Covid 19 Coronavirus – Code Red – Why Donald Trump’s Positive Test Is The ‘Most Dangerous Time’ For The US Government

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his wife Melania tested positive for Covid-19.

It is labeled a “Code Red” for the US government.

CNN National Security Analyst Samantha Vinograd says this may be the most dangerous time the US government has ever faced.

She says that the president of the United States is suffering from the deadly virus, will have to quarantine him, and cannot fully fulfill his duties as commander-in-chief.

Samantha Vinograd says that based on the number of people Trump comes into contact with every day without wearing a mask, it stands to reason that other senior personnel in the national security apparatus may also be infected.

Trump announced the news on Twitter, saying that he and the First Lady would begin their quarantine and recovery process immediately.

“We will get through this together,” he said.

The couple went into quarantine and got tested today after one of the president’s closest advisers, Hope Hicks, contracted the infection.

In a memo, the president’s doctor said the president and the first lady “are doing well at this time” and “plan to stay at home inside the White House during their convalescence.”

“Rest assured, I hope the president will continue to serve without interruption while he recovers.”

Trump had previously announced in an interview with Fox News that he and the First Lady were awaiting his results.

Trump said it was difficult for him and his loved ones to avoid the virus, as many others, including members of the military, try to interact with them.

“It’s very difficult when you’re with soldiers, when you’re with airmen, when you’re with marines and police officers, I’m with them a lot. And when they get close to you, it’s hard to say, ‘stay back, stay behind.’ It is a difficult situation, it is something terrible, “he said.

The diagnosis marks a major blow for a president who has been desperately trying to convince the American public that the worst of the pandemic is behind us, even as cases continue to rise just weeks before the Nov.3 election. And it stands as the most serious public health scare known to any sitting American president in recent history.

Symptoms of Covid-19 can include fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Most people develop only mild symptoms. But some people, usually those with other medical complications, develop more serious symptoms, including pneumonia, which can be fatal.

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity earlier today, Trump said he was awaiting the results of a Covid-19 test. “If we quarantine it or if we have it, I don’t know,” he said, adding that first lady Melania Trump was also waiting for results.

Hicks traveled with the president multiple times this week, including aboard Marine One, the presidential helicopter and Air Force One to a rally in Minnesota on Wednesday, and aboard Air Force One for the first presidential debate Tuesday night in Cleveland.

Hicks, a former White House communications director who returned to the administration as Trump’s adviser earlier this year, traveled with him to and from this week’s presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio.

She was also aboard the president’s helicopter, Marine One, for a trip to Joint Base Andrews yesterday. And she was aboard Air Force One during Trump’s visit to Minnesota, where she held a political rally.

Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity after his test, but before the result was known, Trump was in a pretty positive mood.

Trump had consistently downplayed concerns about being personally vulnerable to contracting Covid-19, even after White House staff and allies were exposed and ill.

“I didn’t feel any vulnerability,” he told reporters in May.

Instead, he has encouraged governors to reopen their states and has sought to focus the nation’s attention on efforts to revive the economy, not on a rising death toll, as he seeks another four-year term.

The news would surely shake an already shaken nation still struggling with how to safely reopen while avoiding more spikes. The White House has access to nearly unlimited resources, including a steady supply of quick-result tests, yet it still failed to keep the president safe, raising questions about how the rest of the country will be able to protect its workers, students, and children. citizens. public how to reopen businesses and schools.

Trump is not the only major world leader known to have contracted the virus. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spent a week in hospital, including three nights in intensive care, where he was administered oxygen and monitored 24 hours a day by medical workers. German Chancellor Angela Merkel self-isolated after a doctor who gave her a vaccine tested positive for the virus, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau worked from home after his wife fell ill.

– Also with AP and news.com