Posted on 12/26/2018 7:12:18 AM PST by Olog-hai
In the fall of 1968, Donald J. Trump received a timely diagnosis of bone spurs in his heels that led to his medical exemption from the military during Vietnam.
For 50 years, the details of how the exemption came about, and who made the diagnosis, have remained a mystery, with Mr. Trump himself saying during the presidential campaign that he could not recall who had signed off on the medical documentation.
Now a possible explanation has emerged about the documentation. It involves a foot doctor in Queens who rented his office from Mr. Trump’s father, Fred C. Trump, and a suggestion that the diagnosis was granted as a courtesy to the elder Mr. Trump.
The podiatrist, Dr. Larry Braunstein, died in 2007. But his daughters say their father often told the story of coming to the aid of a young Mr. Trump during the Vietnam War as a favor to his father.
“I know it was a favor,” said one daughter, Dr. Elysa Braunstein, 56, who along with her sister, Sharon Kessel, 53, shared the family’s account for the first time publicly when contacted by The New York Times.
Elysa Braunstein said the implication from her father was that Mr. Trump did not have a disqualifying foot ailment. “But did he examine him? I don’t know,” she said. …
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Why doesn’t anyone question zero and his military participation?
Slimes hit piece...typically I don’t know,maybe,could be,possibly, not sure,blah,blah,blah...
If the libs think this will affect the support of Trump’s base, they are idiots.
Trump responded to the call to the fight to save our country NOW, and he is the only one I know of who fights and wins.
If he has bone spurs or not, he is a good Commander in Chief.
How did Clinton dodge the draft, and then go to MOSCOW (cue “Russia! Russia!”) and meet with vietnamese?
Logan act, anyone?
It’s weak at worst — this was never a one-doctor certification process.
NYT = Jane Fonda
I forgot: How upset was the NYT over Clinton’s draft dodging?
Dear libs: It’s time to move on. OK?
HIPP violation to discuss a patient’s medical records?
Another day, another Trump hit piece in the MSM. As sure as the sunrise.
Army doctors would have examined him; he could have brought a statement from a doctor, but that wouldn’t by itself have been enough.
Otherwise everyone in Berkeley would have been xeroxing
doctor’s statements.
shared the family’s account for the first time publicly when contacted by The New York Times. ................................. Uh uh, $$$$$$$!! Hillary !! Uh uh. We need more bones dug up for the NYT. Any one with more information vs Trump = $$$$$$.
I thought they would wait until the first of the year to begin the focused attacks on DJT. They have begun. It will be everything they can think of. They are obsessed with destroying him.
The Viet Nam card got taken off the table when the press gave Bill Clinton a pass.
In the words of that great American, Hillary Clinton, “what difference does it make?”
(Actually this is nothing new. In my genealogy research I often read old newspapers. I remember a story from the late 1800s where one side claimed their candidate was a veteran of the Civil War and the other side claimed he wasn’t. Not sure how it came out but it does show politicians have been lying about their military service or lack of same, for years).
The article makes an exemption for heel spurs sound like an exemption for pimples.
Speaking from personal experience, heel spurs can be excruciatingly painful and render one almost unable to walk (much less participate in military training).
Heel spurs aren’t that difficult a diagnosis to make; a legitimate diagnosis could possibly have been made based on history and symptoms without much of a physical exam being needed. Of course the podiatrist’s daughters, who are “not Trump fans,” don’t actually KNOW anything.
Of course, nothing can now be proven, one way or another.
Nevertheless President Trump is serving his country admirably NOW so I don’t actually care if the story is true or not.
Political gluttony that cannot wait for the House to change hand. This will be a roaring circus. The irresistible force meets the immovable object.
We must have missed the story of how Bill Clinton avoided service in the Viet Nam “Conflict.” Perhaps these intrepid investigators could do some digging into his background and find some interesting stories.
....Blummy from Connecticut can explain it...
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