Following Donald Trump’s much awaited medical exam on Friday, the White House released a statement purportedly written by the doctor who administered the exam. The note said the exam went “exceptionally well” and pronounced Trump to be “in excellent health.”

Sounds good, right?

There’s just one problem: As Rachel Maddow pointed out Friday night, it appears that the note was not, in fact, written by White House physician Ronny Jackson.

The statement was signed “Dr. Ronnie Jackson,” so unless the White House doctor suddenly forgot how to spell his own name, it would appear that someone else in the White House released the note and put the doctor’s name on it.

It should also be noted that most medical doctors sign their name, followed by their degree (for example, “Ronny Jackson, MD, FAAEM“), rather than using their title (“Dr.”).

It’s unclear why the White House would feel the need to release a fake doctor’s note. It does appear that Trump underwent an actual medical exam — according to Reuters, he spent more than three hours with the doctor — but for some reason, it seems that the White House wasn’t satisfied with the results.

Yet this is not the first time for a bogus medical exam for Trump.

Speaking to NBC News during the campaign, Bornstein said that when the Trump team sent a driver to pick up the letter, which is dated 4 December, he had “five minutes to sit right at this desk and write that letter while the driver waited for me … In the rush, I think some of those words didn’t come out exactly the way they were meant.

“I thought about it all day and at the end, I get rushed and I get anxious when I get rushed. So I try to get four or five lines down as fast as possible so that they would be happy.”

He added: “[Trump’s] health is excellent, particularly his mental health. He thinks he’s the best, which works out just fine … I think he would be fit because, I think, his brain is turned on 24 hours a day.”

This week, CNN health correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta questioned the authenticity and value of Bornstein’s letter.

“I don’t even know what to make of this letter,” Gupta said. “Whether you are a doctor or not, that degree of hyperbole and these words being used is very unusual. People don’t write like that … ‘Strength and stamina are extraordinary’ … what does that mean, exactly?”

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Asked in the NBC News report if the Trump letter was written in a style consistent with all his official letters, Bornstein said: “No, but for Mr Trump, I wrote that letter that way.”

Asked if he had been asked by Trump to write in Trumpian prose, he said: “I think I probably picked up his kind of language and then just interpreted it to my own.”

Following Donald Trump’s much awaited medical exam on Friday, the White House released a statement purportedly written by the doctor who administered the exam. The note said the exam went “exceptionally well” and pronounced Trump to be “in excellent health.”

Sounds good, right?

There’s just one problem: As Rachel Maddow pointed out Friday night, it appears that the note was not, in fact, written by White House physician Ronny Jackson.

The statement was signed “Dr. Ronnie Jackson,” so unless the White House doctor suddenly forgot how to spell his own name, it would appear that someone else in the White House released the note and put the doctor’s name on it.

It should also be noted that most medical doctors sign their name, followed by their degree (for example, “Ronny Jackson, MD, FAAEM“), rather than using their title (“Dr.”).

It’s unclear why the White House would feel the need to release a fake doctor’s note. It does appear that Trump underwent an actual medical exam — according to Reuters, he spent more than three hours with the doctor — but for some reason, it seems that the White House wasn’t satisfied with the results.

Yet this is not the first time for a bogus medical exam for Trump.

Speaking to NBC News during the campaign, Bornstein said that when the Trump team sent a driver to pick up the letter, which is dated 4 December, he had “five minutes to sit right at this desk and write that letter while the driver waited for me … In the rush, I think some of those words didn’t come out exactly the way they were meant.

“I thought about it all day and at the end, I get rushed and I get anxious when I get rushed. So I try to get four or five lines down as fast as possible so that they would be happy.”

He added: “[Trump’s] health is excellent, particularly his mental health. He thinks he’s the best, which works out just fine … I think he would be fit because, I think, his brain is turned on 24 hours a day.”

This week, CNN health correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta questioned the authenticity and value of Bornstein’s letter.

“I don’t even know what to make of this letter,” Gupta said. “Whether you are a doctor or not, that degree of hyperbole and these words being used is very unusual. People don’t write like that … ‘Strength and stamina are extraordinary’ … what does that mean, exactly?”

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Asked in the NBC News report if the Trump letter was written in a style consistent with all his official letters, Bornstein said: “No, but for Mr Trump, I wrote that letter that way.”

Asked if he had been asked by Trump to write in Trumpian prose, he said: “I think I probably picked up his kind of language and then just interpreted it to my own.”

Following Donald Trump’s much awaited medical exam on Friday, the White House released a statement purportedly written by the doctor who administered the exam. The note said the exam went “exceptionally well” and pronounced Trump to be “in excellent health.”

Sounds good, right?

There’s just one problem: As Rachel Maddow pointed out Friday night, it appears that the note was not, in fact, written by White House physician Ronny Jackson.

The statement was signed “Dr. Ronnie Jackson,” so unless the White House doctor suddenly forgot how to spell his own name, it would appear that someone else in the White House released the note and put the doctor’s name on it.

It should also be noted that most medical doctors sign their name, followed by their degree (for example, “Ronny Jackson, MD, FAAEM“), rather than using their title (“Dr.”).

It’s unclear why the White House would feel the need to release a fake doctor’s note. It does appear that Trump underwent an actual medical exam — according to Reuters, he spent more than three hours with the doctor — but for some reason, it seems that the White House wasn’t satisfied with the results.

Yet this is not the first time for a bogus medical exam for Trump.

Speaking to NBC News during the campaign, Bornstein said that when the Trump team sent a driver to pick up the letter, which is dated 4 December, he had “five minutes to sit right at this desk and write that letter while the driver waited for me … In the rush, I think some of those words didn’t come out exactly the way they were meant.

“I thought about it all day and at the end, I get rushed and I get anxious when I get rushed. So I try to get four or five lines down as fast as possible so that they would be happy.”

He added: “[Trump’s] health is excellent, particularly his mental health. He thinks he’s the best, which works out just fine … I think he would be fit because, I think, his brain is turned on 24 hours a day.”

This week, CNN health correspondent Dr Sanjay Gupta questioned the authenticity and value of Bornstein’s letter.

“I don’t even know what to make of this letter,” Gupta said. “Whether you are a doctor or not, that degree of hyperbole and these words being used is very unusual. People don’t write like that … ‘Strength and stamina are extraordinary’ … what does that mean, exactly?”

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Asked in the NBC News report if the Trump letter was written in a style consistent with all his official letters, Bornstein said: “No, but for Mr Trump, I wrote that letter that way.”

Asked if he had been asked by Trump to write in Trumpian prose, he said: “I think I probably picked up his kind of language and then just interpreted it to my own.”

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Former Barack Obama Staffers Defend Donald Trump Doctor Ronny Jackson

Staffers for former President Barack Obama quickly defended White House doctor Ronny Jackson after partisan critics mocked him for giving President Donald Trump an “excellent” grade on his physical.

“I knew Dr. Ronny Jackson in the White House,” wrote former Obama Chief Strategist David Axelrod. “In my experience, he was very good guy and straight shooter.”

“There is no one better than Ronny. No one,” wrote former White House staffer Alyssa Mastromonaco on Twitter. “He is a saint and patriot.”

Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney agreed with her.

“Agree 100%. Ronny Jackson is rock solid. And decent to his core,” he wrote on Twitter.

Jackson served as the presidential physician for Obama and former President George W. Bush.

“Dr. Jackson is a phenomenal doctor and a really great guy,” former White House senior advisor Dan Pfieffer said. “He and his team took great care of all of us for many years.”

David Axelrod @davidaxelrod: I knew Dr. Ronny Jackson in the White House. In my experience, he was very good guy and straight shooter.

Jay Carney @JayCarney: Agree 100%. Ronny Jackson is rock solid. And decent to his core.

Dan Pfeiffer@danpfeiffer: Dr. Jackson is a phenomenal doctor and a really great guy. He and his team took great care of all of us for many years