Both Trump’s and Clinton’s doctors released brief assessments of their health. Clinton’s two-page review included references to her ongoing issues with her thyroid and her 2012 concussion, the source of many of the theories about her well-being. Trump’s one-page letter mentioned that he took a daily dose of aspirin and had an appendectomy at age 10, while adding a Trumpian flourish: “His physical strength and stamina are extraordinary.” Testaments like these have become a ritual of American politics. But in the absence of detailed medical records, nobody seems to take them seriously. The result has been a political vacuum in this year’s presidential campaign, one filled by speculation over what the nominees, two of the oldest in US history, might be hiding.
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