Donald Trump’s ex-doctor, who declared him ‘healthiest’ president ever, dies at 73
- He once claimed Trump had dictated a letter insisting he would be the "healthiest" president ever
- Bornstein had said that Trump was taking a drug to promote hair growth
- A bodygaurd confiscated the president's medical records, he had said
Harold Bornstein, US President Donald Trump’s former personal doctor died at the age of 73 on Friday, reported AFP quoting the New York Times. He once claimed Trump had dictated a letter insisting he would be the “healthiest” president ever.
The long-haired gastroenterologist was Trump’s physician from 1980 to 2017.
In 2015, Bornstein raised some eyebrows when Trump’s presidential campaign team released a letter from him gushing about Trump’s apparently excellent health.
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The glowing missive said that “if elected, Mr Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.”
The New York-based doctor had once told CNN that the president had “dictated the whole letter” himself.
“I didn’t write that letter. I just made it up as I went along,” Bornstein said.
His hopes to be in the White House were dashed after he told the New York Times that Trump was taking a drug to promote hair growth.
Bornstein told NBC News that after the Times article appeared a bodyguard visited his Park Avenue office and confiscated the president’s medical records.
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