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WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump, diagnosed with Covid-19 on Friday, posted a video on his Twitter Saturday night seeking to reassure the American people that he is okay. Doubts about the president’s actual state of health made the news on Saturday, amid conflicting statements from his medical team and White House officials.
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Pale, a little dejected and sitting at the table, Trump said he was not feeling well when he got to the hospital, but now he is “much better. The president, however, said that the “true test” of the seriousness of his case would be in the next few days, given the natural course of the disease. Hours earlier, White House Chief of Staff Mike Meadows had said the next 48 hours were “critical” for the president.
– When I got here, I didn’t feel so good. I feel so much better now. We are working hard for my full recovery. I have to go back because we still have to make the United States great again – said the president, repeating his slogan. – The next few days will be the Verdeirot test, so let’s see what happens.
The video, the date of which is unclear, is about four minutes long and is the president’s longest statement since his diagnosis was announced. Trump, who thanked the medical team and said he was eager to return to the campaign, said he had the option of staying at his official White House residence but preferred not to. However, according to sources heard by the New York Times, doctors chose to hospitalize him after Trump had difficulty breathing and his oxygenation rate dropped.
– I can’t stay locked up in a room up there (in the official residence), totally safe, and say “whatever has to happen will happen”. As a leader, I have to face problems. There was never a great leader who did that, he said.
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According to the president, who denied the severity of the pandemic and refused to follow the guidelines of the health authorities, his contagion was “something that happened”, like “millions of people around the planet.” He highlighted the therapeutic advances in the fight against the disease, including the experimental treatments he is taking, calling them “miracles that come from God.”
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At the end of the video, Trump also said that the first lady, Melania, also diagnosed with Covid-19, is fine:
– She is younger than me, just a little – said the president, 74, about his wife, 50. – From what we know about the disease, we know the situation of the elderly compared to the youngest. And Melania takes care of the statistics, as it should be.
