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Zorro

(18,349 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 04:48 PM Oct 2025

White House Doctor: Trump Has Far More Bones Than Any Prior President



WASHINGTON—In an effort to curb speculation regarding the physical health of the commander-in-chief, Capt. Sean Barbabella, physician to the president and director of the White House Medical Unit, confirmed Thursday that Donald Trump has “far more bones” than any U.S. president on record.

“Every time we examine the president’s body, we find more and more bones,” said Barbabella, assuring reporters that Trump remains strong due to the dozens of bones making up each of his arms, the 70-odd bones in his rib cage alone, and the hundreds of vertebrae composing his multiple, branching spines.

“Without counting the partially developed bones in his stomach, the president’s skeleton contains easily the most bones we have ever observed in any individual holding elected office. The number of bones Donald Trump possesses is, in my medical opinion, easily north of a thousand. That is nearly six times as many bones as Joe Biden, who, in comparison, has a paltry number of very small bones. And not only are they plentiful, but the president’s bones are so abnormally dense and resilient that we expect them to endure long after the rest of us are gone, quite possibly becoming the last surviving record of human life on Earth.”

In response to a question regarding rumors about the president’s declining cognitive health, Barbabella emphasized that Trump possesses several brains stacked neatly inside his skull.

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White House Doctor: Trump Has Far More Bones Than Any Prior President (Original Post) Zorro Oct 2025 OP
More bonespurs malaise Oct 2025 #1
Beat me by this much! Glorious bastard Oct 2025 #4
Bwaaaah malaise Oct 2025 #5
Ah, that explains the bone spurs! Glorious bastard Oct 2025 #2
I agree snowybirdie Oct 2025 #3
The extra bones are all in his head. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #6
that's why truddy777 Oct 2025 #7
ROFL! Ocelot II Oct 2025 #8
Does that include Putin's bone? JoseBalow Oct 2025 #9
Less one. NT usonian Oct 2025 #10
Where Do They Keep Uncovering These Incompetent Hacks? The Roux Comes First Oct 2025 #11
Please look at the source! leftieNanner Oct 2025 #16
And the vast majority of them... 2naSalit Oct 2025 #12
Maybe his head is just one solid bone, could explain a lot... Rhiannon12866 Oct 2025 #14
I had... 2naSalit Oct 2025 #25
I just managed to stop laughing. zanana1 Oct 2025 #13
He eats wings bone and all. That's where they came from. Don't tell. twodogsbarking Oct 2025 #15
🤔 Well, he definitely has had more bones to pick than just about, or any other President . electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #17
His cranial bone is extremely dense Martin Eden Oct 2025 #18
Unfortunately, he does have baculum deficiency which makes him inferior to dogs, chimps, etc. erronis Oct 2025 #19
Said multiple bones greatly compensating yorkster Oct 2025 #20
2nd reading shows that Trump has multiple yorkster Oct 2025 #24
More bonehead than meathead ... Gotcha Tetrachloride Oct 2025 #21
Trump was diagnosed as having FOP? sakabatou Oct 2025 #22
Are they gold? Will they be available for sale to dedicated MAGAs or merely on trading cards. Ping Tung Oct 2025 #23
THE END IS NIGH !1! dweller Oct 2025 #26

The Roux Comes First

(2,165 posts)
11. Where Do They Keep Uncovering These Incompetent Hacks?
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 05:18 PM
Oct 2025

I wonder if he can spell "anatomy" without assistance?

electric_blue68

(26,008 posts)
17. 🤔 Well, he definitely has had more bones to pick than just about, or any other President .
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 06:59 PM
Oct 2025

Martin Eden

(15,376 posts)
18. His cranial bone is extremely dense
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 07:11 PM
Oct 2025

Not much room in the skull for anything else, but there is some open space between the ears.

yorkster

(3,689 posts)
20. Said multiple bones greatly compensating
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 07:41 PM
Oct 2025

for the lack of that most important columnar structure, the BACKBONE, often used as a metaphor for courage or character.

yorkster

(3,689 posts)
24. 2nd reading shows that Trump has multiple
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 07:49 PM
Oct 2025

spines, indicating great ability to "bend with the wind", so to speak.
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sakabatou

(45,790 posts)
22. Trump was diagnosed as having FOP?
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 07:44 PM
Oct 2025

Yes, I know it's supposed to be a joke, but the disease itself is scary.

Ping Tung

(4,147 posts)
23. Are they gold? Will they be available for sale to dedicated MAGAs or merely on trading cards.
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 07:44 PM
Oct 2025
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