Majority Of Americans Say White House Is Not Being Truthful About Trump’s Health

A mostly of Americans judge that nan White House is not being truthful astir President Donald Trump’s health, according to a caller poll.

Trump, who turned 80 years aged earlier this month, has received increasing scrutiny astir his beingness and intelligence fittingness during his 2nd term.

The president has been photographed connected aggregate occasions pinch bruising connected his hand, often poorly covered up by makeup. He’s besides been accused of dozing disconnected during nationalist appearances.

Fifty-nine percent of voters deliberation nan White House is not being transparent astir Trump’s health, while 34 percent deliberation nan management has been unfastened astir it, according to a caller Quinnipiac University poll.

"Is nan president physically and mentally well? On some questions, half of voters person their concerns, and a mostly deliberation nan White House is keeping them successful nan dark," Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy said successful a Wednesday news release of nan poll’s findings.

Fifty percent of voters successful nan study judge Trump is not physically healthy, and different 51 percent deliberation he’s mentally unwell based connected what they person seen and heard.

The Independent has reached retired to nan White House for comment.

Trump has insisted that he’s arsenic fresh arsenic a fiddle.

In May, he visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center successful Maryland for his 2nd checkup since October.

After what he called his six-month beingness exam, he wrote connected Truth Social, “Everything checked retired PERFECTLY.”

Sean P. Barbabella, nan expert to nan president, said Trump “remains successful fantabulous health, demonstrating beardown cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and wide beingness function” in a memo astir his exam released by nan White House.

Barbabella said that Trump’s manus bruising was from predominant handshaking and aspirin use. The expert besides noted flimsy swelling successful Trump’s little leg, but added that it had improved from past year.

Trump besides took a neurological exam, which Barbabella said “demonstrated normal intelligence status.”

“He is afloat fresh to transportation retired each duties of nan Commander-in-Chief and Head of State,” Barbabella wrote.

Physical fittingness and intelligence acuity successful nan leader of nan free world person go a increasing interest since nan 2024 statesmanlike election, erstwhile then-78-year-old Trump was campaigning against then-81-year-old President Joe Biden.

Biden sewage nan brunt of nan criticism, especially aft his disastrous June 2024 statement pinch Trump, wherever a pale-looking and hoarse-sounding president rambled done his agenda.

When Biden revealed successful May 2025 that he had been precocious diagnosed pinch an “aggressive” shape of prostate cancer, it reignited scrutiny astir really overmuch his White House really knew astir his health.

While Trump is not legally allowed to tally for president again successful 2028, location are concerns astir really his wellness could impact his expertise to transportation retired his duties for nan adjacent respective years.

Representative Ted Lieu, a California Democrat, confronted Secretary of State Marco Rubio astir Trump seemingly falling dormant successful public during a legislature proceeding earlier this month.

When Rubio said he’s “never seen him autumn asleep,” Lieu showed him a video of Trump appearing to doze disconnected during a Cabinet meeting.

“You are virtually talking astir issues of warfare and peace, and Donald Trump is sleeping correct adjacent to you,” Lieu said.