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It was an obviously more humble president who spoke to the country from Walter Reed Hospital on Saturday night, dressed in a blue shirt and jacket, but no tie.
“This is something that has happened, and it has also happened to millions of people around the world, “said the president in a video posted on his Twitter account. For the sake of weirdness, he did not call the disease he contracted the “plague of China.”
“I am fighting for them, and not just for them in the United States. We are going to beat this coronavirus, or whatever you want to call it,” he said.
The president entered the military hospital in Maryland on Friday after her condition worsened. His message on Saturday was that he is feeling better, but that the next few days will be crucial.
“We’ll see what happens,” he said in the video, in the usual cryptic way.
During the weekend, various information about Donald Trump’s health circulated. He reportedly suffered from a fever, cough, and rapidly deteriorating oxygen during Friday morning, and was treated with Remdesivir. His chief of staff, Mark Meadows, told Fox News that he and White House doctor Sean Conley were “very concerned” but that things had improved since then.
“He spent much of the afternoon doing his homework and has been moving around the hospital without any problems,” Sean Conley wrote in a statement Saturday.
Donald Trump still seems to work fully committed to conducting the elections as planned.
“I think I’ll be back soon,” the president said on Twitter.
“I hope to complete the campaign.”
However, it is unclear what that election campaign will look like, even if he will participate in the remaining two debates against Joe Biden.
Despite the permission of the president, there is still no talk of the vice president taking over as deputy, which can be done in accordance with the 25th Amendment to the Constitution. Mike Pence has tested negative twice in recent days, but as a precaution he will only hold virtual campaign meetings until Wednesday, when he meets Kamala Harris in the vice presidential debate.
Multiple people in Donald Trump Proximity has also tested positive for covid-19 in recent days, including campaign leaders Hope Hicks and Bill Stepien. Former adviser Kellyanne Conway and former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, who helped prepare for the debate, have also been confirmed infected. But despite that, the White House mask policy will remain voluntary, it was announced Friday.
The president has been criticized for failing to quarantine himself after being exposed to infected people.
“I had no choice,” the president said in response to criticism during Saturday’s video.
“This is the United States, the most powerful country in the world. I can’t get trapped in a room in the White House. As a leader, you have problems to deal with. “
But the crown bud also seems complicate Republicans’ plans to swiftly appoint a new Supreme Court justice. At least eight people who attended the ceremony at the White House last weekend for Amy Coney Barrett, the presidential candidate for the Supreme Court, have now been confirmed infected. Among these are three senators, two of whom belong to the legal committee that will hold her hearing.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell suspended all votes in the House for the next two weeks.
“All precautions are needed, because we do not expect any help from the Democrats, neither in committee nor in plenary session, so everyone must be alert,” he said Friday, referring to the need for 51 of the 53 Republican senators to take carry out your planned quick confirmation process.
The disease outbreak in the Senate also complicates the chances for politicians to vote through a new economic bailout package. Negotiations between Democratic President Nancy Pelosi and Finance Minister Steven Mnuchin are reported to have continued over the weekend.
Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, He tested negative for the virus on Friday, after his meeting with the president in Tuesday’s debate. However, the 77-year-old still decided to cut back on his commitments in the coming days.
“This should not be about party politics. It should be about America. We must unite as a nation,” the former vice president wrote on Twitter to show the seriousness of the situation.
The Trump campaign has repeatedly spread unconfirmed rumors about Joe Biden’s health, including that he will suffer from dementia. Before Tuesday’s debate, for example, candidates had to take drug tests so that Joe Biden couldn’t use performance-enhancing drugs.
Opinion polls show that Joe Biden has expanded his leadership nationally compared to Donald Trump in the last week. As weighted by Realclearpolitics, it now leads by 8 percentage points, with less than a month to go by Election Day.
