Trump's doctor on health: 'If something happens to him, then it happens to him'

[octoberlib]

BY PAULINA FIROZI - 12/21/16 08:05 AM EST



Trump's doctor on health: 'If something happens to him, then it happens to him'


Dr. Harold Bornstein, who has treated Trump since 1980, said in an interview with STAT News that he hadn’t even realized Trump, who is 70, would be the oldest president to take office.

“If something happens to him, then it happens to him,” Bornstein said. “It’s like all the rest of us, no? That’s why we have a vice president and a Speaker of the House and a whole line of people.""They can just keep dying.”

Bornstein suggested no one was aware of Reagan's declining health in office.“Ronald Reagan had pre-senile dementia. I mean, seriously, did they share that one with you, or did Nancy just cover it up?" he said.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/311299-trumps-doctor-on-his-health-in-office-if-something-happens-to

[MineralMan]

1. STFU, Bornstein!

There's a good lad...

[octoberlib]

2. I wonder if Trump is going to keep him as personal physician.

The guy's a weirdo.

[Cha]

3. No more so than the one he's treating.

[octoberlib]

4. True. Aloha, Cha!

[Cha]

8. Aloha, octoberlib!

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. True enough

[oasis]

6. Please give the guy some vitamins. I sure as hell don't want Pence.

[3catwoman3]

7. When there was brief talk of...

...John Huntsman for SOS, I indulged inva fantasy of everyone in the line of succession before SOS being taken out and Huntsman occupying the Oval Office. That I could have lived with.

And Bornstein is very wrong - some of were most aware of Reagan's ever-increasing cognitive incapacity. It wasn't hard to see, but you had to be willing to see it.

[Raine]

9. Plenty knew Raygun had dementia and yes they covered it up! nt

[Vinca]

10. I wonder when Dr. Bornstein actually examined the orange one.

If you look at Herr Trump, he's got sort of a halo affect around his eyes. It could be from where he puts on his goggles when they spray him with whatever the hell it is they coat him with or it might be high cholesterol.

[0rganism]

11. Bornstein: "shit happens"

his comment about Reagan is interesting though, as discussing Reagan's senility is kind of taboo for the media, along with anything Iran-Contra.

[linuxman]

12. Can't disagree

I mean, he's right.