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“Don tested positive at the beginning of the week and has been quarantined in his cabin since the result,” the spokesman said. “So far he has been completely asymptomatic and follows all doctor-recommended COVID-19 guidelines.”
Trump Jr. becomes the latest figure close to the president to test positive for Covid-19. In addition to himself, first lady Melania Trump, his youngest son Barron, his chief of staff Mark Meadows and several other top advisers both in his campaign and in the White House have tested positive in recent months.
Trump Jr. was one of roughly 250 guests who attended the White House indoor election night party, where nearly all of the attendees were seen without a mask. Since then, other partygoers have tested positive, including Meadows Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson and White House political affairs director Brian Jack. A source familiar with the matter had told CNN at the time that all guests should receive a rapid test for Covid-19.
An earlier celebration of the White House has already been called a “super division event.” Several guests tested positive for Covid-19 after attending a nomination ceremony in late September for Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett, where attendees mingled, shook hands, and few wore masks.
The White House says it constantly tests those around President and Vice President Mike Pence, but officials often take a lax approach to following US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. a mask and a social distance.
Trump Jr. has spread a significant amount of misinformation about the coronavirus. Late last month, he told Fox News that the death toll from Covid-19 is “next to nothing” at a time when more than 228,000 Americans had succumbed to the virus.
During the summer, his Twitter account was restricted for sharing a video that spread false information about the drug hydroxychloroquine and he shared a meme on Facebook that spread doubts about the effectiveness of the masks against the coronavirus.
The news comes as Covid is spreading across the country, with daily case logs being set almost every day in November, and it is also spreading through the halls of power in Washington. Two Republican senators, Rick Scott of Florida and Chuck Grassley of Iowa, have announced in recent days that they have tested positive and so far 26 members of the House and 10 senators have tested positive or are presumed positive since the start of the pandemic. .
This story has been updated with additional information.
