Trump leaks congressman's private 'terminal diagnosis' with 'disgusting' remark

Donald Trump has come under fire after publicly leaking a Congressman's terminal heart condition.

The obscene blunder also heard the US President revealing that Florida's Republican rep, Neal Dunn, would be 'dead by June'.

The horror show occurred during an impromptu press conference on Monday (16 Mar), where Trump, 79, planned to address concerns regarding his ongoing assault against Iran before a scheduled meeting with board members from the Kennedy Centre.

During the discussion, the right-wing leader began the discussion by praising Mike Johnson, the House Speaker, for keeping his majority in the face of a two-thirds vote margin.

The conversation - broadcast on live television - heard Trump go on to ask Johnson, who was seated beside him, about the ill-health of a Republican member of Congress, who was 'very ill'.

Replying, Johnson told attendees that Neal Dunn, 73, had battled 'real health challenges' recently, following a 'pretty grim diagnosis'. The Speaker went on to praise the rep for continuing to work, however, hailing Dunn as a 'real champion and a patriot'.

Seemingly not realising the minimal extent that Dunn's health battle had been made public, Trump then prompted Johnson to reveal that Dunn had been dealt 'a terminal diagnosis'.

The President then predicted: "He would be dead by June."

Visibly taken aback, Johnson spoke up to tell the President: "Ok, that wasn’t public. It was grim - that was what I was going to say."

Speaking during the conference, the Speaker went on to reveal that Trump had recently connected with Dunn and had arranged for him to be treated by White House Medical Unit doctors, as well as other physicians at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre.

Trump claimed Dunn would be 'dead by June' (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

"The man has a new lease on life," Johnson continued of the Florida politician, seemingly attempting to brush over Trump's remarks.

"He acts like he's 30 years younger, and he walked into the conference meeting, and we thought we'd seen a ghost, and I spoke with him over the weekend, and he's encouraged and thankful, and he thanks the President for his leadership and intervention."

Bizarrely, however, Trump then chimed in again, recounting that he'd recently learned through Johnson that Dunn's case is 'terminal', and that they'd been told there was 'nothing they could do'.

"I realised I have doctors in the White House," he went on to gloat. "The White House, doctors are incredible, and they've helped me with other people. They're helping me with people right now, people that are very sick... like they're miracle workers.

"And I said, I have to call them. And I called the two doctors, they're both great. And they immediately went over to see the congressman, and he was on the operating table, like two hours later."

A number of onlookers have spoken out (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Unsurprisingly, the incident has triggered global outcry, with one Reddit user hitting out: "Narcissistic sociopath. Smiling whilst discussing someone's (not yet publicly announced) terminal diagnosis and framing it about how their death would impact his control over the house. Truly disgusting."

Another agreed: "This is one of the most disgusting things he’s done. How terrible."

A third went on: "He is literally the worst person in the world."

"As a nurse, revealing someone else’s very private health information like this, so cavalierly, made me want to vomit," a fourth confessed. "This is the first time I’ve seen Johnson visibly uncomfortable with him."

Dunn had revealed earlier this year that he wasn't running for re-election in Florida's 2nd district. He later told Politico, however, that rumours of an early resignation were not true, and that he'd continue serving his current term.