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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is considering suspending the second television debate with United States President Donald Trump next week if Trump still tests positive for the corona virus at this time. “If he still has Covid, we shouldn’t have a debate,” Biden told reporters who were traveling with him on his campaign tour. Trump is sticking to the October 15 duel regardless of his infection.
In any case, “very strict guidelines will have to be followed,” emphasized Democratic presidential candidate Biden in Hagerstown, Maryland. “Too many people have been infected.” You have to listen to what the doctors say. He is still preparing for a debate, “but I just hope all the rules are respected.”
“I look forward to the debate on Thursday night October 15 in Miami,” Trump wrote Tuesday on the short message service Twitter. “It will be great!”
Trump announced his Covid 19 diagnosis last Friday. He and Biden had previously been on stage Tuesday in the first of three planned television debates. It’s unclear whether Trump could have been contagious at this time: The White House and his personal physician Sean Conley have declined to provide information on when the president last had a negative coronavirus test for days.
Trump returned to his official residence from the hospital on Monday. As a precaution, Trump is working in a makeshift office space in the residence and not in the Oval Office, government officials said. Only four executives had personal access to the president. In addition to Stephen Miller, senior White House adviser, Trump’s close adviser Hope Hicks, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany, Trump’s campaign manager Bill Stepien, and Republican Senators Mike Lee, Thom Tillis and Ron Johnson are also infected.
Miller tested positive for the virus on Tuesday. “I’ve been working from home in self-isolation for the past 5 days and I’ve had negative tests every day through yesterday,” Miller said. “Today I tested positive for Covid-19 and I am in quarantine.”
Trump’s spokeswoman McEnany said on Fox News: “Obviously there was an outbreak at the White House.”
Miller’s infection could also raise questions about Vice President Mike Pence’s upcoming television debate with rival candidate Kamala Harris. His wife, Katie Miller, a spokeswoman for Pence, flew with the vice president to Salt Lake City, where the debate will take place Wednesday night (local time). According to US media reports, her test Tuesday was negative, but she left Salt Lake City anyway.
Meanwhile, Pence’s personal physician stressed Tuesday that the vice president’s coronavirus tests remained negative and that he did not need quarantine. In recent days, McEnany and several other Trump confidants had been diagnosed with a coronavirus infection. The president of the United States announced his Covid illness on Friday and spent the weekend in the hospital.
Quelle: What / Dpa / Ag.
