Pres. Trump Tested Positive For Covid-19 Days Before Diagnosis

Former U.S. president Donald Trump first examined constructive for covid-19 on September 26, 2020, a number of days earlier than the world discovered of the life-threatening analysis, in keeping with an upcoming ebook from Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and a brand new report from the Guardian.

When President Trump introduced he had covid-19 on October 2 of final 12 months, there was hypothesis that maybe he had acquired the illness a lot earlier. And it seems that hypothesis was in all probability appropriate, although Trump acquired a detrimental check in between the primary check and his announcement to the world, in keeping with the Guardian, which obtained an early copy of an upcoming ebook by Meadows titled The Chief’s Chief.

Trump’s first constructive check was September 26, the identical day he held an enormous superspreader occasion on the White House to have a good time his nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. But the incubation interval for covid-19 might be anyplace from 2-14 days, which means it could actually take that lengthy after somebody has been contaminated earlier than they return a constructive check.

From the Guardian:

Despite the president wanting “a little tired” and suspecting a “slight cold”, Meadows says he was “content” that Trump travelled that night to a rally in Middletown, Pennsylvania.

But as Marine One lifted off, Meadows writes, the White House physician known as.

“Stop the president from leaving,” Meadows says Sean Conley advised him. “He just tested positive for Covid.”

It wasn’t doable to cease Trump however when he known as from Air Force One, his chief of workers gave him the information.

“Mr President,” Meadows mentioned, “I’ve got some bad news. You’ve tested positive for Covid-19.”

Trump’s reply, the religious Christian writes, “rhyme[d] with ‘Oh spit, you’ve gotta be trucking lidding me’.”

We’re going to guess that Trump truly mentioned, “Oh shit, you’ve gotta be fucking kidding me.”

Trump was examined once more and returned a detrimental check, although it’s not clear what number of different instances the previous president was examined between then and his acknowledgement to the world that he’d acquired the coronavirus. Trump was handled with monoclonal antibodies and made a full restoration from the illness after a protracted knock on death’s door.

What else did Trump do throughout that point between his first constructive check and his eventual admittance to the hospital? Trump debated Joe Biden on September 29, an occasion that was fraught with controversy over whether or not Trump had truly been examined for covid-19. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany insisted Trump had been examined before the debate, however she had lied on numerous points earlier than.

The American public was by no means advised of Trump’s constructive check on September 26 and there have been horrifying revelations since Trump left workplace about issues the general public was by no means advised, together with Trump’s attempted coup on January 6. How way more will we study between now and when Trump doubtless runs for workplace once more in 2024? It doesn’t actually matter, since Trump’s supporters appear to be with him it doesn’t matter what.

In truth, Trump is presently leading in polls that pit him in opposition to Biden and even Vice President Kamala Harris in a hypothetical 2024 run. Let’s simply hope that doesn’t occur once more. It can’t occur once more, proper? Right?