President Donald Trump’ s former personal doctor — who claimed Trump had dictated a letter insisting he would be the “ healthiest ” president ever — has died , reports said Thursday.
Harold Bornstein passed away last Friday at the age of 73, according to the New York Times. No cause of death was given.
The long – haired gastroenterologist was Trump’ s physician from 1980 to 2017.
Bornstein gained public attention in December 2015 when Trump’ s presidential campaign team released a letter from him gushing about Trump’ s apparently excellent health.
The glowing missive said that “ if elected , Mr Trump, I can state unequivocally , will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. ”
The New York doctor told CNN in 2018 that the president had “ dictated the whole letter” himself.
“ I didn ’ t write that letter. I just made it up as I went along , ” Bornstein said .
The eccentric Manhattan doctor had previously said he wrote the note hastily as Trump’ s car waited .
Bornstein had hoped to follow Trump to the White House but his hopes were dashed after he told the New York Times that Trump was taking a drug to promote hair growth.
Bornstein told NBC News that after the Times article appeared a bodyguard visited his Park Avenue office and confiscated the president ’ s medical records .
“ They must have been here for 25 or 30 minutes . It created a lot of chaos , ” Bornstein said , adding that the February 2017 incident made him feel “ raped , frightened and sad. ”
AFP
