Trump on Clinton's health: "I hope she gets well soon…it's quite sad." pic.twitter.com/0PpshgeluD
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Donald Trump said Monday that he takes “no satisfaction” from Hillary Clinton’s pneumonia diagnosis, while arguing that his own campaign schedule is more intense.
“I don’t take satisfaction,” Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, told CNBC “Squawk Box” co-anchor Joe Kernen.
{mosads}”I hope she gets well, and I hope she gets well soon,” Trump continued. “It was quite sad, to be honest with you. I hope she gets will soon. No satisfaction, believe me, whatsoever.
“She was coughing very, very badly a week ago. This wasn’t the first time. I want her to get better; I want her to get out there; I look forward to seeing her in the debate.”
Trump’s campaign has for months made an issue of Clinton’s health, with Trump claiming that the Democratic presidential nominee lacks “stamina.”
Trump on Monday touted his schedule of campaign events, saying, “There’s not a contest.
“I find the whole challenge to be very invigorating,” Trump said.
Trump, 70, told Fox News on Monday that he took a physical last week and will be releasing the results this week.
“I did pretty much the whole deal, because I think we should — I think we should do that,” he said on CNBC, predicting “large numbers … hopefully very good statistics.”
Clinton left a 9/11 memorial early Sunday after becoming “overheated.” Video showed her appearing to stumble toward a black van for her departure.
Clinton went to her daughter Chelsea Clinton’s apartment, later emerging and telling reporters that she felt “great.”
She later returned to her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., and her campaign announced that it was canceling a fundraising trip to California starting Monday.
Her doctor revealed in a Sunday evening statement that she has been ill with pneumonia, which she was diagnosed with Friday during a follow-up evaluation on her prolonged cough.
During the Monday interview, Trump also attacked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), referring to her as “Pocahontas” while discussing federal interest rates.