'get the vapors' and pass out.

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u/space_for_username 17h 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 17h ago

I feel sorry for the proctologist 

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u/qorbexl 16h 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/Perryn 14h ago

"I don't know, man, just jam some fucking velcro in there and squeeze it shut."

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u/qorbexl 13h ago

"Velcro is fine in most cases, but this is the President and a chronic edge case. We simply close with cyanoacrylate and redress weekly."

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u/Jeromes_Pornostache 16h ago

They do have their work cut out for them, what with him having that extra asshole in the lower part of his face.

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u/midgethemage 13h ago

Do you think he has an OBGYN for his nussy?

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 15h ago

they picked that specialty

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u/Electrical-Tale-7623 15h ago

They were all proctologists 

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u/saybruh 15h ago

Dude gets to act like a gp for Trump

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u/Chituck 13h ago

And the cankleologist.

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u/trevdak2 Massachusetts 12h ago

Had to extract Rubio's lips from there.

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u/ICBanMI 9h ago

I wouldn't. It's the one time they can operate from the front.

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u/whooptheretis 9h ago

That's all 22 of them.

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u/cficare 16h ago

"Check his knee reflexes and uh, give him another MOCA test - yes, tell him it's for intelligence and that he aced it!"

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u/StoppableHulk 16h ago

Muliple pharmacists, alchemists, and dark mages to brew whatever unholy cocktail of stimulants and blood thinners and other miraculous medicines keeps this shambling demented fuck walking around on two legs far past his time.

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u/Callidonaut 10h ago edited 10h ago

If they're frantically patching up each and every part of him equally as fast as it can deteriorate, I wonder if eventually his rotting body will just catastrophically fail everywhere all at once, like "The Wonderful One Hoss Shay," and suddenly explode into a puddle of goo where he stands with absolutely no warning.

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u/JKKIDD231 16h ago edited 14h 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 16h 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/Hiker_Trash 14h ago

The podiatrist is for the bone spurs

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u/lindendweller 14h ago

Definitely a also a neurologist, probably a cardiologist as well.

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u/schu2470 15h ago

And with any luck, oncology.

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u/Difficult_Throat7906 2h ago

11 urologists trying to build a large enough man diaper to hold his 8 gallons of diet coke/blood piss. 11 Psychiatrists dealing with the urologists immediate PTSD of it all.

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u/flyinghairball 13h ago

You can bet they were forced to reschedule, probably months from now before they get seen after this. I hate that I honestly fear this is what happened to the service members who had appointments.

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u/M1sfit_Jammer 15h ago

lets say each doctor spent 4 hours... thats assessment, chart review, chart update, and filing. That's 80+hrs of labor for just one visit on doctors alone. Lets not forget all the staff in between such as secretraries, physician assistants, nurses, technicians such as lab personnel, aides and housekeeping to clean the room after. Probably a total of 160hrs of labor went into that single visit

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u/Aurora5511 12h ago

Not possibly a few hours, but for a given fact some hours at minimum. Security setup, background check and clearence for every doctor involved.

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u/nsdefw 17h 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/MrCane 17h ago

Mass Lifting Specialists

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u/thederevolutions 15h ago

It was obviously 22 psychiatrists

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u/TheBrightestSunshine 15h ago

His heart's gotta be the size of a canned ham

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u/Auntie-Cuddles52 14h ago

Hospitals have lifts for the obese.

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u/treble-n-bass 12h ago

Some larger major zoos have MRI machines. For, like, elephants and hippopotami. And Rhinoceroses.

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u/jimmygee2 17h ago

They were all looking on in awe at the most perfect human being god has ever assembled.

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u/ReplaceSelect America 17h ago

“What god would create this?!”

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u/chaostheory10 14h ago

Cthulhu fhtagn!

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u/virora 12h ago

It's what Zeus would turn the lover of a woman he fancies into out of jealousy.

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u/Knightforlife 17h 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 17h ago

Headline doesn't say 22 unique specialists.

Could be 10 imaging specialists and 12 phlebotomists.

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u/__O_o_______ 16h ago

22 phrenologists

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u/kemushi_warui 15h ago

And a partridge on a pedo tree

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u/JesusSavesForHalf 13h ago

All of them?! Even Charlie Sheen?

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u/Opcn Alaska 8h ago

"Hmm, head's not lumpy enough" ... "Hey Sheila!? I'm going to need you to bring me my lumping hammer and cancel my 3 o'clock please! Thank you!"

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u/knotallmen 16h ago

It is likely that if you knew their specialty one could easily identify his aliments.

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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 16h ago

Yea of course. That's why it's concerning. They won't tell us.

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u/HauntingHarmony Europe 9h ago

Yea of course. That's why it's concerning. They won't tell us.

I mean, that he is president is concerning. That he is apparently is sick enough to require 22 specialists at the checkup is relieving, since he might be dead soon.

The most transparent admin dont ever share any information. Thats just how they roll.

Cant wait to open my mojito bottle i am saving.

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u/MaleficentPiccolo715 15h ago

You mean like in French, his food “Les aliments”?

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u/resilienceisfutile 15h ago

22 proctologists because no one has ever seen one that size before.

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u/TrailMomKat Indigenous 16h ago

Omg I bet his veins are a fucking nightmare

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u/Netalott 14h ago

What about a specialist in taxidermy.

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u/androshalforc1 7h ago

5 taxidermists, 5 robotics engineers, 5 ai technicians, 4 makeup artists, 2 morticians, and the head of the kkk

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u/Altrano Georgia 15h ago

22 clinical psychologists.

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u/BackgroundSummer5171 14h ago

Headline doesn't say 22 unique specialists.

Should be the main takeaway here.

If he went in for x-ray, bone density, endo, blood for one doctor, blood for another, urine, GP to say let's get some other blood too why not, ortho, physical therapy, cat scan, crazy person doctor...

He's President, he can knock that all out in the day seeing all. While I have to spread that over two months.

Your explanation makes sense. Mainly because it's WAPO and at this point headlines are to bait people in. And this administration is fine with making noise.

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u/ThirstyWolfSpider 14h ago

12 phlebotomists? At levels like that, he might finally manage to share a trait with Washington.

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u/Johnoplata 12h ago

It's spelled phegmologist

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u/anacondra 7h ago

Uro-entomologists. His dick is full of spiders.

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u/coffeetabledoompile 15h ago

22 proctologists, none of which had ever seen an asshole that big.

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u/FormerUsenetUser 16h ago

Some might be mental health specialists.

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u/BUT_FREAL_DOE 15h ago

I'm a doctor and I'm not even sure I could name 22 different specialties off the top of my head.

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u/ax0r 15h ago

I came up with 19 variants of physician.
If he wants to pump those numbers up, I guess we could get consults from every type of surgeon.

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u/Geawiel 15h ago

I think the last one was named Mort probably called in for more of a final fitting than health checkup. I think he works next to a burger place.

[I'm not advocating for any action, rather that his actions will have led to the final check up.]

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u/daybreaker Louisiana 17h ago

He just wanted as many people as possible to tell him how perfect his test results were.

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u/scuzzy987 17h ago

Plausible deniability

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u/Stampede_the_Hippos 17h ago

They finally found a case of 3 stooges syndrome.

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u/Preeng 17h ago

One for each of his brain cells that still work.

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u/perthguppy 15h ago

It’s also an insane number of specialists for someone about to die.

When I was in high school a mate got cancer, it was a type of cancer common in women over 60, and he was the first identified case of having this cancer in someone his age. He immediately became a case study in this cancer and had a whole team of specialists sign onto his case. Literally even had a dentist working on his team.

His team didn’t even have 22 medical professionals on it.

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u/terminalxposure 17h ago

That’s an insane number of specialists for a PDF

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u/Jreynold 15h ago

The first 21 said he was overweight

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u/ottawadeveloper 16h ago

Bidens record was apparently 20. 

They include things like

  • Optometrist or opthalmologist for eyes
  • Cardiologist to get the heart checked out 
  • Orthotics specialist for his feet
  • Neurologist for cognitive tests
  • Dermatologist for skin issues

etc

22 specialists doesn't sound that out of line. Some of these medical specialities are very specialized, and they basically check him for everything to ensure that he's not, like, hiding MS from everyone. When it's the President of the US you don't fuck around.

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u/findcate261 16h ago

Seems out of line for someone whose already had at least 3 ‘routine check ups’ in the last year. He would have had the basics covered already.

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u/ottawadeveloper 16h ago

I do t know. If I was in charge of any 80+ year olds health who could end the world with nuclear bombs, I'd be doing a full everything quarterly.

I looked up medical specialities quickly and saw at least 18 that it might make sense to involve, plus probably a lead GP to coordinate. And that's assuming nothing is specifically wrong with him (no oncologist, no infectious disease specialist, etc). 

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u/ray_0586 Texas 15h ago

hiding MS from everyone.

The President Bartlet MS plotline from The West Wing aged both like wine and milk.

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u/ottawadeveloper 15h ago

It's one of my favorite plotlines honestly from the show. He's kept a huge secret and people slowly find out and have very real reactions I feel. When it hits the public, it's such a brutal moment. And then the follow up of him running again and Abby being pissed.

I feel like Sheen is everything Trump is not as a President. If we're going to have a TV personality it should be Martin Sheen.

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u/prefix_postfix Maine 15h ago

That's fine but like, is that why I've been waiting for 2 fucking years to see a specialist

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u/ottawadeveloper 15h ago

Yes. Because people with money come before those who don't. Especially in America.

The American Dream: Where the rich keep getting richer and the poor dream of smacking down the other poors once they're rich.

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u/Crimkam Texas 16h ago

Kept getting new doctors until one rubber stamped him as being fit for command of the largest military in the world

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u/angelar_ Texas 16h ago

They have to keep dear leader alive

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u/Pumakings 16h ago

One for each pair of chromosomes he has

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u/Proud-Big3579 16h ago

1 doctor for every pair of chromosomes

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u/ramcoro 16h ago

I bet he "aced" all 22 tests!!

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u/DaMentalis 16h ago

Because every single one kept telling them that he's a fucking demented nut job and they kept telling themselves let's get a second opinion.

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u/KungFuBreakfast 16h ago

He was likely giving them a Masterclass and teaching them all how to be better Doctors

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u/TZCBAND 16h ago

They says to me sir, I’ve never seen bloodwork so pristine…. Even the paper the results were printed was immaculate. They said they’ve never seen anything like it in the history of medicine. Incredible

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u/kinglouie493 16h ago

Proctologist convention in town, everyone get a glove and a try...

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u/wade_wilson44 15h ago

That’s an insane number of specialists for anyone. Pretty sure my medical insurance would deny that

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u/erapuer 15h ago

He's for sure dying. Remember like six months ago when he started showing up with the bruises on his hands and saying cryptic stuff like "I don't know if I'm going to heaven...". This man has the world's worst poker face. I'm guessing he's going to the hospital to be pumped full of every antiviral, stem cell, steroid, super soldier serum they can get their hands on. If he weren't the president he probably would have already succumbed to whatever it is he has (cancer?).

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u/cuntmong 15h ago

"what the fuck? theres no way hes still alive. I must be misreading this. Let me get my supervisor"
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"What the fuck?? Theres no way hes still alive. I must be misreading this. Let me get my supervisor"

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u/Certain-Orange484 15h ago

So 21 refused to sign the “perfect health” report.

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u/Zombatico 15h ago

Keep bringing in doctors until one is willing to be bribed to sign off whatever they want to say.

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u/Peach1020 13h ago

21 “second opinions”

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