December 26, 2018: Did the Doctor Lie about Trump's Bone Spurs?

 

12/26/18: The stock market reverses course and rises 1,086 points in one day, its best single-day performance in history. 

President Trump can now brag again because we’re not headed for another Great Depression. 

Then again, maybe this isn’t the best time to brag. The New York Times tracks down the two daughters of the podiatrist who helped Draft Dodger Don avoid military service back in the day, by claiming his feet hurt too much to shoot.

 

Dr. Elysa Braunstein, one of the daughters of Dr. Larry Braunstein, who died in 2007, tells reporters her father made the diagnosis of crippling bone spurs for Don, as a favor to Fred Trump, his father, and her father’s landlord. “It was family lore,” she said, adding that “it was something we would always discuss.” 

Her sister, Sharon Kessel, backed her up. Neither could say for sure if their father examined the future president or not. 

There are no documents to support their claim, and the sisters admit they’re Democrats who dislike Trump. Still, if you had to guess who was lying, the sisters or Trump, you can go with experience. 

You know it’s Trump. (See: 5/2/18.)

 

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PRESIDENT TRUMP floats the idea of putting his own personal pilot in charge of the FAA. John Dunkin has previously had management of Trump’s own Boeing 757, a Cessna and three helicopters. 

“The only person that thinks it’s a good idea, from what I gather, is the president,” said one congressional lobbyist. 

Leading GOP senators notify President Knucklehead that Dunkin would face a difficult confirmation in the Senate.