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Larry Braunstein

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Dec 16, 2025
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Did Donald Trump claim bone spurs to avoid Vietnam draft and what evidence supports it?

Donald Trump received a medical deferment from the Vietnam draft in 1968 for “bone spurs” in his heels, a fact reported in contemporary and retrospective coverage . Multiple lines of reporting and tes...

Dec 20, 2025
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Did Donald Trump receive draft deferments or special treatment during the Vietnam era?

Donald Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam era — four student deferments and a medical classification that ultimately kept him from service — a factual core confirmed across contem...

Nov 11, 2025
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What were the reasons for Donald Trump's draft deferments during the Vietnam War?

Donald Trump received : four student deferments while enrolled in college and one medical deferment that produced a 4‑F classification, citing bone spurs in his heels. Claims that the medical defermen...

Dec 13, 2025

What were the original circumstances and timing of Trump’s bone spurs diagnosis during the Vietnam draft era?

Donald J. Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam era — four for college and a fifth in 1968 recorded as a medical deferment for heel bone spurs that made him ineligible for service . ...

Dec 8, 2025

Could a bone spur plausibly explain military medical deferments like Trump's in 1968?

Donald Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam era — four student deferments and a 1968 medical reclassification to 1‑Y tied to a diagnosis of heel bone spurs — a history confirmed in ...

Jan 26, 2026

What evidence have investigators and journalists produced regarding Trump’s bone‑spur diagnosis and its timing?

Reporting and investigator accounts about ’s 1968 “bone‑spur” deferment converge on three facts: Trump was granted a medical deferment for heel spurs that year, the diagnosis has been linked in report...

Jan 4, 2026

What evidence did The New York Times report about the Queens podiatrist and Trump’s bone‑spur deferment?

The New York Times reported that the key evidence linking a Queens podiatrist to President Trump’s Vietnam-era bone‑spur deferment consisted mainly of interviews with the podiatrist’s daughters and pu...

Jan 3, 2026

Which notable public figures cited bone spurs to avoid military draft or service?

Donald J. Trump is the primary high-profile public figure documented as having cited bone spurs to obtain a medical deferment from the Vietnam-era draft, receiving a 1‑Y medical classification for hee...