Despite the fact that Donald Trump — and his surrogates — have tried to recently put the focus of emphasis squarely onto Hillary Clinton‘s health, the tactic seems to be backfiring in a disastrous way.

Rather than a full-throated investigation into Clinton’s health woes, the media have begun poking holes into a bizarre letter written in December about Trump’s health instead. The letter — from a Dr. Harold Bornstein of New York — reads as if Trump himself blurted out honorifics about his health and had a quack doctor sign his name to it. The deeper that Trump pushes into Clinton’s health questions, it seems that more and more is coming to light about the strange language contained in Bornstein’s letter.

To investigate further, CNN’s Sanjay Gupta visited New Day to discuss Bornstein and the unusual language of the letter, which at one point refers to laboratory results as, “astonishingly excellent.”

“Interestingly we called that number,” said Gupta about the phone number listed on the letter’s masthead for the College of American Gastroenterology. “They said he was a member, but he hasn’t been a member in over twenty years.”

“There are some things in the letter with regards to his qualifications that are questionable,” he continued.

The letter, dated December 4, 2015, firmly states, “If elected, Mr. Trump, I can state unequivocally, will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency,” something Gupta thought was completely off.

“How do you know that? How would you — that’s unknowable! One is part doctor, one part historian. That type is hyperbole is typically never used. Strength and stamina — you know when we measure strength, you can actually measure strength. None of that objective data was in the letter,” said Dr. Gupta.

“Here you have a lot of language, with not a lot of data to back it up,” he continued. “They say he’s on a statin; what’s his cholesterol? You’ve indicated in some way that he has some these types of medicines he taking — for what, exactly? Does he have a risk of heart disease?”

Gupta pointed out that we have no indication about the Republican nominee’s past medical history either, based on Bornstein’s letter or otherwise. “We know he brags about not needing to sleep much [and] he eats fast food.” Though, as Gupta admits, there is no law that stipulates that a candidate running for office must disclose his or her medical records.

Watch Gupta’s interview above via CNN.

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