Doctor says Trump dictated glowing 2015 health report - CNN

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President Donald Trump Picture: Susan Walsh/AP

Published May 2, 2018

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Washington - A letter from Donald Trump's

New York physician released by his campaign in 2015 declaring he

would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the

presidency" was composed by the candidate himself, the doctor

said on Tuesday.

"He dictated that whole letter. I didn't write that letter,"

Harold Bornstein told CNN.

Bornstein was not immediately available to comment, but in a

subsequent interview with NBC News he confirmed the account.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for

comment from Reuters.

"Mr. Trump has had a recent complete medical examination

that showed only positive results," said the letter signed by

Bornstein, who said he had treated Trump since 1980.

"Actually, his blood pressure, 110/65, and laboratory

results were astonishingly excellent. His physical strength and

stamina are extraordinary," the letter said. "If elected, Mr.

Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest

individual ever elected to the presidency."

Bornstein told NBC News the characterization of "healthiest"

was "black humor."

Trump read out the language as Bornstein and his wife were

driving across Central Park, the doctor told CNN. The campaign

released the letter in December 2015.

"(Trump) dictated the letter and I would tell him what he

couldn't put in there," he said.

Bornstein had previously said he had written the letter in a

rush while seeing other patients.

His latest version of the letter's origins follows his

accusation that Trump's ex-bodyguard Keith Schiller raided his

office while retrieving Trump's medical records after he was

elected president.

White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters on

Tuesday that the records were retrieved as part of "standard

operating procedure."

"As is standard operating procedure for a new president, the

White House Medical Unit took possession of the president's

medical records," she told a regular news briefing.

Asked if the operation was a raid, she said: "No, that is

not my understanding." 

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