“I want you to know that our nation will defeat this terrible virus from China,” Trump said.
Washington:
President Donald Trump appeared without a mask before hundreds of supporters on Saturday for his first public event since contracting Covid-19, declaring from the balcony of the White House: “I feel great.”
“I want you to know that our nation is going to defeat this terrible virus from China,” Trump told the crowd of hundreds of people downstairs, most in masks but with very little social distancing at the outdoor event.
“It’s going away, it’s going away,” Trump said of the virus, which has killed more than 210,000 Americans and seriously undermined his chances of winning a second term on November 3.
“Get out there and vote, and I love you,” Trump told the crowd, a sea of red “MAGA” hats, who chanted “Four more years” throughout his 18-minute speech on law and order. .
Retired from the election campaign after testing positive for Covid-19 nine days ago, Trump has been counting the days until he can get out again.
Saturday’s campaign-style event at the White House set the stage for his first rally Monday in the critical state of Florida, an event criticized as “reckless” by Biden, in light of concerns that the president could still be contagious. .
Undeterred, the Trump campaign announced two more demonstrations next week, on the Pennsylvania battlefield on Tuesday and in Iowa on Wednesday.
Trump’s greater responsibility, overwhelming public dissatisfaction with his handling of the pandemic, has once again become the main theme of the campaign thanks to his own infection, and cases are on the rise again across the country.
Trailing Democratic rival Joe Biden by about 10 points in national polls, Trump insists pollsters are wrong and is looking to restart his campaign less than four weeks before Election Day.
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