Would Trump, today's P.T. Barnum, really risk going on TV without already knowing the lab results?

[renate]

For one thing, he's an utterly compulsive liar. He lied about his charitable donations, he lied about not hiring illegal workers for his modeling agency, he's lying about his taxes, he's almost certainly lying about his wealth, he lied about helping out "a little bit" at Ground Zero for God's sake, he stiffs people who've done work for him, he is dishonest to the core... but more relevantly than any of that, he is an expert at showmanship.

I don't think there is any reason to believe that the lab results will be his own, and I definitely don't believe he would blithely roll the dice to such an extent that he would risk revealing bad numbers on Dr. Oz's show. He knows he's not in good physical condition--I just don't see him doing this without taking steps to ensure that the lab results are the best ever in the history of the world.

He has given us no reason to believe that he wouldn't switch a blood sample from one of his sons for one of his own, or bribe a lab tech. We have no reason to believe him and every reason not to be credulous.

[RKP5637]

1. K&R !!!!! n/t

[yellowcanine]

2. Does a bear take the proverbial dump in the woods?

I rest my case.

[Satch59]

3. It will be a sham of course...

Trump will only release what he wants?

https://www.buzzfeed.com/maryanngeorgantopoulos/dr-oz-wont-ask-trump-health-questions-he-doesnt-want-to-have?utm_term=.hoLPPeg4LW#.xuJ66aV53q

[Hoyt]

4. I won't believe it's from his specimen unless the beta carotene levels are high. Plus,

I am most interested in a psychiatric assessment.

[renate]

6. lol--his beta carotene levels :)

[CajunBlazer]

5. Of course not - but test results from a physical....

..l.say nothing about a person's health history. Someone could have perfect physical numbers because a serious undisclosed health problem is currently being masked by medication. Good physical numbers without a health history do not prove that a person is fit health wise to be President.

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. Very true. My mother passed her physical barely 3 weeks before a heart attack killed her. Physicals

don't tell us everything.

[Croney]

7. So, they're not going to let him talk about his opponent?

Just how do they plan to stop him? He'll get in dig after dig and then say, "Oops, sorry, haha, I forgot." Over and over.

[hlthe2b]

8. If his labs don't reflect his visible "risk factors" (moderate obesity, sedentary lifestyle, etc)

that would be expected to be reflected in at least a few abnormalities in BP, lipid profile, and/or blood glucose... then I hope physicians speak out.

[Person 2713]

9. My only question since this was announced has been which son did he use

He is in such great shape, he will have the results of someone 1/2 his age !!!!

[Doctor Jack]

10. What labs? What are you kids talking about?

Context

[renate]

15. Trump's going to go on Dr Oz's show and supposedly hear his lab results for the first time

The story they would like us to believe is that he will find out the results at the same time as the audience.

I am skeptical. There's simply no way that a showman like Trump won't know ahead of time exactly what the results are. Either they won't be his but those of a 30-year-old triathlon champion or they'll be as fake as his previous doctor's note, and in neither case do I believe that he'll be hearing them for the first time.

[Maeve]

12. Hell, he probably wrote them!

Had a large black dog walk by him--lab results. Petted a feline--cat scan.
Anyone who trusts this probably believes 'reality' shows are un-scripted.

[rusty fender]

16. Excellent

[GeorgeGist]

13. Surely they won't discuss his syphilis ...

even though we all know from his Dr.'s letter that his results were positive.

[greymattermom]

14. All his numbers will be high

Only the highest. Weight, cholesterol, sugar.

[nolabear]

17. Oz has said he won't talk about anything Trump doesn't want to. Like, him being Muslim?

Man, television. Strange bedfellows.