![]() Life has been a little crazy lately but I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. Of course, Clinton has released years worth of tax returns, and Trump has declined to respond in kind, sometimes citing audits, sometimes just flat refusing.I realize that it's been awhile since my last update and for those who actually read this (someone?.anyone?.haha!) I apologize. His team told NBC that he would be willing to release more medical information-if Clinton does the same. Trump's medical history may end up being one of those things that the candidate says you must trust him on. ![]() The waffling has only earned him the ire of the likes of Ann Coulter and Sarah Palin and their hardline followers. His bid to win undecided votes has consisted of shifting statements from his team and himself on what his immigration and deportation policies will be-still an ongoing effort, apparently. In addition to claims about Clinton's health and "stamina," Trump has taken to making the dubious claim that she is a "bigot" while seemingly tying her to every Democratic domestic policy of the post-war generation to argue that she wouldn't be a good choice for minorities. It appears to be a two-pronged strategy: attack Clinton and try to woo moderates and independents by softening on policy. With fall almost here, the GOP candidate is behind in virtually every poll and is expected to be walloped in the Electoral College vote. It's easy to read Trump and his cronies' willingness to spread lies as an act of desperation. On the other hand, it just absolutely makes no sense." Fox News' most boisterous Trump booster, Sean Hannity, even has gone so far as to host supposed medical experts to analyze videos and suggest that Clinton may be suffering from epilepsy.Ĭlinton has largely tried to not substantiate the invective but did tell Jimmy Kimmel this week that the rumormongering is "part of the wacky strategy just say all these crazy things and maybe you can get some people to believe you. The online trolls have gleefully picked up on the attack, filling social media with vile memes and easily debunked photographic and video "evidence" of a range of supposed maladies attributed to Clinton. ![]() That has not stopped Trump and his surrogates, such as former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, from launching vicious rumors about her supposed ill health that appear to be smears with no basis in fact whatsoever. In contrast, Democratic nominee Clinton has offered a letter more within the norms of such disclosures, listing her medical history and results of a physical while noting negative test results. Despite the slapdash letter, he did tell NBC that Trump's "health is excellent, particularly his mental health"-before breaking up in laughter. "I think I probably picked up his kind of language and then just interpreted it to my own," he said. This despite a document that only offers medical tidbits such as Trump's aspirin intake and "low dose of a statin" while claiming, in true Trumpian bravado, that his blood pressure and lab tests are "astonishingly excellent." The curious adoption of Trump-speak was new for the doctor, he admits. Is this doctor saying Trump has every medical ailment that could be found in examination? Does he not know the meaning of the word?"īornstein, who says he examines Trump annually, pronounced the Republican presidential candidate as the "healthiest individual" ever to serve if he is elected president. First, the letterhead is in the same font as the letter, which appears to have been created using Microsoft Word.The letter also has problems with sentence structure and major typographical errors, such as the opening line, 'To Whom My Concern.' Most amusing, it says that his medical examination of Trump has 'only positive results.' In medical terms, if the test is positive, it confirms the existence of disease. As Newsweek's Kurt Eichenwald noted: "It is one of the most ridiculous documents ever to emerge in any political campaign. Bornstein's letter is heavy on Trumpian adjectives and light on medical specifics. Donald Trump's doctor's letter, released in 2015.
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