Of course this note from Donald Trump's doctor describes his test results as 'astonishingly excellent'


Donald Trump's bravado is somehow not going unmatched in this world. The new contender? Trump's own physician.
Take a gander at Dr. Harold N. Bornstein's assessment of Trump's health, as released Monday by the Republican presidential hopeful:
With his "astonishingly excellent" test results, wrote Bornstein — who is apparently not Chris Parnell — Trump would be "the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency." Unequivocally.
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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.
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