--- title: Hillary Clinton Health: Donald Trump Wishes Her Well description: Donald Trump addressed Clinton's health during an interview on Fox & Friends canonical: https://time.com/4487240/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-12T12:12:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:40.223Z article:section: Politics og:title: Hillary Clinton Health: Donald Trump Wishes Her Well og:description: Donald Trump addressed Clinton's health during an interview on Fox & Friends og:url: https://time.com/4487240/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba99009f05dacc43/6988a584f887dc1e55e975d2/gettyimages-602349912.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: 15th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks Commemorated At World Trade Center Memorial Site og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hillary Clinton Health: Donald Trump Wishes Her Well twitter:description: Donald Trump addressed Clinton's health during an interview on Fox & Friends twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba99009f05dacc43/6988a584f887dc1e55e975d2/gettyimages-602349912.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Wishes Hillary Clinton a Speedy Recovery > Sponsored content. 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Chris Christie (R) attend the September 11 Commemoration Ceremony at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum on September 11, 2016 in New York City. Justin Sullivan—Getty Images Justin Sullivan—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Sep 12, 2016 12:12 PM UTC Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump responded to reports that his [Democratic rival Hillary Clinton ](http://time.com/4486928/hillary-clinton-health-pnemonia-deplorables/?xid=homepage)had been diagnosed with pneumonia by wishing the candidate well. In a Monday morning [interview on Fox & Friends](https://twitter.com/foxandfriends/status/775291384714539008), Trump said he assumes the coughing spell Clinton suffered from last week was also caused by the upper respiratory infection, but overall hopes the candidate feels better soon. “Like you, I see what I see. The coughing fit was a week ago so I assume that was pneumonia also,” Trump said during a call-in interview. “Something’s going on, but I just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail and we’ll be seeing her at the debate.” Clinton’s health has become a concern among right-wing conspiracy theorists during the campaign, with questions about whether Clinton will survive the race flashing across blogs and websites. Donald Trump has [contributed to the speculation ](http://www.npr.org/2016/08/18/490390614/trump-adds-fuel-to-conspiracy-theories-questioning-clintons-health)about Clinton health, too. This week, Trump will appear on the Dr. Oz show to [reveal his health regimen](http://time.com/4486249/donald-trump-dr-oz-health-regimen/). During the Fox & Friends interview, Trump said he’d had physical a last week and will be releasing the results “when the numbers come in.” “Hopefully, they’ll be good,” he said before adding, “I feel great.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4487240/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4487240/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Wishes Hillary Clinton a Speedy Recovery","datePublished":"2016-09-12T12:12:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:40.223Z","description":"\"I just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail and we'll be seeing her at the debate\"","url":"https://time.com/4487240/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia/","keywords":["Donald Trump","Hillary Clinton","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba99009f05dacc43/6988a584f887dc1e55e975d2/gettyimages-602349912.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba99009f05dacc43/6988a584f887dc1e55e975d2/gettyimages-602349912.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"15th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks Commemorated At World Trade Center Memorial Site","caption":"15th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks Commemorated At World Trade Center Memorial Site","creditText":"Justin Sullivan—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":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4487240/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-health-pneumonia/","name":"Donald Trump Wishes Hillary Clinton a Speedy Recovery"}}]}] ```