• Trump was transported on Friday afternoon (local time) to Walter Reed Military Hospital outside of Washington, just in case.
  • Hospitalization is a precaution and Donald Trump will remain in the hospital’s presidential suite, which is equipped to allow the president to maintain his official duties.
  • A spokeswoman for his administration has already emphasized that Trump will not transfer power to Vice President Mike Pence. “The president is still in charge,” the source told NBC News.
  • If Trump is unable to govern, section three of the 25th amendment to the United States constitution provides for the possibility of the vice president taking office. To do this, the president needs to sign in writing to make the transfer official, after which he must do the same when he feels recovered and in a position to govern. We explain the process in detail here.

  • Late on Friday morning (mid-afternoon in Portugal), White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said the president was showing “mild symptoms” of covid-19, with signs identical to those of the flu, but without specifying which ones. Melania Trump used her personal account on the social network Twitter to also announce that she feels “mild symptoms”, but that, in general, she “feels fine.”

  • In addition to Melania and the president, several basic names of people close to Trump are also infected: Republican Senator Mike Lee, former advisor Kellyanne Conway and campaign manager for Trump’s presidential campaign, Bill Stepien.

  • Both Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris had a negative test, according to their campaign.
  • Vice President Mike Pence also tested negative for the virus on Friday morning and “remains in good health.”
  • Trump’s infection increased uncertainty over the presidential election scheduled for November 3, dragging international markets into negative territory.
  • What remains to be known: What will the campaign look like from now on? The campaign team of the Republican candidate when he came to say that the planned campaign actions will be virtually maintained or postponed. As for the debates between Trump and Biden, the following, scheduled for October 15 in Miami, Florida, may be at risk.