President Donald Trump announced after midnight on Thursday night that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19.
Trump said he and his wife would be entering the “quarantine and recovery process immediately.”
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
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President Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for Coronavirus
First Lady Melania Trump tweeted that she and her husband are “feeling good” and she has “postponed all upcoming engagements.”
“As too many Americans have done this year, @potus & I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19,” Mrs. Trump tweeted.
“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 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) October 2, 2020
President Trump Was Worried After White House Aide Hope Hicks Tested Positive
President Trump testing positive for coronavirus came hours after it was earlier confirmed that White House aide Hope Hicks had tested positive for COVID-19 earlier on Thursday.
Hicks was showing symptoms during travel for the President’s rally in Duluth, Minnesota on Wednesday.
Hicks accompanied Trump for the rally, and was with him for the debate in Cleveland, Ohio Tuesday night.
Trump tweeted after Hicks tested positive, “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!”
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
No one is sure how Trump contracted the virus, and it is unclear exactly when he did.
President Trump’s physician released a public statement noting that the President and First Lady are “both well at this time.”
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 2, 2020
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74-year-old President Trump is in the at-risk age group for COVID-19.
The next presidential debate is currently scheduled for October 15th.
At this point, it is unclear how this development will affect that date, or the two future presidential debates scheduled before November 3rd.