Donald Trump on Thursday released a letter from his doctor summarizing his latest physical examination as the health of the two major-party presidential nominees has taken center stage in the campaign.
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Trump is listed as 6 feet, 3 inches tall and weighing 236 pounds, which makes him overweight for his height.
Donald Trump is in “excellent physical health”, his doctor reported in a new letter released Thursday. After taking several days off from directly attacking Clinton’s health following her diagnosis of pneumonia over the weekend, Trump appeared to raise questions about her health at a rally Wednesday night in Ohio.
Trump, who has made the candidates’ health a campaign issue, had previously said he would release “very, very specific” information.
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Donald also had a letter from Lenox Hill Hospital in NY, and Trump’s campaign released the info in a statement. Trump released a summary of his most recent physical with his doctor, showing him in good health, though overweight. He later told NBC News that he wrote the letter in five minutes but stood by his assessment of Trump’s health.
On Fox News, Trump insisted that his cholesterol is “quite good” and that “everything is really good”.
The letter said Trump had an echocardiogram and a chest X-ray but did not disclose why those tests were performed.
Trump does not use alcohol or tobacco, the letter said.
The businessman’s blood pressure is 116 over 70.
Trump recorded an interview Wednesday with Dr. Mehmet Oz, which will be aired Thursday afternoon.
Trump’s health summary was released a day after the release of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s second letter from her doctor after she suffered from a bout of pneumonia and almost fainted at a September 11 memorial event.
Trump responded: “I see a person who is 35 years old”.
“It was a comprehensive summary of a battery of tests, some of which occurred last week”, Dr. Oz said, saying it also included outlines of other tests like colonoscopies and heart scans.
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Trump said he has the stamina to serve as president “based on my life”. His campaign then released a one-page letter from his longtime physician that said a number of test results were normal.
