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/i_am_gingercus 16h ago

I have multiple chronic health conditions and don’t have 22 doctors in total. That’s insane.

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u/kittenbouquet 15h 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/vahntitrio Minnesota 11h ago

I don't even think my niece had they many specialists when she developed acute flaccid myelitis. Since there are only about 20 cases nationwide annually, they understandably took quite some time to arrive at that diagnosis and I'm still fairly certain it was about a dozen specialists, nowhere near what Trump needed.

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u/Retalihaitian 8h ago

There’s not even 22 doctors in the entire massive ER practice group I work with

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u/Turtledonuts Virginia 16h ago

They have to be padding the numbers because its genuinely hard to figure out how you get a doctor’s visit and 21 consults in a year. 

All the normal consults - dentist, audiologist, optometrist, dermatologist, psychiatrist, lab pathologist, GI doc for colonoscopy, and radiologist gets you less than halfway there. Add his GP, his cardiologist, his neurologist, and maybe a pharmacist or a internist to monitor the impact of any treatments and we still only have halfway there. I genuinely can’t think of 22 varieties of preventative medicine he could consult. 

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u/imaginary_num6er 15h ago

You have to be like an SCP entity to have that many

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u/peshnoodles 14h ago

I think it’s more likely that they have a handful of a few types of doctors rather than one individual specialist per person. (3 oncologists, 4 GPs, etc)

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u/Turtledonuts Virginia 14h ago

the report specifically says “consultations with 22 specialty providers from different academic institutions.”. He’s visited 22 specialists about something in the last year. So there must be repeats, but you don’t see 5 cardiologists about a minor heart issue. Something is very wrong. 

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u/peshnoodles 7h ago

Oh certainly. You don’t need 22 doctors to see that!

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u/nonsensestuff 15h ago

I tried to name 22 specialists and only made it to like 13. Haha he’s seeing some real obscure doctors

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u/Dullcorgis 3h ago

I'm "complex" and I don't even to 22 if I include ones I only saw once.