Trump avoided military draft 5 times thanks to common medical diagnosisTwo sisters told the NYT that their father, a foot doctor, diagnosed Trump that helped him be disqualified to be drafted for the Vietnam War. View 3 Images The president was exempt from being drafted for the Vietnam War five times. ‌The Vietnam War spanned nearly twenty years with 1968 as one of the bloodiest of the war, the year Trump graduated from college. (Image: NY Daily News via Getty Images)“You are talking a lot of years,” Trump told the outlet. ‌Around that time, a foot doctor named Larry Braunstein in Queens rented out an office space from Fred Trump, the president’s father.

Source: The Times March 03, 2026 15:23 UTC