What was the exact content of Dr. Harold Bornstein's 2015 letter on Donald Trump's health?
Executive summary
The December 2015 four-paragraph letter attributed to Dr. Harold Bornstein that lauded Donald Trump’s health is publicly available in full and was released by the Trump campaign at the time [1] [2]. In later interviews Bornstein said the language was dictated by Trump and acknowledged the note’s hyperbolic tone, while earlier accounts said he drafted it rapidly—reporting that has shaped how the letter has been read and criticized [3] [4] [5].
1. The letter’s text — the document released in December 2015
The full four-paragraph letter released by the Trump campaign opens by identifying Bornstein as Trump’s personal physician since 1980 and states: “I have been the personal physician of Mr Donald J. Trump since 1980. His previous physician was my father, Dr Jacob Bornstein. Over