Donald Trump said Monday that he had a medical exam last week and will release the results “when the numbers come in”, as the health of both major party presidential candidates has been thrust to the fore of the 2016 campaign following Hillary Clinton’s recent pneumonia diagnosis.
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“But, I just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail”.
“I don’t think they’ll replace her”, he said. “Whatever is, I’m ready”. “I feel great, but when the numbers come in, I’ll be releasing very, very specific numbers”, Trump told Fox.
Clinton later expressed “regret” on Saturday for saying that half of Trump’s supporters were deplorable.
“Well, I really just don’t know, I hope she gets well soon”, Trump said when asked what caused Clinton’s episode.
‘Just when Hillary Clinton said she was going to start running a positive campaign, she ripped off her mask and revealed her true contempt for everyday Americans, ‘ said Trump campaign spokesman Jason Miller.
The soundbite was cut over video of Trump supporters at the Republican National Convention in July and at Trump rallies.
In 2008, Republican nominee John McCain made public more than a thousand pages of his medical history to show he was cancer-free and fit to serve as president at age 71.
The health problem was the latest blow for Clinton at a time when Trump has erased most of her lead in national opinion polls and is competitive again in many battleground states where the November 8 election is likely to be decided.
Clinton was forced to cancel a California fundraising trip on Monday and Tuesday, barely eight weeks from Election Day.
Trump’s gastroenterologist, Dr. Harold Bornstein, wrote a four-paragraph letter claiming Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”.
“The racists, sexists, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, you name it”, she said.
While Clinton has released more information than Trump, Caplan said neither candidate has offered voters a sufficient record.
Trump is expected to discuss his own health regimen in an interview to air on Thursday with celebrity physician Dr. Mehmet Oz.
Critics say Clinton has a tendency toward secrecy, an accusation that fueled a debate about her use of a private email server, rather than a government one, while she was President Barack Obama’s secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
Clinton’s health has been a lingering source of speculation among her critics, dating to well before she announced her second White House campaign.
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Clinton was at a fundraiser on Friday when she said that she would put “half of Trump’s supporters” into “the basket of deplorables”. “I hope she gets well soon”.
