美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)周一公开透露了一名共和党议员的私人健康诊断，称佛罗里达州众议员尼尔·邓恩(Neal Dunn)面临绝症，他帮助他获得了救命的护理，因为他喜欢他，但也“需要他的投票”。
美国广播公司新闻部就特朗普的评论联系了邓恩的办公室，但尚未收到回应。
73岁的邓恩今年1月宣布，他不会在今年的中期选举中寻求连任。邓恩当时没有提及他的健康状况，2月份他的发言人告诉ABC新闻，这位国会议员将尽管有人猜测他会提前离职，但他会完成当前任期的剩余部分。
特朗普周一在白宫讨论肯尼迪中心的活动上发表了这番言论，当时他坐在众议院议长·迈克·约翰逊旁边。
尽管共和党人在众议院的多数席位非常微弱，但总统还是称赞了约翰逊的领导能力。今年早些时候，众议员道格·拉马法(Doug LaMalfa)去世，他提到了一名议员，他说这名议员“病得很重”。
“看起来他不会成功了，”特朗普说。
特朗普首先表示，他不会提到这位议员的名字，然后转向约翰逊，告诉他分享这个故事，称他们正在讨论的众议院议员将“感到自豪”。
“好的，嗯。谢谢你，总统先生。佛罗里达州的国会议员尼尔·邓恩面临着一些真正的健康挑战，而且非常严重，诊断结果相当严峻。我向总统提到了这件事，我说，‘国会议员邓恩是一个真正的冠军和爱国者，因为他仍然来工作，如果其他人也得了这种诊断，他们会倾向于回家退休，’”约翰逊说。
特朗普随后敦促约翰逊说出诊断结果，约翰逊回答说:“这是，我的意思是，我认为这是一个晚期诊断。”
“他会在6月前死去，”特朗普直言不讳地说。
“好吧，那不是公开的，”约翰逊回应道。“但是，是啊，好吧。那真是太可怕了。这就是我要说的。”
特朗普表示，邓恩患有“心脏病”。
“所以，长话短说，总统打电话给他，鼓励他，感谢他。他们进行了交谈，”约翰逊说。“总统在谈话过程中提到，‘我应该让我的医生参与进来。’他们做到了。几个小时后，他们把他送到了沃尔特·里德医院，急诊外科。这个人获得了新生。"
特朗普还回忆起他与约翰逊的对话，他在对话中得知邓恩的诊断结果。
“我说，‘那不好。’第一，很糟糕，因为我喜欢他。第二，这很糟糕，因为我需要他的投票，”特朗普说。
特朗普说，他让白宫医生参与进来，他称他们为“奇迹工作者”。
总统后来补充说，“你知道，因为我不想有一个可怕的故事。我首先是为了他，其次是为了选票。但实际上，这是第二次。但我是为了选票才这么做的。”
当美国广播公司新闻部要求发言人约翰逊的办公室发表评论时，他说，关于邓恩，没有什么可以分享的。
Trump reveals Republican lawmaker's private health diagnosis
President Donald Trump on Monday publicly revealed a Republican lawmaker's private health diagnosis, saying Florida Rep. Neal Dunn faced a terminal illness and that he had helped him get lifesaving care because he liked him but also "needed his vote."
ABC News reached out to Dunn's office about Trump's comments and has not yet received a response.
Dunn, 73, announced in January he would not seek reelection in this year's midterm elections. Dunn made no mention of his health at the time, and in February his spokesperson told ABC News that the congressman wouldfinish out the rest of his current term despite some speculation he would leave office early.
Trump's remarks on Monday came at a White House event to discuss the Kennedy Center, where he was sitting next to House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The president was praising Johnson's leadership despite a razor-thin House majority for Republicans, made even narrower by Rep. Doug LaMalfa's death earlier this year, when he brought up one lawmaker he said was "very ill."
"It looked like he wasn't going to make it," Trump said.
Trump first said he wouldn't mention the lawmaker's name before turning to Johnson and telling him to share the story, saying the House member they were discussing would "be proud."
"Okay, well. Thank you, Mr. President. Congressman Neal Dunn of Florida had had some real health challenges, and it was very serious, and had had a pretty grim diagnosis. And I mentioned it to the president and I said, 'Congressman Dunn is a real champion and a patriot because he's still coming to work, and if others got this diagnosis, they would be apt to go home and retire,'" Johnson said.
Trump then pressed Johnson to say what the diagnosis was, and Johnson replied, "It was, I mean, I think it was a terminal diagnosis."
"He would be dead by June," Trump said bluntly.
"Okay, that wasn’t public," Johnson responded. "But, yeah, okay. That’s -- it was, it was grim. That’s what I was going to say."
Trump said Dunn was suffering from "a heart problem."
"So, the long story short, the president called him to encourage him and thank him. And they had a conversation," Johnson said. "And the president mentioned in the course of the conversation, you know, 'I ought to get my doctors involved.' And they did. And within a -- within a number of hours, they took him to Walter Reed, emergency surgery. The man has a new lease on life."
Trump also recalled the conversation he had with Johnson where he learned of Dunn's diagnosis.
"I said, 'That's bad.' No. 1, it was bad because I liked him. No. 2, it was bad because I needed his vote," Trump said.
Trump said he got the White House doctors involved, who he called "miracle workers."
The president later added, "And just, you know, because I don't want to have a terrible story about this. I did it for him first and for the vote second. But it was a close second, actually. But I did it for the vote second."
Speaker Johnson's office, when asked for comment by ABC News, said it had nothing additional to share about Dunn.
