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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