Dr. Oz says he'll ask Trump 'pointed' questions, but nothing he doesn't want to answer
Dr. Mehmet Oz plans to do the impossible during his upcoming interview with Donald Trump: He will somehow ask the Republican nominee "pointed questions about his health" without asking "questions he doesn't want to have answered."
The host of The Dr. Oz Show sent these mixed messages during an interview Tuesday on Fox News Radio's Kilmeade & Friends. Just seconds after Oz said he's going to look at Trump's record and ask the tough questions, he backtracked, saying, "The metaphor for me is this is the doctor's office, the studio. So, I'm not going to ask him questions he doesn't want to have answered." Oz also said he "doesn't want to talk about anybody else," and "we're not going to be talking about Secretary Clinton, for sure," and he won't "talk about things that are outside the health purview."
The interview is scheduled for Wednesday to air on Thursday, and while the Trump campaign so far has given him permission to ask anything, Oz said if they decide to limit his questions, "I'll acknowledge them." Trump will be accompanied by his daughter Ivanka Trump, and while Oz won't be conducting a full medical exam on the show, he will review the results of Trump's physical (which may or may not be a surprise to Trump, Brian Kilmeade said on Tuesday's Fox and Friends). Based on Oz's statements, expect either hard-hitting questions about the ailments of a 70-year-old man or awkward silence as he attempts to come up with something, anything Trump is willing to answer.
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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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