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Latest news: President Trump to quarantine as he tests positive for Covid days after taking part in TV debate and holding campaign rally in Minnesota Latest news: President to quarantine days after taking part in TV debate and campaign rally in Minnesota
Here’s a reminder of how Donald Trump and his wife Melania announced to the world that they had tested positive for the coronavirus. More than one person on social media has picked up on the fact that when Donald Trump tweeted that he had tested positive for coronavirus, he used a proper name for it, rather than any of the more controversial ways he has been labelling it over the last few months.
Melania said they would be going into quarantive “As too many Americans have done this year”. The US has the highest coronavirus caseload in the world, with the Johns Hopkins University tracker currently putting the total number of cases in the US at 7,278,384. Here’s a video report from Maanvi Singh earlier in the year, where she looked at all the ways Donald Trump had been contradicting and defying science during the coronavirus outbreak.
Here is the memorandum issued by the White House about the positive results. From the physician to the president, Sean Conley, it stated: Here’s David Smith for us in Washington, describing Donald Trump catching the coronavirus as “a surprise that many saw coming”.
Good morning, and welcome to our live US politics live blog for Friday which is going to be dominated by the news that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has tested positive for the coronavirus. Read more here: Trump’s positive Covid test was a surprise that many saw coming
We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that it isn’t the only story in town. Today is the deadline today for Kentucky’s attorney general to release the grand jury tapes in the Breonna Taylor cases, there’s an election round the corner, and Donald and Melania Trump are just two of over 46,000 people in America who received positive cornavirus tests yesterday. Tulsi Gabbard is among many people who have wished the president and his wife well this morning. Gabbard also sent her best wishes to the Trump children.
Donald Trump has also received messages of support from numerous world leaders, including British prime minister Boris Johnson, who himself contracted coronavirus earlier this year and spent some time in intensive care in hospital in London.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has also offered his best wishes via a telegram which read “I am certain that your inherent vitality, good spirits and optimism will help you cope with this dangerous virus”.
One of the questions will be who in the US government Donald Trump had contact with in recent days. The secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, has just been speaking in Croatia, where he is on a mini-tour of Europe.
He told journalists on the flight from Rome to Dubrovnik he was reconsidering his forthcoming trip to Asia as a precaution after the president’s test results, but no decision had been made yet.
He said he had made no other changes that would reflect the fact he is fourth in line to succeed the president, if necessary. Vice-president, Mike Pence would take the reins if Trump was seriously incapacitated.
Pompeo said both he and his wife tested negative on the plane 20 minutes before landing in Dubrovnik, and said he had last seen Trump on 15 September.
Here’s a reminder of how Donald Trump and his wife Melania announced that they had tested positive for coronavirus.
Melania said they would be going into quarantine, “as too many Americans have done this year”. The US has the highest coronavirus caseload in the world, with the Johns Hopkins University tracker currently putting the total number of cases in the US at 7,278,384.
Here is the memorandum issued by the White House about the positive results. The president’s physician, Sean Conley, stated:
Good morning, and welcome to our US politics live blog for Friday, which is going to be dominated by the news that the president, Donald Trump, has tested positive for coronavirus.
We shouldn’t lose sight of the fact that it isn’t the only story in town. Today is the deadline for Kentucky’s attorney general to release the grand jury tapes in the Breonna Taylor case, there’s an election round the corner, and Donald and Melania Trump are just two of more than 46,000 people in the US who received positive cornavirus tests yesterday.
Here’s a quick summary of where we are and what we know about Trump’s positive Covid test:Here’s a quick summary of where we are and what we know about Trump’s positive Covid test:
Donald Trump and Melanie Trump have tested positive for coronavirus. The news came after one of the president’s most senior advisers, Hope Hicks, tested positive on Thursday. Trump broke the news on Twitter. Donald and Melanie Trump have tested positive for coronavirus. The news came after one of the president’s most senior advisers, Hope Hicks, tested positive on Thursday. Trump broke the news on Twitter.
Hicks had flown with the president on Air Force One earlier on Wednesday and accompanied him to the first presidential debate against Democratic candidate Joe Biden on Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio. Hicks had flown with the president on Air Force One earlier on Wednesday and accompanied him to the first presidential debate against the Democratic candidate, Joe Biden, on Tuesday in Cleveland, Ohio.
Trump confirmed on Fox News on Thursday evening that he and First Lady Melania Trump were awaiting the results of coronavirus tests following Hicks’s positive test. Trump confirmed on Fox News on Thursday evening that he and the first lady were awaiting the results of tests following Hicks’s positive result.
Trump’s doctor confirmed that the president and first lady would “remain at home within the White House during their convalescence”. How long this convalescence lasts will depend on how ill the pair get. Even if Trump tests negative within the next 14 days, he will almost certainly be unable to attend rallies in three key states – Wisconsin, Florida and Arizona – as well as the next presidential debate, which is scheduled for 15 October. Trump’s doctor confirmed the couple would “remain at home within the White House during their convalescence”. How long this lasts will depend on how ill the pair get. Even if Trump tests negative within the next 14 days, he will almost certainly be unable to attend rallies in three key states – Wisconsin, Florida and Arizona – as well as the next presidential debate, which is scheduled for 15 October.
If Trump becomes too ill to lead the country, vice president Mike Pence will be placed in charge. If Pence is also incapacitated, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would be the most likely person to take over. If Trump becomes too ill to lead the country, the vice-president, Mike Pence, will take charge. If Pence is also incapacitated, the House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, would be the most likely person to take over.
Pence attended a White House coronavirus task force briefing with Trump on Monday. Pence did not attend the presidential debate. Pence attended a White House coronavirus taskforce briefing with Trump on Monday. Pence did not attend the presidential debate.
I’m Martin Belam, and you can get in touch with me at martin.belam@theguardian.com I’m Martin Belam, and you can get in touch with me at martin.belam@theguardian.com.