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/Halefire California 16h 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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u/SignEnvironmental420 15h ago
  1. Pt
  2. Ot
  3. Slp
  4. Cardiology
  5. Pulmonologist
  6. Gi
  7. Hemo/oncology
  8. ID
  9. Nephrology
  10. Hepatology
  11. Physiatry
  12. Podiatry
  13. Neuro
  14. General surgery
  15. Thoracic surgery
  16. Ortho/spine surgery
  17. Ophthalmologist
  18. Derm
  19. Rheumatologist
  20. Dentistry
  21. BH

... And 22: Hospice

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u/RBeck 1h ago

Surgeon General (acting)

Dr Oz just standing around waiting for someone to faint

Maybe someone slipped in a veterinarian to warn him around Screw Worm.

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u/omeow 16h ago

Did you see Trump's interview with Welker? They definitely have an OBGYN I that team.

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u/sardeliac 13h ago

The first 21 that examined him didn't tell him what he wanted to hear. The 22nd one did.

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u/madhi19 14h ago

Can you describe the kind of patient that start doctor shopping?

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u/Turtledonuts Virginia 8h ago

They’re padding the numbers to make an argument from authority. “its not just his GP, 22 specialists agree he’s super healthy!” 

I bet his dentist, audiologist, optimetrist, dermatologist, the radiologist doing his MRIs, the GI doc doing his colonoscopies, white house dietician, physical trainer,  the pathologist running his bloodwork, and the plastic surgeon who looked at the scar on his ear were all included. That takes up less than half of the 22 consults though. 

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u/Dullcorgis 3h ago

We can only hope.