Donald Trump’s appearance on The Dr. Oz Show, which aired Thursday, featured Mehmet Oz rattling off a series of questions about whether Trump suffered from ailments, from diabetes to thyroid problems, to which the GOP presidential nominee repeatedly responded that he didn’t. Lab results in the letter show normal levels of cholesterol and blood sugar.
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Mrs. Clinton, by contrast, eats an ideal diet “rich in lean protein, vegetables and fruits” and regularly does “yoga, swimming, walking and weight training” for her exercise regimen. Donald Trump released [one] page. His cholesterol levels fell in the range that experts deem normal.
John Podesta, the chair of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign, told reporters on a call that the wording of Trump’s remark was “extremely insensitive, divisive and probably pretty consistent with the kind of rhetoric he heard around the house when he was growing up”.
Trump appeared on the syndicated “Dr. Oz Show”, and shared with Oz results of a check-up he underwent last week and a letter from his personal physician. “So I don’t know how useful it is to spend too much time with you on this if you’re going to make a comment like that”, she said.
“I think it’s never acceptable to use language like that”, Podesta added. A colonoscopy done in 2013 was normal, according to Bornstein.
Trump’s comments might be placed in the realm of excusable gaffe or simple hyperbole were it not for the fact of Donald Trump’s support among the alt-right and of Donald Trump Jr.’s own troubled history palling around with white supremacists.
Trump also said during the rally that Clinton is “in all fairness … lying in bed and getting better”. “With testosterone.” ABC’s Candice Smith tweeted that Dr. Richard Besser, who advised on Trump’s medical letter, said “measuring testosterone is not a routine blood test”.
Clinton kept her pneumonia diagnosis secret until after she was caught on video stumbling as she stepped into a van on Sunday. “I had every single test you can have, and they were good”. “The media has been her number one surrogate in this”, he said of Hillary Clinton, during an interview with radio host Chris Stigall in Philadelphia, according to CNN.
“In summary, Mr. Trump is in excellent physical health”.
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Trump avoided saying whether he thinks undocumented immigrants should receive emergency care by saying he didn’t think they should be in the country. While he thinks his medical information is “very private stuff”, he said people running for president “have an obligation to be healthy”, he said.
