Trump slammed after revealing the Florida congressman’s “terminal illness.”
President Donald Trump faced backlash after publicly sharing deeply personal medical details about Rep. Neal Dunn, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
The shocking thing moment unfolded during a Kennedy Center board meeting, where Trump veered off topic as he discussed the House of Representatives’ razor-thin majority and began talking about Dunn’s health scare.
Trump initially teased the story, telling the room, “We had a man who was very sick. It looked like he wasn’t going to make it. I don’t know. I won’t mention his name. Should I do that? Do other people know his name? Do you want to mention it?”
He then turned to House Speaker Mike Johnson and urged him to share more, adding, “He’ll be proud. Go ahead. Tell him the story.”
Johnson appeared hesitant, carefully describing Dunn’s condition as “very serious” with a “pretty grim diagnosis,” but avoiding details.
Trump didn’t hold back for long.
“What was the diagnosis?” he insisted, before interrupting Johnson to declare: “He would be dead by June.”
The comment seemed to catch Johnson off guard, prompting him to respond, “Okay, that wasn’t public, but yeah, okay, it was grim,” as he tried to regain control of the narrative.
Trump continued to reveal details anyway, adding: “With a heart problem, by the way. This was a heart problem.”
The president then pivoted from the health scare to politics, saying, “First of all, it was bad because I liked him. Second, it’s bad because we needed his vote.”
He further claimed that Dunn remained committed to work despite the diagnosis, sharing, “No matter how long I live… I’m going to vote for you.”
Trump then cast himself as a major factor in Dunn’s recovery, explaining: “I said, ‘I’ve got to call them [doctors].’ They went there immediately… and two hours later he was on the operating table.”
He praised the White House doctors, adding, “They are like miracle workers.”
Johnson later said that Dunn now has “a new lease of life” after the emergency procedure.
“He has more energy than a man half his age, and he is very encouraged and has encouraged us all. So again, a testament to great leadership. And my hats off to Neil Dunn and his beautiful wife and family. He is an extraordinary individual,” Johnson continued.
The exchange quickly sparked outrage online, with critics accusing Trump of revealing private medical information and turning the moment into a personal victory lap.
“This was painful to watch,” one user wrote.
A second said: “This is CRAZY.”
Someone else commented: ‘He doesn’t care about anyone but himself. He laughs and jokes about the congressman’s impending death.”
A third posted: “Trump turns someone else’s terminal diagnosis into another brag session.”
Others expressed privacy concerns, with one viral comment reading: “HIPPA has entered the chat.”
