The interesting part of Trump's latest medical report isn't that he saw 22 doctors.

It's that the White House wants credit for the number while refusing to explain what the number means.

According to the report, 22 physicians assessed Trump during a single presidential checkup, apparently more than any publicly disclosed presidential medical evaluation on record.

But when reporters asked which specialties were involved, the White House declined to say.

That's what makes this interesting.

When questions surrounded Biden's health, the White House disclosed specialty areas involved in his evaluations, including neurology, cardiology, dermatology, sleep medicine, orthopedics, and others.

Here, we're told only one thing:

22 specialists.

Not what they specialized in.

Not why they were involved.

Not what they were evaluating.

Just the number.

You don't have to trust Biden.

You don't have to trust Trump.

The question is whether disclosure and transparency are the same thing.

Because they aren't.

Transparency is giving the public enough information to evaluate a claim.

Disclosure is giving the public a fact that sounds informative while withholding the context necessary to understand it.

"22 specialists" sounds transparent.

Until you realize it answers almost none of the questions that matter.

And when government provides numbers without explanations, the number itself often becomes the story.