--- title: Donald Trump's Health Is "Astonishingly Excellent," Says Doc description: Trump put out a statement on his health Monday by his doctor, Harold Bornstein, from Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. canonical: https://time.com/4148111/donald-trump-health-report/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-12-14T19:02:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:21:27.630Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump's Health Is "Astonishingly Excellent," Says Doc og:description: "His physical strength and stamina are extraordinary" og:url: https://time.com/4148111/donald-trump-health-report/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc318f3946e1dc13/69887522bc6cfcfc673dad1a/trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Donald Trump's "Crippled America" Book Press Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump's Health Is "Astonishingly Excellent," Says Doc twitter:description: "His physical strength and stamina are extraordinary" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc318f3946e1dc13/69887522bc6cfcfc673dad1a/trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump's Health Is 'Astonishingly Excellent,' His Doctor Says  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 14, 2015 7:02 PM CUT  Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Nov. 3, 2015 in New York City. Donald Trump at Trump Tower on Nov. 3, 2015 in New York City.Noam Galai—Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Dec 14, 2015 7:02 PM CUT Weeks ago, Donald Trump promised that his medical records would show “[perfection](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/672401996826206208?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw "undefined").” According to his doctor, that’s true. Trump put out [a statement](https://www.donaldjtrump.com/images/uploads/trump%5Fhealth%5Frecord.pdf "undefined") on his health Monday by his doctor, Harold Bornstein, from Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. According to Bornstein, who shares with Trump a tendency toward rhetorical hyperbole, Trump’s blood pressure and lab results were “astonishingly excellent,” his “physical strength and stamina are extraordinary,” and he has lost at least fifteen pounds in the past year. The Republican presidential candidate also has “no history of ever using alcohol,” wrote the doctor. In closing, Bornstein says, “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency.” Trump himself was modest about his physical attributes. “People have been impressed by my stamina, but to me it has been easy because I am truly doing something that I love,” he said in a statement accompanying the release. Trump would be the oldest person elected president in U.S. history. He [promised the release of his medical records](http://time.com/4134442/donald-trump-medical-records/ "undefined") in early December, after criticism for withholding them. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4148111/donald-trump-health-report/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4148111/donald-trump-health-report/"},"headline":"Donald Trump's Health Is 'Astonishingly Excellent,' His Doctor Says","datePublished":"2015-12-14T19:02:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:21:27.630Z","description":"\"If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency\"","url":"https://time.com/4148111/donald-trump-health-report/","keywords":["2016 Election topic","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc318f3946e1dc13/69887522bc6cfcfc673dad1a/trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdc318f3946e1dc13/69887522bc6cfcfc673dad1a/trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump's \"Crippled America\" Book Press Conference","caption":"Donald Trump's \"Crippled America\" Book Press Conference","creditText":"Noam Galai—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4148111/donald-trump-health-report/","name":"Donald Trump's Health Is 'Astonishingly Excellent,' His Doctor Says"}}]}] ```