After a whiplash-inducing morning of mixed messages, Donald J. Trump on Wednesday opened a small window into some of the results from his most recent physical examination, revealing that he is overweight and takes a statin, a type of drug that lowers cholesterol.
A Trump aide said that Dr. Oz, who focuses heavily on obesity, declared Mr. Trump “slightly overweight” with a weight of 236 pounds (although earlier reports put his weight at 267 pounds.)
Earlier this year, Mr. Trump’s doctor, Harold Bornstein, wrote an unusual, brief note that he later acknowledged to NBC was partly dictated by the candidate. In that note, Mr. Bornstein described Mr. Trump as in impeccable health, and also said that he had lost 15 pounds over the previous 12 months.
Mr. Trump takes a statin, which is normally used to control cholesterol, and which has kept his blood pressure low. There was no evidence of any previous heart attacks and he had a normal echocardiogram, according to the report.
Mr. Trump’s father had Alzheimer’s disease.
Over many months, Mr. Trump has sought to raise questions about the health of Mrs. Clinton, 68, and his supporters have asserted that she is hiding something about her health (her aides have denied this). But Mr. Trump has answered almost no questions about his own health over the last 15 months of his campaign, except for issuing a highly unusual doctor’s note.
Given how many people are overweight in the US, with rates being particularly high among the more impoverished black communities, Hillary will not want to use this at all unless she wants to purposely lose voters.
well, he isn't literally fainting and getting tuberculosis and having media to desperately cover it up, so cool I don't care
what do you mean trying to cover it up? there's been so much time spent on clinton's health and not on trump. I remember seeing a graph one time somewhere, there was like 20 hours spent on clinton's health and like 3 hours on trump.
also it's not tuberculosis, it's pneumonia. get it right
No. The American public needs a president who isn't going to die during their term. Considering Trump is already 70 years old, and the average age for fatal health issues related to obesity is 65, we should be very concerned about him being overweight.
No. The American public needs a president who isn't going to die during their term. Considering Trump is already 70 years old, and the average age for fatal health issues related to obesity is 65, we should be very concerned about him being overweight.
We also don't need a 68 year old who is currently MIA due to pneumonia as well as her prior brain clot issues
