President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both tested positive for COVID-19 early Friday, and are set to quarantine and recover at the White House.
“Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19,” the president tweeted.
“We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately.”
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Trump hard at work, in good spirits after
positive coronavirus test, McEnany says
'We're having to hold him back a little here,' White House press secretary tells 'Outnumbered Overtime'
President Trump is “feeling good” and is in “good
spirits” despite experiencing "mild symptoms" after testing positive
for the coronavirus, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany
told Fox News on Friday.
"We’re having to hold him back a little
here because he is hard at work," McEnany told “Outnumbered Overtime.”
"He spoke to Senator [Mitch] McConnell
today, Senator [Lindsey] Graham. I just spoke with the chief of staff [Mark
Meadows] and President Trump has talked to him about emergency declarations and
stimulus so we’re just trying to make sure that he takes it easy but he is hard
and work and will continue."
Trump announced early Friday that both he
and first
lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 and
will quarantine at the White House, sending shockwaves through the
political universe and leading to an outpouring of support for the first
family.
Both the president and the first lady are
experiencing mild symptoms of the novel coronavirus, the White House said.
McEnany said Trump “learned of his positive
test last night” and “within an hour we put out that information to the
American people.”
When asked if Trump would address the nation
about his health or stage virtual campaign events in the coming days, McEnany
answered, "It’s safe to say you that you’ll be seeing and hearing from the
president as he moves forward with his working schedule."
"I can tell you this about President
Trump," she added. "This man loves the American people, loves
speaking to them directly, and nothing’s going to stop him from doing just
that."
Fox News' Brooke Singman contributed
to this report.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-coronavirus-test-positive-mcenany
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Trump’s campaign ‘may be more focused and
disciplined’ without in-person events: Karl Rove
'In politics ... when you’re given lemons, make
lemonade,' former George W. Bush adviser tells Fox News
President
Trump being forced to hold virtual campaign events after testing positive for coronavirus may cause him to be more "focused and
disciplined" in his messaging, Fox News contributor Karl Rove suggested on
Friday.
"In politics, when you get faced with adversity --
when you’re given lemons, make lemonade," Rove told “Outnumbered Overtime.”
"The president is going to have to find a way to
occupy the time within the next 14 days and the irony is that he may be more
focused and disciplined by doing so," he added. "He’s not going to be
going to Duluth, Minnesota and [be] giving a speech for 70 minutes and say[ing]
something wild. He’s going to be focused and disciplined.”
The presidential campaign was thrown into chaos
early Friday, just 32 days before the November election, when
Trump tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested
positive for the coronavirus.
Trump's diagnosis, which was announced hours after his
longtime aide Hope Hicks had fallen ill with the virus, prompted the White
House to cancel previously scheduled campaign events in Florida on Friday.
The diagnosis could also have implications for
Trump's Democratic rival Joe Biden, who shared a debate stage with the
president on Tuesday night. Biden announced Friday that he and his wife Jill
had tested negative for the virus.
Rove pointed out Friday that there are many ways
Trump can connect with his supporters while remaining in quarantine.
“He can do a telephone town hall where, literally, his
supporters are given a phone number to dial in and he delivers a message over
that,” he suggested, adding that Trump “could also deliver a message
through traditional means” to converse with “middle-class families” about the issues
that affect them.
“For example, let’s say he spends a morning talking to
different people around the country who are going to be adversely impacted by
Joe Biden’s vow in the debate to eliminate the Trump tax cuts -- all of the
Trump tax cuts," Rove went on. So, talk to some middle-class families
who are going to be negatively impacted by seeing their rates go back up and
their child tax credits go down and that they’re going to lose several thousand
dollars a year to higher taxes."
Fox News' Megan Henney contributed
to this report.
Joshua
Q. Nelson, is a reporter for FoxNews.com.
You can find him on Twitter @joshuaqnelson.
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