Trump, 79, Sets Alarming Medical Record as Health Concerns Mount

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Records-obsessed Donald Trump has a new one to add to the list, but it’s not so flattering.

The president, who turns 80 on Sunday, spent three hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on May 26.

He emerged after being pricked and prodded by some 22 specialists, an apparent record.

A https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/trump-sees-22-medical-specialists-white-house-hasnt-said-why/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social" rel="" target="_self" title="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/10/trump-sees-22-medical-specialists-white-house-hasnt-said-why/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social">Washington Post analysis of public statements by the president’s personal medical team found that was nearly double the number of physicians involved in his last physical.

Last year’s check-up saw him examined by a comparatively meager 14 doctors.

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