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Trump Reveals Rep. Dunn's Reversed Heart Condition

Published 16 March 2026

President Donald Trump publicly disclosed on Monday that Representative Neal Dunn, a Republican from Florida, had faced a terminal heart condition that doctors initially said would lead to his death by June without intervention. Speaking alongside House Speaker Mike Johnson at a White House event focused on the Kennedy Center, Trump credited White House physicians with arranging emergency treatment that reversed the prognosis and restored Dunn's health.

Trump recounted how Johnson informed him of Dunn's grave diagnosis earlier this year, describing it as a serious heart problem with little hope for recovery. "He would be dead by June," Trump said, noting that the information had not been public until then. Johnson, appearing somewhat surprised by the disclosure, confirmed the severity, calling it a "pretty grim diagnosis" and praising Dunn as "a real champion and a patriot" for continuing to attend work and vote in Congress despite his condition.

According to their accounts, Trump immediately contacted White House medical staff, who evaluated Dunn and facilitated surgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, just hours later. The procedure...

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