TRUMP HANDS OZ MEDICAL SUMMARY
FLINT, MI CH .• Donald Trump on Wednesday handed over a one-page summary of his recent physical on a doctor’s television show — but the campaign won’t reveal what was disclosed.
Trump, ever the showman, appeared on The Dr. Oz Show in what was billed by the campaign as a discussion about his general well-being and his family’s medical history. But reversing what aides had said earlier Wednesday, Trump handed host Mehmet Oz one page of results from a physical conducted last week by his longtime physician, Dr. Harold Bornstein.
The show does not air until Thursday and the campaign declined to immediately disclose the results. But a release from the show said that “Dr. Oz took Mr. Trump though a full review of his systems” including his nervous system, cardiovascular health, prostate health and family medical history.
Both Trump and his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, have been under increased pressure to release detailed medical records, especially after Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia and was captured on video stumbling getting into a waiting van at a 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sunday.
Bornstein had previously written a note declaring the 70-year-old Trump, if elected, would be the healthiest president in history. That note has been widely ridiculed by medical professionals.
The appearance with Oz came hours before Trump visited Flint, Mich., to condemn the government failure which led to that city’s water crisis.
It’s the Republican presidential nominee’s first visit to the poverty-stricken city since lead was detected in its water supply in April 2014. He toured a water plant and a spoke at a church while denouncing the crisis that affected 100,000 people after the city left Detroit’s water supply and started using improperly treated Flint River water.
Trump’s visit to Flint, like his one last month to floodstricken Louisiana, is bound to produce images aimed at persuading Americans that the celebrity businessman can appear presidential. It also highlights his aims to compete in the industrial Midwest, though polls have him down in Michigan, which last went Republican in 1988.
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver, a Democrat, condemned the visit, saying the campaign had not offered to help the city and his visit would be a distraction.
“Flint is focused on fixing the problems caused by lead contamination of our drinking water, not photo ops,” said Weaver.
Clinton remained in her suburban New York home Wednesday as she continues to recover from pneumonia. She is expected to return to the campaign trail on Thursday. Next week, she plans to meet with foreign leaders next week at the UN General Assembly in New York, her campaign said Wednesday.