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Chris Stein in Washington

Trump discloses Florida Republican’s ‘terminal’ diagnosis in meandering talk

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Neal Dunn arrives for the House Republican conference caucus meeting on 4 March 2026. Photograph: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

Donald Trump on Monday publicly revealed details about a Republican congressman’s “terminal” diagnosis that could have left him “dead by June”, prompting Mike Johnson, speaker of the House, to say: “That wasn’t public.”

Trump touched on Neal Dunn’s health during a meandering press conference at the White House held alongside leaders of the Kennedy Center and other top Republicans, in which he also discussed topics including the performing arts venue’s upcoming renovation, the breast cancer diagnosis of Susan Wiles, his chief of staff, and the war with Iran.

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