September 13, 2016 | No Comments
When Donald Trump sits down Wednesday with “The Dr. Oz Show” to discuss his “personal health regimen” and reveal some more details about his medical history, the doctor and talk-show host plans to have some “pointed questions.”
Discussing the interview with Fox News Radio’s “Kilmeade & Friends,” Mehmet Oz said the show is slated to tape Wednesday and air Thursday. Oz will reveal his medical assessment of the records submitted by Trump before the studio audience, calling it “really [Trump’s] decision.”
“It’s his personal records. I want to ask him pointed questions about his health,” Oz told Brian Kilmeade in an interview aired Tuesday.
Kilmeade then asked what would happen if there are “embarrassing things” in the records. Oz responded, “Well, I bet you he won’t release them. … It’s his decision.”
“The metaphor for me is it’s the doctor’s office, the studio. So I’m not going to ask him questions he doesn’t want to have answered, and I also don’t want to talk about anybody else. We’re not going to be talking about Secretary Clinton, for sure,” Oz said. “And I don’t want to talk about things that are outside of the health purview. But I do not believe we can have a wealthy country without being a healthy country. And so I do think people want to understand, what happens to my health care if Mr. Trump is elected, and more importantly, what kind of role model is he for health in our country.”
Asked about the note from Trump’s doctor who said that his patient “will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency” and whether he has ever written a diagnosis like that, Oz responded, “No, I haven’t written one like that. It’s a — it’s a little out of the ordinary. I’m gonna see if I can make some sense out of that, the letter.”
If Trump puts “limitations” on what can be divulged on the show, Oz said, “I’ll acknowledge them.”
“But I must say, his campaign has been very professional about this. They haven’t asked me for anything,” Oz said, going on to say that he would talk to Trump’s doctor if offered the opportunity “because that’s a discussion if he’s comfortable with he’ll probably offer me.”
As far as what he wants to get out of the segment, Oz explained, “But I really want to understand, because he is a clever man, is does he understand what is going on with his health? What does he typically do? What’s a typical exam he goes through?”
“When he went through the exam last week, what actually was done to him to screen him, and does he feel that’s the right thing for his own personal health, is that what he wants to talk about with America?” Oz said, previewing the sit-down.