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(32,595 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)struggle4progress
(118,032 posts)world wide wally
(21,718 posts)His original is OBVIOUSLY forged, so he should be required to submit to an independent physical examination.
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)mothra1orbit
(231 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)Donald Trump isnt just a bloviating fraud, he might truly be physically unfit to be president
SOPHIA MCCLENNEN
AUG 10, 2016
There has been a recent flurry of news media coverage that has focused on whether or not Trump might not be well, whether he might suffer from dementia or Alzheimers, and whether or not his thin skin and uncontrollable temper might be a problem for a president. Even more disturbing we learned of his inability to understand why we should not nuke Europe. Thenafter all thatwe get the frightening and unhinged 2nd Amendment comment. Clearly we have reason to question whether or not he has the ability to do the job.
Anticipating that concern, Trump released a letter from his physician back in December attesting thatif elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. When the letter was first released many laughed it off. It seemed like yet another sign of a bombastic and surreal campaign. But now that we are only months away from the general election it is time to return to that letter and wonder if it is further proof that Trump is scamming the US public.
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The letter does not uphold even the flimsiest medical standard and it uses hyperbolic language that has no connection at all to facts. Aside from making the outrageous and completely unverifiable claim that Trump would be the healthiest president ever, it makes other odd statements. We read, for instance, that he has had a medical exam that revealed only positive results. In the medical community a positive result means a bad prognosis. What we want are normal results. The letter uses the word excellent twice in relation to medical testsanother oddity since again the standard would be to say normal. The letter also states that Trumps only medical issue was an appendectomy but there is no mention of the bone spur, which kept him from serving in Viet Nam.
Apart from the lack of scientific rigor, the letter starts with To Whom My Concern. It is worth pausing to worry that the physician who has been taking care of Trump since 1980 has such a poor command of the English language. In fact, the language in the letter mirrors the same sort of bombastic language common to Trump-speak. The writing was so bizarre that it led Robert Reich to wonder if it had been written by Trump himself.
read more: http://www.salon.com/2016/08/10/we-do-not-just-need-to-see-trumps-taxes-we-need-a-real-medical-report-on-him/
napkinz
(17,199 posts)ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)He's referring to the phony letter, I'm assuming.
He must have us mixed up with his delusional followers who believe everything he says!!
napkinz
(17,199 posts)ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)napkinz
(17,199 posts)and nothing from CNN
Imagine if Hillary had done this. You know Andrea Mitchell and Wolf Blitzer would be all over it.
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Kathy M
(1,242 posts)a Dr . that specializes in Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine....... Why is Don seeing this kind of Dr ? One of the conditions
Dr Bornstein treats is Anxiety Phobic Disorder........
In link a little info on Dr Bornstein and the conditions treated by him
http://doctor.webmd.com/doctor/harold-bornstein-md-4307c79d-a3f1-40ea-ac4a-f37fb12de971-overview
napkinz
(17,199 posts)Kathy M
(1,242 posts)Thank You for linking post , I did not see post earlier .... Great pictures !
napkinz
(17,199 posts)strength and stamina."
On CNN, they showed the clip, and a Trump surrogate added, "Hillary is not up to the job."