Coronavirus, Trump hospitalized: “Tired but in a good mood, he will work from there.” For now, no transfer of power to Pence

The President of the United States of America Donald trump He was hospitalized as a precaution in a military hospital a few hours after the news of his positivity for the coronavirus spread: he was transported “as a precaution”, since the White House, to Walter Reed Medical Center, known as the hospital of presidents. Trump “will continue working from there,” the spokeswoman stressed. Kaleygh McEnany. Information that is linked to another clarification that the White House wanted to make: there will be no transfer of powers to the vice president Mike pence. The president “remains fatigued but in good spirits” and is undergoing experimental synthetic antibody therapy that he finds encouraging, “said his personal physician. Sean Conley, while some media reported that he has a fever. Even the first lady Melania tested positive: he has a “mild cough and headache.” The first effect on the presidential election campaign, scheduled in exactly one month, is that your Democratic challenger, Joe biden, is temporarily removing the negative points about the president.

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Coronavirus, Trump for the first time in public wearing a mask during a visit to a military hospital

President Donald Trump wears a face mask as he walks down a hallway during a visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland on Saturday, July 11, 2020 (AP Photo / Patrick Semansky).

It was Trump himself late Thursday to report Twitter the world of his infection, a couple of hours after announcing that he underwent the test together with Melania and be in quarantine pending the results of the swab. A determined control after the contagion probably contracted by hope Hicks, the most faithful advisor who follows the president like a shadow, in the last days everywhere, even on board theAir Force One.

This is shocking news that shakes the United States and immediately shakes the markets, casting a shadow over the final part of the election campaign, now at grave risk. The 74-year-old president “can continue to serve without interruption,” his personal physician immediately said. “He is at work and will continue to work,” said the White House chief of staff. Mark Meadows. Your symptoms are light – the message leaked from the beginning by the president’s entourage – and they give hope of a speedy recovery. But in the meantime, Vice President Pence, in turn, immediately tested positive and negative, it was put on early warning, just in case the situation suddenly worsens. For now, his first and only television duel with the vice president candidate has been confirmed Kamala harris, next Wednesday in Utah.

Inevitably, all election appointments for the next few hours were skipped for the time being, when the president was expected to attend an event in Trump Hotel of Washington and then in the key state of Florida. In fact, a suspension of the campaign for reelection of which at this point it is not known when and if it will ever be able to resume normally, from the participation in the next presidential debates from October 15 to Miami and from 22 to Nashville. With the leader of the Republican Senators, Mitch McConnell, who advanced the hypothesis of remote comparisons.

Meanwhile the White House that between Thursday and Friday was one night of anguish and fear, for fear of discovering a real one outbreak inside. But with the passing of the hours the concern has diminished, with the negative tests for all those who in recent days have been close Hope hicks and the presidential couple: not just the vice president Pennies and his wife, but also Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared kushner, and the ministers of justice William Barr and the treasure Steve Mnuchin. Also negative is Barron, Donald and Melania’s 14-year-old son who lives with them in east wing of the presidential residence. Positive only one reportet and one staff member belonging to the lower part of the middle area.

But it was also proven Joe biden, who on Tuesday night shared the stage with the president in the first television duel in Ohio: the Democratic candidate, 77, is the result negativeas well as his wife Jill and your running mate Kamala Harris. Biden, who after Tuesday night’s insults sent his wishes for a speedy recovery to Trump, can safely continue his election campaign, which sees him involved in key states and on the scales as Michigan. “You don’t have to be hard on the virus, but wear the mask and follow all the other recommendations of the health authorities ”, said opening a meeting a Grand rapids. Trump’s positivity, he added, is an “invigorating warning to all of us that we must take the virus seriously.”

Now we are trying to reconstruct how things were. According to some media reports, citing sources close to Trump’s election campaign, the White House was aware of the positivity of Hicks as early as Wednesday night, so much so that that day, upon her return from a meeting in Minnesota, the councilwoman would have traveled in a separate cabin from theAir Force One, then exit the back of the plane once you reach the base of Andrews. Despite this, Trump did not immediately go into quarantine, instead flying to New Jersey the next day to attend a fundraising event. It was there that he would have experienced the first symptoms, with a cold and some coughs. The decision to undergo the test, therefore, only after returning to the White House late at night. Of course, this was not all October surprise in which the American president hoped to change his campaign during the final race to the November 3. The next few days will tell if The Donald will be able to emerge once more from a nightmare situation.