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| Donald Trump hospitalized following Covid-19 diagnosis – live | Donald Trump hospitalized following Covid-19 diagnosis – live |
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| President arrived at Walter Reed medical center Friday evening after telling Americans he is doing ‘very well’ | President arrived at Walter Reed medical center Friday evening after telling Americans he is doing ‘very well’ |
| Twitter says it will remove tweets expressing hope that Trump dies of coronavirus | |
| The social media company said that “this does not automatically mean suspension” for users that tweet about hoping that Trump dies. | |
| This brings the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases among attendees at the event to six, CNN reporter Betsy Klein notes. | |
| What we know and don’t know about Trump’s coronavirus | |
| There are many unanswered questions surrounding Donald Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis and treatment. The Associated Press has a great breakdown of what we know about Trump’s case of coronavirus, and what we still don’t know. | |
| What symptoms does he have? | |
| The White House officially has given few details, except that he had a fever and was fatigued. | |
| How is he being treated? | |
| Trump’s physician, Dr Sean Conley, said Friday doctors were providing Trump with an experimental antibody cocktail; vitamin D; famotidine, which is typically used to treat heartburn and acid reflux; the sleep aid melatonin; and an aspirin. | |
| And while he said initially that Trump planned to stay at the White House, the White House announced late Friday afternoon Trump instead would be working from “presidential offices” at Walter Reed. | |
| When did Trump know he had been exposed? | |
| That question is important to answering whether the president continued his campaign events and other activities despite knowing he might be infecting others, and to knowing whether the White House was adequately transparent about Trump’s illness. | |
| White House officials say they learned of adviser Hope Hicks’ positive test results for the coronavirus Thursday, after Trump boarded the Marine One helicopter for a private fundraiser in New Jersey. But Trump went ahead with the trip and the fundraiser. He told Fox News that evening he was being tested. | |
| Just before 1am Friday, he tweeted that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive. | |
| Who infected Trump? | |
| We don’t know, although there’s no shortage of possible suspects. Trump, who typically shuns masks, was around hundreds if not thousands of people this week, traveling to a campaign rally, his golf club, the presidential debate, fundraisers and meetings with people involved in his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the supreme court. | |
| Hicks, one of Trump’s closest advisers, fell ill with the coronavirus Wednesday while accompanying Trump to a fundraiser in Minnesota, officials say. It’s not clear if her case is related to the president’s. And Senator Mike Lee, a Utah Republican who was at the White House last weekend, announced Friday he had tested positive. | |
| The White House medical unit is slated to trace the president’s contacts. | |
| While Joe Biden is going to stop running negative campaign ads after Trump has been diagnosed with coronavirus, the Trump campaign has confirmed that they are not going to pause their attack ads against Biden. | While Joe Biden is going to stop running negative campaign ads after Trump has been diagnosed with coronavirus, the Trump campaign has confirmed that they are not going to pause their attack ads against Biden. |
| Trump very tired and having some trouble breathing, unnamed adviser tells CNN | Trump very tired and having some trouble breathing, unnamed adviser tells CNN |
| While White House officials continue to say the president is doing fine, one unnamed Trump campaign adviser tells CNN that the president is very fatigued and having some trouble breathing. “This is serious,” the source said. | While White House officials continue to say the president is doing fine, one unnamed Trump campaign adviser tells CNN that the president is very fatigued and having some trouble breathing. “This is serious,” the source said. |
| This is an account from a single anonymous source, so weigh it accordingly. We’ll update you if there are any confirmations about the seriousness of the president’s condition tonight. | This is an account from a single anonymous source, so weigh it accordingly. We’ll update you if there are any confirmations about the seriousness of the president’s condition tonight. |
| Former Homeland Security chief says officials in ‘line of succession’ should quarantine | Former Homeland Security chief says officials in ‘line of succession’ should quarantine |
| Why is Trump at the hospital if he is doing ‘very well’? He was ‘spooked’, a source says | |
| If Trump is really doing “very well”, as he told the public in a video released today, then why is he spending the next few days at the hospital? | |
| The Bloomberg reporter Josh Wingrove notes that Boris Johnson was not admitted to the hospital until nine days after he tested positive for coronavirus, but that Trump chose to go to the hospital within 24 hours of announcing his diagnosis. | |
| Despite hours of nonstop coverage of the president’s journey from the White House to Walter Reed medical center, we still don’t really know why the president has been hospitalized, particularly if his symptoms are mild, as the White House has suggested. | Despite hours of nonstop coverage of the president’s journey from the White House to Walter Reed medical center, we still don’t really know why the president has been hospitalized, particularly if his symptoms are mild, as the White House has suggested. |
| One possible answer: CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports that Trump himself was “spooked” about testing positive and “increasingly alarmed” as he developed symptoms, including a fever, overnight. | One possible answer: CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reports that Trump himself was “spooked” about testing positive and “increasingly alarmed” as he developed symptoms, including a fever, overnight. |
| What’s in the presidential suite at Walter Reed medical center? | What’s in the presidential suite at Walter Reed medical center? |
| Walter Reed is known as the president’s hospital. It contains a White House-controlled suite for the president to receive medical care. More details on what that means from journalist Scott MacFarlane: | Walter Reed is known as the president’s hospital. It contains a White House-controlled suite for the president to receive medical care. More details on what that means from journalist Scott MacFarlane: |
| Trump has never spent the night at a hospital before, Bloomberg reports | Trump has never spent the night at a hospital before, Bloomberg reports |
| The president “has never overnighted at a hospital before”, and has a longstanding “distaste for hospitals”, Bloomberg’s White House correspondent notes. | |
| “The fact that Trump, who is wary of doctors, agreed to go to Walter Reed is a sign of concern about his condition,” several sources told Bloomberg. | “The fact that Trump, who is wary of doctors, agreed to go to Walter Reed is a sign of concern about his condition,” several sources told Bloomberg. |
| Exactly four years ago today, Trump mocked Hillary Clinton for having pneumonia | Exactly four years ago today, Trump mocked Hillary Clinton for having pneumonia |
| By late Friday afternoon, contract tracers in New Jersey were still waiting for White House and RNC officials to hand over the list of names of people exposed to coronavirus after coming in contact with Trump last night at a fundraiser at a New Jersey golf course, Huffington Post’s Molly Redden reports. | By late Friday afternoon, contract tracers in New Jersey were still waiting for White House and RNC officials to hand over the list of names of people exposed to coronavirus after coming in contact with Trump last night at a fundraiser at a New Jersey golf course, Huffington Post’s Molly Redden reports. |
| Public social media posts from some attendees of Trump’s fundraiser also show them out in public, mingling with other people, and not wearing masks, even half a day after Trump’s diagnosis was made public. | Public social media posts from some attendees of Trump’s fundraiser also show them out in public, mingling with other people, and not wearing masks, even half a day after Trump’s diagnosis was made public. |
| Just minutes ago, after the story about the delay in contact tracing information was published and prompting widespread outrage, a New Jersey official confirmed the list of names had finally been sent. | Just minutes ago, after the story about the delay in contact tracing information was published and prompting widespread outrage, a New Jersey official confirmed the list of names had finally been sent. |
| Three White House reporters tested positive for COVID-19 today | Three White House reporters tested positive for COVID-19 today |
| Chris Hayes, the MSNBC host, blamed White House for “disregarding public safety best practices and thereby turning the WH into an unsafe workplace for everyone.” | Chris Hayes, the MSNBC host, blamed White House for “disregarding public safety best practices and thereby turning the WH into an unsafe workplace for everyone.” |
| While Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has pulled his negative campaign ads after the announcement that the president has been diagnosed with coronavirus, he is staying on the campaign trail, the New York Times reports. | While Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has pulled his negative campaign ads after the announcement that the president has been diagnosed with coronavirus, he is staying on the campaign trail, the New York Times reports. |
| But the choice to keep campaigning will be evaluated “hour to hour,” based on Trump’s condition, Jonathan Martin reports. | But the choice to keep campaigning will be evaluated “hour to hour,” based on Trump’s condition, Jonathan Martin reports. |
| Details of Trump’s arrival at Walter Reed medical center | Details of Trump’s arrival at Walter Reed medical center |
| The president arrived in Marine One at the Walter Reed Landing Zone at 6:29 PM, according to the White House pool reporter: | The president arrived in Marine One at the Walter Reed Landing Zone at 6:29 PM, according to the White House pool reporter: |