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The medical condition referenced by Trump as the reason for his 4-F classification.
Yes: Donald Trump received five draft deferments during the Vietnam War era — four student deferments and one medical classification tied to bone spurs in his heels — actions that, combined with other...
There is no credible reporting or public record showing that Barron Trump was drafted or that he publicly registered for a military draft; fact‑checks have flagged viral claims about him being drafted...
Donald J. Trump’s Selective Service files made public by the National Archives show his registration card and a local draft board ledger documenting multiple student deferments between 1964–1968, a pe...
The Queens podiatrist identified in reporting as linked to President Trump’s 1968 “bone‑spur” diagnosis is Dr. Larry Braunstein, whose daughters told The New York Times that he signed the medical pape...
Donald J. Trump received four student deferments and a medical deferment during the Vietnam draft era; the specific medical condition cited in reporting and by his own accounts was bone spurs in his h...