Jimmy Kimmel Is Suddenly Skeptical About Presidential Physicals

Alex Christy
May 27th, 2026 9:44 AM

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ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reacted to President Trump’s recent physical at Walter Reed by suggesting he does not believe him when reported that there is “nothing wrong with him.” However, skepticism towards presidential physicals is new for Kimmel, who, when Joe Biden was president, claimed he did not care what the results were.

Kimmel was alluding to Trump’s claim that he took a cognitive test that featured some math equations as well as his new “Dumocrats” nickname for Democrats, where Trump explained that he switched out the “E” for a "U" when he claimed to have taken the same cognitive test and that there was no math, “He’s making that up. Even his lies are lies. You know, if you take the ‘E’ out of dementia—If you remove the ‘E’ and you replace it with a ‘U.’ You've got something called dumentia.”

 

 

According to Kimmel, he is not the one with double standards; Trump is, “And he's very sensitive about the idea he's losing it mentally because that's what he kept saying about Joe Biden, and he's sensitive about the idea he is physically unfit as well. He got another physical today. It's his third examination in a little over a year. Do you think when they do these, he knows he's going to the hospital? Or is it like when you trick your dog into going to the vet?”

He also retorted, “Last year Trump was diagnosed with a condition called Chronic Venous Insufficiency, and the word Venus in that case spelled with a "P." And today he went for another examination. He got a glowing report from himself. This afternoon he posted, ‘Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out perfectly. Thank you to the great doctors and staff heading back to the White House.’”

Kimmel then continued suggesting that he does not believe Trump, “Trump says there's nothing wrong with him. The reason he went in is because the doctors said, ‘Sir, please, come in for another exam so we may gaze upon your chiseled body and plump, delectable testicles.’ And I'll tell you something: his brain is hard as a rock, too. This is from Aaron Rupar, who noticed Trump's post about Iran today is identical to what he posted about Iran eight days ago. He posted the same passage twice. Which means he either doesn't know he's repeating himself, or he's seeing the future. He’s Postradamus.”

 

 

All of that stands in contrast to what Kimmel said on February 28, 2024, after Biden’s presidential physical, “Biden's physical took about three hours. One hour of physical examination, two for him to get his pants back on. He got a clean bill of health. The doctor said that even at 81, he is as healthy as a horse and buggy, and it's funny, people act like the results of Biden's physical are somehow going to influence who we vote for? I don't care if he comes out of that doctor's office in an iron lung. I'd be fully okay with a Weekend at Bernie’s-type White House situation if it means no Trump.”

Almost four months after that, Kimmel would angrily denounce those who saw video footage of Biden having to be escorted off the stage after freezing at a fundraiser he hosted as proof Biden was losing it. Perhaps it is Kimmel who is sensitive about the idea because he is trying to compensate for his role in covering up Biden’s decline and paving the way for his archnemesis to retake the White House.

Here is a transcript for the May 26, 2026 and February 28, 2024, shows:

ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!

5/26/2026

11:43 PM ET

JIMMY KIMMEL: He’s making that up. Even his lies are lies. You know, if you take the "E" out of dementia—If you remove the "E" and you replace it with a "U." You've got something called dumentia.

And he's very sensitive about the idea he's losing it mentally because that's what he kept saying about Joe Biden, and he's sensitive about the idea he is physically unfit as well. He got another physical today. It's his third examination in a little over a year. Do you think when they do these, he knows he's going to the hospital? Or is it like when you trick your dog into going to the vet?

Last year Trump was diagnosed with a condition called Chronic Venus Insufficiency, and the word Venus in that case spelled with a "P." And today he went for another examination. He got a glowing report from himself. This afternoon he posted, “Just finished my 6 month physical at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Everything checked out perfectly. Thank you to the great doctors and staff heading back to the White House.”

Trump says there's nothing wrong with him. The reason he went in is because the doctors said, “Sir, please, come in for another exam so we may gaze upon your chiseled body and plump, delectable testicles.” And I'll tell you something: his brain is hard as a rock, too. This is from Aaron Rupar, who noticed Trump's post about Iran today is identical to what he posted about Iran eight days ago. He posted the same passage twice. Which means he either doesn't know he's repeating himself, or he's seeing the future. He’s Postradamus.

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ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live!

2/28/2024

11:38 PM ET

JIMMY KIMMEL: Biden's physical took about three hours. One hour of physical examination, two for him to get his pants back on. He got a clean bill of health. The doctor said that even at 81, he is as healthy as a horse and buggy, and it's funny, people act like the results of Biden's physical are somehow going to influence who we vote for? I don't care if he comes out of that doctor's office in an iron lung. I'd be fully okay with a Weekend at Bernie’s-type White House situation if it means no Trump.

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