Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Robert O'Brien speaks to families of Americans held captive abroad on April 2, 2019, at the Department of State. [State Department Photo by Michael Gross]
On Monday, Bloomberg News correspondent Jennifer Jacobs reported that President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien has tested positive for COVID-19.
O'Brien is the latest of several White House officials and other people close to the president who have become infected. Last month, Council of Economic Advisers acting chairman Tomas Philipson came down with the virus. A few weeks later, just ahead of the president's Fourth of July speech at Mount Rushmore, Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is dating Donald Trump Jr. and was planning to attend the event, also tested positive, prompting her to leave and abandon her support staff.
