--- description: The physician who called Donald Trump's health “astonishingly excellent” said he wrote the much-discussed health report in just five minutes title: Donald Trump’s Doctor Wrote Letter on His ‘Extraordinary’ Health in Just 5 Minutes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt91338d9bd0196d54/6988a3de524fc004c0df94cb/harold-bornstein.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump’s Doctor Wrote Letter on His ‘Extraordinary’ Health in Only 5 Minutes  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 26, 2016 11:00 PM CUT  Dr. Harold Bornstein, personal physician to Donald Trump arrives at his office at 101 East 78th street on Dec. 15, 2015. Dr. Harold Bornstein, personal physician to Donald Trump arrives at his office at 101 East 78th street on Dec. 15, 2015.Joe Marino—NY Daily News/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 26, 2016 11:00 PM CUT The physician who [called Donald Trump’s health](http://time.com/4148111/donald-trump-health-report/ "undefined") “astonishingly excellent” last year said on Friday that he wrote the [much-discussed](http://time.com/4148175/twitter-donald-trump-doctor/ "undefined") health report in [just five minutes](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-doctor-wrote-health-letter-just-5-minutes-limo-waited-n638526?cid=sm%5Ftw "undefined") and stands by his assessment. “His health is excellent, especially his mental health,” Dr. Harold Bornstein said in an [interview with NBC Nightly News](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-doctor-wrote-health-letter-just-5-minutes-limo-waited-n638526?cid=sm%5Ftw "undefined") on Friday. He said he typed the letter at the last minute, while a limo dispatched by Trump waited for it. “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” Bornstein wrote in the letter, calling the Republican nominee’s strength and stamina “extraordinary.” **Read more:** [Why So Many Presidents Are So Healthy](http://time.com/4148215/donald-trump-health-presidents/ "undefined") He affirmed that statement in the interview with NBC. “I like that sentence to be quite honest with you and all the rest of them are either sick or dead,” said Bornstein, who has been Trump’s doctor for 35 years. 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