# What is Trump's current health? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [October 9, 2020, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538 "2020-10-09T02:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/201 "2026-06-26T01:20:30Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > This website tracks when Trump’s published schedule indicates that he was playing golf I had found that website, and that’s why I wondered if it was actually documented, instead of just reported. Perhaps it could be a cover for when he takes long naps, or gets infusions of whatever (wasn’t “speech prep” Reagan era code for a nap?) Then again, given that somebody tried to shoot him while he was on the golf course, I can also see why access is very restricted. Regardless, I do wonder how well the out of shape octogenarian hits a ball these days. It’s certainly not unprecedented for a man of his age to continue to play golf. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/202 "2026-06-26T01:23:46Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I had found that website, and that’s why I wondered if it was actually documented, instead of just reported. Perhaps it could be a cover for when he takes long naps, or gets infusions of whatever (wasn’t “speech prep” Reagan era code for a nap?) I know that, in a lot of cases, the press sees motorcades going to and from the golf courses. But, I have no idea how well-documented it is if he’s actually playing, especially lately. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/203 "2026-06-26T01:28:20Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > the press sees motorcades going to and from the golf courses. But, I have no idea how well-documented it is if he’s actually playing, especially lately. I can imagine that he goes out there and grunts his way through three or four holes (kicking the ball along the way) before heading home. And just like with driving his car over the newly paved reflecting pool, Trump ignores convention and drives his cart onto the green. It _barely_ qualifies as physical activity. > **[Trump, 79, Rests in Golf Cart Parked on Green During Game With Granddaughter](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/trump-79-rests-golf-cart-220339249.html)** > > It appears the president chose to forego golf etiquette to minimize the time spent walking during his outing. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/204 "2026-06-26T16:46:21Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I had found that website, and that’s why I wondered if it was actually documented, instead of just reported. I’ve seen photos of him in golf clothes at the beginning of this month, when he supposedly “disappeared” for a week (though his whereabouts in that time were documented and included some official meetings he attended with staff). So, there is relatively recent evidence. On the other hand, he looked like crap to me in the golf photos. Probably because his makeup team hadn’t spent 2 hours working on him with special effects like he was playing an alien cameo on a _Star Trek_ show. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/779978/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2026, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/205 "2026-06-26T16:56:23Z")
He’s definitely suffered a stroke or two. There’s no question from the half-droopy face when he dozes off. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2026, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/206 "2026-06-27T01:14:32Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > At some point, Trump’s health issues are going to come out. When will that be? > > - after his term ends > - when the tell-all book comes out > - after he’s dead > - 50 years from now > - never Forgive what seems like a boring answer even to me. The truth will come out pretty quickly after he’s dead. But falsehoods will also continue to come out. So it will take a decade or two until a mainstream academic comes we can trust comes out with a definitive book with a title like “Trump and His White House Physicians.” This assumes the U.S., at that time, has academic freedom. If not, there will be good Trump biographies written outside the U.S., but they may not be detailed enough to say much about his illnesses. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/207 "2026-06-29T01:41:04Z")
> [@knavette57](#): > > FDR hid his disability from polio, too. [aside] Currently the polio diagnosis is disputed based on age of onset and symptoms; the competing theory is Guillian-Barre Syndrome: [https://www.science.org/content/article/did-fdr-have-guillain-barr](https://www.science.org/content/article/did-fdr-have-guillain-barr) ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/208 "2026-06-29T03:54:42Z")
Interesting! Plus the heavy responsibility of the Presidency (4 terms, 2 of which we were at war, plus the Depression etc) in which having a chronic condition would further have weakened his health (did from all appearances). ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/209 "2026-06-29T13:27:20Z")
> [@knavette57](#): > > Plus the heavy responsibility of the Presidency (4 terms, 2 of which we were at war, plus the Depression etc) in which having a chronic condition would further have weakened his health (did from all appearances). What about FDR’s two packs of camels a day? I think the evidence for that lowering life expectancy is far greater than the worked-yourself-to-death hypothesis. I found a few articles on working oneself to death. Here’s one: > **[Worked to death? Study says lack of control over high-stress jobs leads to...](https://phys.org/news/2016-10-death-lack-high-stress-jobs-early.html)** > > Previous academic research has found that having greater control over your job can help you manage work-related stress. But it's never suggested that it was a matter of life and death—until now. If you go by the ideas in my last link, I think Trump has little to worry about in this area. But I’m skeptical of the idea that the heavy duties of the presidency cause death. You could also say that having power reduces stress. One reason presidents are living longer is they stopped smoking cigarettes. But given the small sample size of presidents, the increasing length of presidential life could also be a coincidence. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2026, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/210 "2026-06-29T14:06:49Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > One reason presidents are living longer is That life expectancy overall has gone up over the decades _especially_ for those of high SES and college educated or above. Actuarially an 80 year old married non-smoker college graduate of top SES percentiles can expect to live another ten to dozen years. Trump has the confounder of obesity and a crappy diet so maybe less. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538/211 "2026-09-15T19:46:58Z")
That’s probably assuming nothing goes south. My observations are that most people die in their late 70s/early 80s. So he’s right in that window. And generally somewhere after 75, the wheels seem to come off on people; many seem to go from being old but vital, to just flat out old and decrepit. And usually they’re somewhat fragile at that point- something usually comes along in a few years and does them in. My uneducated, non-medical guess is that we’re seeing Trump’s health wheels come off in real time; he’s definitely seeming much more frail old man than he had. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-trumps-current-health/922538.md?page=10)