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A fight is the metaphor used by two children of the President of the United States to comment on their father’s hospitalization on Friday, October 2 in the late afternoon. “You are a warrior and you will triumph”, assured her eldest daughter, Ivanka, after a similar message from her brother Eric.
After the announcement of the positive test of the president and his wife, on the night of Thursday to Friday, the doctor of the White House, Sean Conley, had nevertheless been confident. “The President and the First Lady are doing well at the moment and plan to stay at home in the White House while they recover He said in a statement.
The same message was given on Friday morning by the chief of staff President Mark Meadows and then spokesperson Kayleigh McEnany, though the former reported “Mild symptoms” before ensuring that Donald Trump kept “Good morale”. This optimistic presentation of the situation, while the president’s Twitter account remained silent, was contradicted by the announcement of his transfer to the Walter Reed Military Hospital in Bethesda, in the northern suburbs of the federal capital, “As a measure of extreme precaution”.
Donald Trump got there by helicopter despite the short distance. Before climbing aboard Marine One, masked, for his first public appearance since the announcement of his contamination, the president briefly greeted the journalists accredited to the White House, without a word, the thumbs up. He released a short video upon his arrival at the hospital, filmed in one of the living rooms of the presidential residence.
“I want to thank everyone for your incredible support (…). I think I’m doing great, but we’ll make sure things go well ”, he said. His spokesperson referred to a period of ” A few days “, ensuring that hospitalization had been decided by “Extreme caution” and on the recommendation of medical experts. The president deemed himself sufficiently in control to rule out a transfer of power to vice president Mike Pence.
Mocked by the president for his caution in the face of Covid-19, especially during the debate on September 29, Joe Biden announced that he had tested negative on Friday morning. After reassuring Donald Trump of his “Thoughts” and his “Prayers”, the Democratic candidate continued his campaign in Michigan. His team, however, withdrew the negative ads targeting the president.
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