Trump: My Medical Records Will Show ‘Perfection’

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures during the first Republican presidential debate at the Quicken Loans Arena Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
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After months of public pressure, Donald Trump has agreed to release his medical records. The Republican presidential candidate made the announcement on Twitter on Thursday, promising that his medical report will “show perfection.”

Trump’s pledge came hours after Politico published an article about his refusal to make his records public. As the news site reported, Trump said in a 1999 “Larry King Live” interview that all candidates should be prepared to make them public.

“You don’t want to get into a situation where you elect someone and then you find he’s terminally ill and he’ll be in office for about three months,” Trump, who was then considering a third-party presidential run, told King.

The billionaire mogul would take office at the age of 70 if elected, making him the oldest person to assume the presidency.

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  1.  The billionaire mogul would take office at the age of 70 if elected, making him the oldest person to assume the presidency.
    

    …at which point on his first day in office he’ll scream at reporters to get off his lawn.

  2. Who knew beer-bellies could make you so healthy. The Donald might want to have his doctor look into those man-boobs too. It wouldn’t hurt to schedule a mammogram either Donald. Many men do. If you can’t find a good place to have it done…I know PP wouldn’t hesitate to assist you.

  3. I consider my health, stamina and strength one of my greatest assets.The
    world has watched me for many years and can so testify-great genes!

    Now Trump is casting himself as a DNA expert? And his health ain’t perfect by any means. He is obviously over weight. We saw that clearly when he described Carson’s knife incident. Nobody at 68 yrs of age is “perfect”. What an inflated ego this person has.

  4. Dollars to donuts I bet Ol’ Donnie is completely unaware that men can and do get breast cancer. It’s a low incidence but not zero.And in that image he is exhibiting the classic pre-heart attack beer gut.

  5. You have to admit he seems to have a good bit of energy for a crazy old fat man.

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