Donald and Melania Trump Have Tested Positive for COVID-19
Donald and Melania Trump Have Tested Positive for COVID-19
"We will get through this TOGETHER!”
Early Friday morning, Donald Trump tweeted that he and wife Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus.
“Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19,” he wrote. “We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!”
Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
The first lady echoed her husband’s sentiment, tweeting, “As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe & we will all get through this together.”
As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good & I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe & we will all get through this together.
— Melania Trump (@FLOTUS) October 2, 2020
The diagnosis comes hours after news that senior Trump aide, Hope Hicks, had contracted the virus. Hicks had traveled with the president to a rally on Wednesday and was on Air Force One with him on Tuesday ahead of the presidential debate.
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“Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19,” Trump tweeted two hours before his own diagnosis. “Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!”
Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
The Trumps join the ranks of more than 7.3 million Americans who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. To date, 208,000 people in our country have lost their lives.
