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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 5, 2020, United States President Donald Trump clenches his fist as he leaves Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, heading for Marine One, to return to the White House after being discharged. – President Donald Trump should be able to resume “public commitments” from October 10, 2020, announced the White House doctor on October 8, saying that the US leader has responded “extremely well” to treatment with Covid- 19. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
WASHINGTON, DC – US President Donald Trump said he was “drug-free” and revealed more details of his fight with Covid-19 in a televised interview broadcast Friday, a week after he was hospitalized for the virus. .
The president appeared on Fox’s Tucker Carlson Tonight for what the White House described as an on-air “medical evaluation” conducted remotely by Fox contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.
“Right now I haven’t been on medication, you know, probably eight hours ago,” Trump told Siegel.
It was unclear when the interview was recorded, which Carlson said was filmed by a White House camera crew.
Trump’s doctors had previously said they had given him an aggressive cocktail of therapeutic drugs, including the steroid dexamethasone, generally associated with severe cases of Covid-19.
Trump also said he had been retested for the virus.
“I’ve been tested again and I haven’t even figured out the numbers or anything yet, but I’ve been tested again and I know I’m at the bottom of the scale or free,” he said.
He said he didn’t know when his next test would be, adding that “probably tomorrow … they do tests every other day.”
Trump said the virus had sapped his energy levels, adding that he “didn’t feel very vital.”
He also said that he “had no trouble breathing.” His doctors have said they gave him supplemental oxygen at least twice, and the president later said lung tests had shown “some congestion there.”
Trump said he did not know where he had contracted the virus, adding: “It is very contagious. That’s something you learn, this is a contagious disease. “
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