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Donald Trump appeared to be “haunted by his breathing” as he appeared on the White House balcony after his return from the hospital.
A doctor who analyzed the images said he “didn’t look any better” after being discharged.
Dr. Zoe Norris claimed that she opened her mouth at one point to take in a deep breath and keep her lungs “fuller than normal.”
Trump arrived at the White House Monday in a made-for-television show in which he alighted from his Marine One helicopter wearing a white surgical mask only to remove it as he posed, waving and waving, on the mansion’s south portico.
But East Yorkshire’s Dr Norris told BBC Breakfast that Trump didn’t look good in the White House pictures.
She said: “If you watch the video from the balcony of the White House, he’s clearly a little distressed with his breathing.
“That is not a man who is better.”
She added: “He’s very supported, his shoulders are very square because he’s trying to keep his lungs slightly inflated and not letting them go down and then he’s pulling on his neck as well.”
“You can see at one point that he opens his mouth to gasp and try to keep those lungs a little fuller than normal, so it’s very clear from a medical point of view.”
The president of the United States faced a new backlash today for removing his mask when he returned to the White House after his battle over the coronavirus.
He urged Americans not to fear the disease, which has killed more than 209,000 people in the country and landed him in hospital.
“Don’t let it take over you. Don’t be afraid,” Trump said in a video after he returned from Walter Reed Medical Center military hospital outside Washington, where he was treated.
“I’m better, and maybe I’m immune, I don’t know,” he added, flanked by American flags and with the Washington Monument in the background. “Get out there. Be careful.”
Trump, who was treated by an army of doctors and received experimental treatment, has repeatedly downplayed a disease that has killed more than a million people worldwide and left his own country with the highest death toll in the world.
“I was horrified when he said Covid should not be feared,” said William Schaffner, professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
“This is a disease that is killing about a thousand people a day, it has torpedoed the economy, it has put people out of work.
“This is a virus that must be respected and feared,” he added.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said every precaution was being taken to protect the president and his family.
Physical access to Trump would be limited and those close to him would wear appropriate protective gear.
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