Doctor releases letter claiming Trump will be 'healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency'

Dr. Harold Bornstein, Trump's longtime personal physician, released a letter stating Trump's 'laboratory results are astonishingly excellent' and declaring he would be 'the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.' The hyperbolic language and superlative claims were unusual for a medical document. In 2018, Bornstein admitted Trump had dictated the entire letter himself while his limousine waited outside the office. The fabricated medical letter became a foundational example of Trump's willingness to falsify health documentation and use medical professionals as props for self-aggrandizement during the 2016 campaign.

"If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." — Dr. Harold Bornstein letter, December 14, 2015 (later revealed to be dictated by Trump)