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The speech came hours after various assessments of his health by administration officials made it unclear how ill the president had become since testing positive for coronavirus on Thursday night.
A team of White House doctors said Saturday morning that Trump’s condition was improving and that he was already talking about returning to the White House. One doctor said Trump had told them “‘I feel like I could get out of here today.’
Within minutes, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows gave reporters a less optimistic assessment, telling them: “The president’s vital signs over the past 24 hours were very worrying and the next 48 hours will be critical. in terms of your care. not on a clear path to a full recovery. “
Meadows, whose initial comments were provided on the condition that he not be identified, altered his tone hours later, telling Reuters that Trump was doing “very well” and that “doctors are very happy with his vital signs.”
