Trump wishes Clinton speedy recovery after health scare

Donald Trump says he hopes Democratic rival Hillary Clinton “gets well soon” after her abrupt departure from a 9/11 anniversary ceremony following a health episode.

Trump said in an interview on “Fox and Friends” Monday morning that: “Something’s going on, but I just hope she gets well and gets back on the trail and we’ll be seeing her at the debate.” The first of three debates is scheduled for Sept. 26.

Amateur video captured the Democratic nominee appearing to stagger and slump forward as she was helped into a van leaving the Sunday ceremony in Manhattan.

Her doctor says she is fighting a case of pneumonia.

Trump also said he is planning to release detailed health information from a new physical exam in the coming days.

The Republican nominee also told “Fox and Friends” that he had a physical examination last week. He said he expects a report this week and he’ll “be releasing very, very specific numbers.”

He said: “Hopefully they’re going to be good. I think they’re going to be good. I feel great.”

Trump’s move is likely to increase pressure on Clinton to release more information about her health.

Clinton has so far released more details about her health than Trump.

Trump also said that rival Hillary Clinton’s comment painting half of his supporters as a “basket of deplorables” was the “biggest mistake of the political season.”

Clinton was at a fundraiser on Friday when she said that she would put “half of Trump’s supporters” into “the basket of deplorables. Right? The racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it.” She has since apologies for being “grossly generalistic.”

Trump said Monday that when he heard the comment, he “thought that it was not something that was within the realm of possible that she would have said it.”

The Republican presidential nominee said that being elected to the White House means: “You’re president of all the people.”

Copyright 2016 The Associated Press.