In her return to the campaign trail after a bout with pneumonia, Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she did not want to take time off but that it turned out to be a “gift” that allowed her to reflect on the race.
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With the candidates’ health in the spotlight, Trump, 70, released yesterday details of a recent physical examination, a day after Clinton released details on her medical condition.
Until Thursday, the only information on Mr Trump’s health had come in a widely ridiculed letter from his doctor declaring he would be the healthiest person to ever serve as president. Her illness became public after she left a 9/11 memorial service in New York City and was seen on video staggering while getting into a van.
News of Trump’s media-savvy appearance on “The Dr. Oz Show” – though it appeared to reveal little detail – flooded the United States airwaves on Wednesday, upping the pressure on Clinton to share more health data before returning to the trail Thursday with appearances in North Carolina and Washington.
In keeping with Trump’s unusual approach to transparency, the Republican handed over a one-page summary of his recent exam to Dr. Mehmet Oz while taping an episode of Oz’s show.
The Republican nominee had taped an episode of The Dr. Oz Show in NY that was scheduled to air on Thursday.
Her Republican rival Donald Trump has avoided directly referring to Mrs Clinton’s medical problems but has made a veiled attack on her health.
Donald Trump had said he would release his health records this week, but so far nothing has been made public.
“She’s feeling great and I think she’ll be back out there tomorrow”, former President Bill Clinton said Wednesday, when he stepped in for his wife at a previous scheduled campaign event in Las Vegas. Tim Kaine, also released his health information in a letter from Dr. Brian P. Monahan, the US congressional physician.
Clinton has found it challenging to break through the attention Trump draws as a celebrity candidate given to controversial statements, campaign communications director Jennifer Palmieri said. With less than two months from Election Day, Clinton’s standing with Americans has contributed to a race that is tighter than both parties expected. Clinton continues to be dragged down by voters’ mistrust in her, but she still maintains more pathways than Trump to the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the White House.
But Mrs Clinton returns to polling figures that show Mr Trump holding a narrow lead in key battleground states OH and Florida.
As she left the airport near her home in upstate NY, bound for North Carolina, Clinton greeted reporters with a cheery wave.
Clinton said the email leak underscores efforts by the Russians to try to interfere with US elections.
The heart of Trump’s plan is a revised tax code, which includes a pledge that no business should pay more than 15 percent of its income in taxes, down from the current 35 percent highest corporate tax rate. She noted that many families aren’t able to take paid time off in the event of sickness. Clinton, who will turn 69 on October 26, would be the second oldest if she won and became the country’s first female president. “Those are the kinds of presidential elections we have in America”, she said.
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If Trump, 70, wins the November 8 election, he would be the oldest person to be elected USA president.
