Coronasyk Trump will campaign on video:

– In addition, previously announced events involving members of the president’s family are also temporarily postponed, it says the announcement.

Editor of the site amerikanskpolitikk.no Are Tågvold Flaten thinks it is not necessarily so stupid for Trump to campaign from the White House.

– He has already participated directly on video during a number of election campaign events, such as when he spoke at the Republicans’ national meeting, says Flaten.

President Donald Trump and his wife Melania tested positive for the coronavirus Friday. Both have mild symptoms, according to the White House.

All other events in connection with the campaign are assessed on a case-by-case basis. What happens will be announced days in advance, according to the Trump campaign.

Vice President Mike Pence, who has tested negative for covid-19, intends to resume his planned campaign events, the announcement states.

Trump had planned a series of campaign meetings in connection with the presidential election in 32 days. Due to the infection, events will therefore be postponed or carried out digitally.

An election campaign meeting in Florida on Saturday is the first to be canceled. He then went to Janesville, Wisconsin.

– Not very election winning

– It has been Donald Trump’s strength to be able to run such large events, but when this happens, it has probably hit him back. It is probably not very election-winning and can seem very irresponsible, says US expert Svein Melby.

Melby, who is a researcher at the Department of Defense Studies, believes that video transmissions and digital election meetings will not be the same for the incumbent president.

– They assume that he is vigorous and reasonably physically fit. But we do not know what the course of the disease will be. It can start nicely and get worse over time, says Melby.

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The surface is in no doubt that Trump would have preferred the election campaign in the usual way.

– The public meetings are his way of campaigning in the way he wants. Ever since he launched his candidacy, we have seen how he thrives in front of large crowds.

The editor reminds that Donald Trump in national polls is largely behind Joe Biden, also in the tipping states.

– Not favorable for re-election chances

– He needs a turning point in the election campaign to turn the tide. In that sense, the new situation is not entirely favorable for his chances of re-election, Flaten points out.

He says Joe Biden’s election campaign has focused on President Trump’s handling of the corona pandemic.

– When Trump in the first presidential debate made fun of Biden’s use of a bandage, and then himself became infected shortly afterwards, there is an increased focus on the pandemic and Trump’s handling of it all. It is to the advantage of Joe Biden, says political scientist Are Tågvold Flaten.

Svein Melby says that Joe Biden has been very careful with public election events.

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– Through this together

It was Friday night Norwegian time that Donald Trump announced that he and his wife Melania were infected with the coronavirus. The couple will spend the quarantine in the White House.

– Tonight, FLOTUS (first lady, editor’s note) and I tested positive for covid-19. We will begin with the quarantine period and the process of recovery immediately. We will get through this together, the American president writes on Twitter.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his wife Jill have tested negative for the coronavirus. The same goes for his vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris.