Doctor: Trump Dictated Letter Attesting To His ‘Extraordinary’ Health

Dr. Harold Bornstein, personal physician to Donald Trump, arrives at his office in New York in Dec. 2015.

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In December 2015, Donald Trump’s personal physician released a letter describing his patient’s health in language that sounded more like it was written by the patient himself than the doctor — and it turns out that might be exactly what happened.

“If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” Dr. Harold Bornstein, a gastroenterologist from Lenox Hospital in New York, wrote at the time.

The letter said that a recent medical exam showed “only positive results” for the then-candidate and that “his physical strength and stamina are extraordinary.”