Overview
- At a White House event, President Trump said Florida Rep. Neal Dunn had been told he was terminal and “would be dead by June” before receiving urgent care.
- House Speaker Mike Johnson replied, “That wasn’t public,” while crediting White House and military physicians with moving Dunn to Walter Reed for emergency surgery and a “new lease on life.”
- Trump described the episode as involving serious cardiac treatment, saying doctors placed additional stents during a lengthy operation.
- Dunn, 73, previously announced he will retire at the end of his term, and neither he nor his office has publicly detailed or confirmed the diagnosis.
- Trump acknowledged political stakes by noting the GOP’s narrow House margin, saying he sought help for Dunn “for him first and for the vote second.”