Hillary fainted at a 9/11 service yesterday (Picture: Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)

One of the US’s most well-known scientists has warned that Hillary Clinton may have been poisoned by Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Bennet Omalu, the famous pathologist who discovered chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the brains of deceased American football players, made the disturbing suggestion on Twitter.

‘I must advise the Clinton campaign to perform toxicologic analysis of Ms Clinton’s blood,’ he wrote. ‘It is possible she is being poisoned.’

Then, in a second tweet, he added: ‘I do not trust Mr Putin and Mr Trump. With those two all things are possible.’


I must advice the Clinton campaign to perform toxicologic analysis of Ms. Clinton's blood. It is possible she is being poisoned. — Bennet Omalu (@bennetomalu9168) September 12, 2016

I do not trust Mr. Putin and Mr. Trump. With those two all things are possible. — Bennet Omalu (@bennetomalu9168) September 12, 2016

Dr. Bennet Omalu tweeted the warning (Picture: Getty Images)

Putin has been accused of poisoning Hillary (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

Trump has, in the past, expressed admiration for the Russian president – and his links to the Kremlin have been well documented.

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And while Omalu’s warning sounds a little far-fetched – and was treated with more than a bit of scepticism in the replies – Putin has been accused of having his adversaries poisoned in the past.



Most prominently, an inquiry in January implicated Putin in the death of Alexander Litvinenko, a former KGB operative who died in London in 2006.

Trump has expressed admiration of Putin (Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Clinton’s health was thrust into the spotlight this weekend after she had to leave the 9/11 memorial ceremony at Ground Zero before it finished.

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A video showed her stumbling and struggling to stand by herself as her security detail attempted to physically support her.

Her doctor later announced that she was suffering from pneumonia, but had since recovered.

What are Donald Trump's links to the Kremlin? Paul Manafort, who was Trump’s campaign manager until August, was formerly a consultant for Viktor Yanukovych – the former president of Ukraine who was ousted for his pro-Moscow stance, and who now lives in Russia.

Manafort was forced to resign from his position last month after it was revealed that he had been secretly and illegally lobbying the US government on behalf of the Kremlin.

One of Trump’s national security advisors, Michael Flynn, was paid to speak at a dinner in honour of the Kremlin-backed media outlet RT and sat with Putin at the event.

Putin has publicly praised Trump, who in turn said he was ‘honoured’ by the compliment.

Carter Page, another Trump advisor, recently criticised the US’s ‘often hypocritical focus on democratisation’ while in Moscow.

Trump’s lack of support for NATO. In July, he said he may not come to the aid of NATO states if they hadn’t contributed what he thought was enough financially.