The President of the United States, Donald Trump, announced on Twitter, at about 6 am this Friday in Mainland Portugal, that he tested positive for covid-19, as well as first lady Melania Trump. For this reason, they are both quarantined, already in a period of full campaign for the presidential elections of November 3. 33 days to go.
“We will immediately start our quarantine and recovery process. We will go through this together”, wrote on the social network.
Trump, 74, decided to test covid-19 on Thursday night after one of his aides, Hope Hicks, 31, tested positive, the President himself told Fox News. . Hicks traveled on Air Force One, the presidential plane, on the trip to Cleveland, Ohio, for the first presidential debate with Joe Biden.
Hope Hicks is Trump’s trusted woman, a kind of shadow in the halls of the White House. During this week he accompanied him in the preparation of the first presidential debate and, after that, in a series of campaign events. It was photographed in the company of the head of state and family, namely in Marine One, the helicopter that transports the American leader in short distance journeys. Wednesday night the aide developed symptoms of cov-19.
White House Fountain also assured Fox News, the closest television station to Trump, that both the President and the First Lady are feeling “good” and have already started quarantining at the official residence.
The President’s official doctor, Sean P. Conley, has also confirmed positive tests. For now, the effects of the news remain unclear on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, about a month from the US presidential elections scheduled for November 3.
“Tonight I received confirmation that both President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for the SARS-coV-2 virus. The President and the First Lady are doing well at the moment and plan to stay in the White House during their convalescence, ”wrote the doctor.
After the debate on September 29, two more are scheduled between Trump and Biden. One is scheduled for October 15 in Miami (Florida), another for 22 of that month in Nashville (Tennessee). It remains to be seen whether this calendar will be hampered by the President’s illness. On October 7, in Salt Lake City (Utah), candidates for vice president Mike Pence (Republican) and Kamala Harris (Democrat) debate.
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