Doctor says Trump dictated letter saying his health was 'extraordinary'

Donald Trump.
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The letter released in 2015 by then-candidate Donald Trump's doctor, which boldly declared that, if elected, Trump would be "the healthiest individual" to ever become president, was the hyperbolic work of Trump himself, Dr. Harold Bornstein revealed Tuesday.

"He dictated that whole letter," he told CNN. "I didn't write that letter. I just made it up as I went along." The letter, signed by Bornstein, was written in the same bombastic tone Trump is famous for — it declared that Trump's blood pressure was "astonishingly excellent" and his "physical strength and stamina are extraordinary," for example.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

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.