Clinton appears anxious to change the subject of the news cycle from her health and appeared to punctuate that conversation with the release of additional documentation Wednesday afternoon in which her doctor said she “continues to remain healthy and fit to serve as president”. The letter – the first substantial update on her health in more than a year – details the medications she is taking, her cholesterol levels and other results from a physical exam. The comment was a reference to Trump’s appearance Thursday on The Dr. Oz Show.
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Trump said he weighs 236 pounds, according to audience members who attended the taping Wednesday.
Thirty nine percent of likely voters rated Donald Trump “honest and trustworthy”, while 33 percent of likely voters believe those terms apply to Hillary Clinton.
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.
The rest of the physical exam “was normal and she is in excellent mental condition”, Bardarck said in a letter to the media, saying that she examined Clinton several times this week.
The documentation adds little to the previous health records she divulged past year, which stated that Clinton has low cholesterol and has seasonal allergies.
“My great economists don’t want me to say this but I think we can do better than that”, Trump said of the 4 percent goal, an idea originally championed by Jeb Bush, who was among the 16 Republican candidates Trump defeated for the nomination.
Her return comes a day after her doctor said she was “healthy and fit”.
While Clinton has released more information than Trump – both about her health and financial history – her campaign’s handling of her illness underscored her penchant for privacy, something that has contributed to the public’s lack of trust in the former secretary of state.
The survey of 1,006 Virginia adults conducted September 6-12 found that 40 percent of likely voters favored the former Secretary of State compared to 37 percent for the NY businessman.
Trump has frequently praised Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
The Clinton campaign says one upside to her downtime is that she’s been able to sharpen her closing message to voters. Clinton touched on her immigration plan, and also took swipes at her opponent.
“When I’m under the weather I can afford to take a few days off”, Clinton said.
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Trump, after releasing his health information, spent Thursday laying out plans to lower taxes by $4.4 trillion over a decade and cut regulations, including some of those now meant to protect the food Americans eat and the air they breathe The Republican said his plans would raise the nation’s economic growth rate to at least 3.5 percent, well above its current rate of about 2 percent, and create 25 million new jobs over the next 10 years.
