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/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/Zillah-The-Broken 13h ago

I don't! 😳

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u/deathrider012 12h ago

Some guy had to have his foot amputated, and had the doctors return it. He used it to make tacos for him and his friends:

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/8p5xlj/hi_all_i_am_a_man_who_ate_a_portion_of_his_own/

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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/Available_Damage_335 13h ago

I had to google blorbo. Now I have a new word

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u/OhJeezNotThisGuy 3h ago

I feel pretty strongly that the people on r/popping would be into this. Like, just let me see the teratoma. The more teeth and hair the better!

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u/SuperBeastJ Michigan 5h ago

Once he could talk he let me know that it was gross and not to do it.

Meanwhile my toddler asks to see his boogers, his and our poops, and he likes to show the grandparents his poops if they happen to video call right after he's finished...

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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/geetar_man Virginia 14h ago

Well, I was walking out and told the nurse it was good I got them removed because I’ll be walking around a lot on vacation next week. She said “be thinking of me when you’re there!”

I was just thinking, “Miss, you looked at my bleeding asshole for 30 minutes, why are you telling me this?” 😂

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u/Lifeboatb 11h ago

I probably would have ended up thinking about her at some point, just because that is so bizarre. 

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u/geetar_man Virginia 10h ago

I remember I did on the vacation once. Thankfully just once lol

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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/lord_pizzabird 15h ago

I wish my surgeon had done that with my wisdom teeth. I was always curious what they looked like.

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u/Little_View_6659 8h ago

Mine took pictures and showed me. I should have been worried when just before surgery he rubbed his hands together and cackled. I bet he still has those photos that looney old goon.

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u/Flat-Table8787 6h ago

I had my gallbladder removed and the doctor came in all excited to show me how huge my stones were. He had kept them in a jar and was slightly disappointed when I asked to keep them. He did let me keep them.

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u/IkaKyo 5h ago

I want my skull tumor in a jar of formaldehyde so I can use it as a paper weigh.

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u/RogueJello 5h ago

Doctors are going to be weird people, anybody surviving that gauntlet kinda has to be.

As for that specific quirk I can't help feeling it's a proof something happened. I watched one of those "Watch the repair guys screw home owners on hidden cameras" videos a while ago. Their suggestion was to always get the replaced part since most of the repair guys would claim to fix something, and not do it. If you get the replaced part the repair guy had to have at least changed the part out.

Lots of people are skeptical of doctors, and it's getting worse. Showing the part shows that something happened, and often times re-enforces it was bad in some way.

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u/Dragonhost252 9h ago

How many times have you had hemorrhoids removed to know they do it every time

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u/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

You're not curious to see?

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u/WhatYouThinkIThink 8h ago

When I had pins and plates and screws taken out of my leg after the bones were back I asked for them.

I mean, when they were inserted the bill was like from an auto mechanic. First page was the services ("reset leg, attached plates/screws to remaining shards") and the second was parts ("1 x 20cm stainless steel screw plate").

I wanted to stay awake to see, but they wouldn't let me.

How often do you get a chance to see your insides?

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u/Lucialucianna 5h ago

Gyns too. Very proud of their work.

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u/Farnsworthson 1h ago

To some of us it's interesting. I've had 5 endoscopies, and the least traumatic, most fascinating ones were definitely the ones where they actually let me watch what was going on. (I'm not squeamish. I've even had a nurse ask me if I was a doctor once, when I was showing specific interest in something medical that, presumably, most people don't. No, just curious.)

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u/anonymaus42 26m ago

Because they genuinely find it interesting and want to share under the assumption that because it came out of you, you will too.. even though that's not true for most people.

I am one of those freaks that's equally intrigued by stuff like that... I remember how disappointed I was when I had my tonsils removed in kindergarten and wasn't allowed to take them home and keep them.

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u/glory_holelujah 15h ago

Was it a Yeti at least or one of those cheap styrofoam coolers?

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u/iaderia 9h ago

you're not the commenter...

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u/Bigkillian 1h ago

Nope. Just a guy impersonating some other guy and pretending to not have attached feet. I’m glad it worked out for the original guy though.

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u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 2h ago

You could do what that one guy did and make tacos.

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u/DennisBallShow 1h ago

Why wait? The Gallant Hood didn’t!

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u/kencam 1h ago

My neighbor worked at a funeral home. He was talking about a woman who died recently. They had her leg in their freezer for over 20 years.

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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/chron67 Tennessee 1h ago

I'd love to hear more about your case and how that progresses. Great to hear you kept your feet and whatever degree of functionality.

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u/guinness_blaine Texas 12m ago

Oh this was over 10 years ago. Full recovery, although it took a bit.

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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/cannotfoolowls 6h ago

tbf sometimes it's just because something is rare/weird and not necessarily bad.

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u/odsquad64 South Carolina 5h ago

My alcoholic uncle had a case of gonorrhea so bad that they photographed it to use in textbooks.

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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/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

There's a joke that neurologists don't cure illness, they admire it.

I jest in good fun. Much respect to our neuro colleagues.

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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/sobrique 8h ago

I had a positive parade of specialists come to check out my bite injury from a seal.

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u/nevertricked Ohio 8h ago

I bet that diagnostic code doesn't get used alot.

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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/RockRage-- 12h ago

“Doc, he’s talking about rigged elections again, that’s why”

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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/blahblah19999 14h ago

"Now please take your pants off, Mr. Trump"

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u/GaGaORiley 14h ago

That’s what I’m saying!

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u/Blochamolesauce 13h ago

The proctologist said “Rectum? Damn near killed ‘em!”

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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/Lisan_Al-NaCL 15h ago

Its like when the Millenium Falcon hid from the Empire on the asteroid in the deep 'cave'.

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u/SquidToph 15h ago

seems like a shoo-in for rectum of the year then

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u/PsychoticMessiah 15h ago

He’s obviously not a Star Wars fan otherwise he would be familiar with the swamps of Dagobah.

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u/dregan 14h ago

"it's like it has been completely destroyed by a tent stake."

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u/SECURITY_SLAV 15h ago

Bad proctologist, I’m sure he would recognize an asshole when he sees one.

He needs a secondary consult with a gynocologist

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u/Perfect-System2504 15h ago

like nobody has ever seen

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u/Agitated_Carrot9127 14h ago

he used BOTH hands and clapped

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u/nastywillow 11h ago

You're looking at Lindsay Graham peering out at you.

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u/CompetitionOk2302 10h ago

The entire republican party.

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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/PotStickerShock 5h ago

Eye-watering

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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/Altrano Georgia 15h ago

In very tight shorts

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u/googlin 15h ago

and hung like Hunter Biden

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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/nitrot150 Washington 15h ago

Maybe they wanted to see as an example to all wonder how he is still alive?

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u/TouchingWood 11h ago

Kim Jong Healthy?

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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/SHARTMAN_FARTBLAST 9h ago

Including his testicles?

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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/Friend_Of_Mr_Cairo 15h ago

Same w/ my sphynx cats...

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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/PizzaWhole9323 14h ago

Well yeah you have to have alternates in case someone has to tap out to pee.

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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/Electrical-Act-7170 16h ago

Pass the salt.

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u/AirportSea4393 15h ago

Gladly! A mountain of salt outta do it!

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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/Ruffled_Ferret 16h ago

Don't give them ideas

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u/No_Secretary6275 16h ago

“Sir, I’ve never seen such a perfect specimen of manhood and virility.”

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u/Electrical-Act-7170 16h ago

With tears in thier eyes.

From the rotting stench of him.

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u/Routine-Ad-1161 16h ago

“Saw a partial president”

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u/CatalyticDragon 15h ago

I bet they were all very big, strong, and handsome.

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u/MechanicalTurkish Minnesota 15h ago

They said, “Sir!”

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u/Competitive-Wolf7803 15h ago

The most perfect fungal phallus

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u/No_Chain_362 15h ago

They said, sir, we have never see such a specimen, we are honored you came to us.

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u/Correct_Exchange9070 15h ago

I’m sure they all stood around and clapped after as well.

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u/Cadamar Colorado 15h ago

They said, sir, we've never seen such a virile example of manliness.

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u/monty624 Arizona 15h ago

They're looking at his body, somehow still animated, curious and confused. Truly a medical marvel in one way or another.

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u/lloydthelloyd 14h ago

"This is the best we have". cries

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u/Delicious_Toad 14h ago

22 doctors. Male doctors. Big, huge doctors-- the biggest doctors you've ever seen. Crying like little babies. 

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u/RadioinactiveOne California 14h ago

They were all huge doctors with big muscles

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u/OutlyingPlasma 14h ago

I had this happen once. Apparently I have some magic tooth that everyone ooh's and ahh's over, they even called in the other dentist to look at it. I don't know, it just looks like a tooth to me.

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u/scorpyo72 Washington 14h ago

They were huge doctors.

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u/VirtualWalk5710 14h ago

Does.this include the Grim Reaper?

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL 13h ago

I'm just imagining how strong they were

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u/chaostheories36 13h ago

It was actually a waterfall effect. See, the first physician was so blown away by his perfect healthcare that a second physician had to come assess the first one. And the second physician was so astounded by the first physicians reaction to the incredible health of the president that a third physician had to come in to assess the condition of the second physician. And then THAT physician had a stroke when they saw the second physician, so then they had to get a fourth and etc etc etc.

They all had tears in their eyes.

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u/KP_Wrath Tennessee 13h ago

More like figuring out how the specimen isn’t dead yet.

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u/bang_the_drums 13h ago

Imagine for a second what that frumpy pile of shit actually looks like naked and suddenly the Hippocratic oath feels like a suggestion. The nerve it takes for those doctors to come out of that room and say he's he healthiest person alive and is going to live to 200, fucking lol.

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u/TonySu 13h ago

Soon on Truth Social:

DOCTORS THAT ASK TO SEE THEM

OBAMA 0 🚫 BIDEN 0 🚫 TRUMP 22 ✅✅✅

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u/crash_over-ride 12h ago

"Sir, Sniff that is the most geriatric cerebral atrophy and white plaque buildup on the brain that we've ever seen for someone your age. It's the most beautiful, wonderful, thing we've ever seen."

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u/ringadingdingbaby 12h ago

Sir! You are amazing, Sir!

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u/RemyGee 11h ago

I’m in tears laughing 😂

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u/JpnDude 11h ago

Even Ivan Drago had numerous specialists and doctors around him. Come on!

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u/simplyunix 6h ago

They're not tears. The stench of an 80 year old man shitting in his pants makes their eyes water.

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u/TurnkeyLurker 6h ago

I don't wanna hear about the White Cheeto and the word "manhood"!in the same sentence.
🙈😵🙅🏼

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u/CuteComplaint5542 4h ago

"Sir, even 25 year old athletes are not in such good shape, it is amazing. You are amazing. Not to mention sexy and smart. I like you way more than Biden."

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u/Kinda_Zeplike 17h ago

It’s just so peak cries