
President Donald Trump speaking at the United Nations in 2017. (a katz / Shutterstock.com)
President Donald Trump announced he and the first lady have the coronavirus, which seemed almost inevitable to many observers.
The president announced that he and Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 after White House adviser Hope Hicks had been infected with the potentially deadly virus, upending the final weeks of the election.
Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19.… https://t.co/guNmSgcZbV— Donald J. Trump (@Donald J. Trump)1601606661.0
Trump and his wife will quarantine for two weeks to avoid exposing anyone else, knocking him off the campaign trail and already raising calls from the president's allies that Joe Biden suspend his campaign activities.
Of course this happened.— Ben Rhodes (@Ben Rhodes)1601619434.0
Wearing a mask was literally the least he could have done.— LOLGOP (@LOLGOP)1601631795.0
@realDonaldTrump Don't test and there won't be a problem.— The Lincoln Project (@The Lincoln Project)1601607231.0
I am sorry you have Covid 19 but more sorry for the country. Your complete dereliction of duty has put so many peop… https://t.co/pSP9xpEjQq— Anthony Scaramucci (@Anthony Scaramucci)1601628622.0
@Popehat I submit the following prediction: https://t.co/pYrTaQLxCQ— JohnCammo (@JohnCammo)1601615869.0
Hydroxychloroquine stand back and stand by— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn Torabi)1601612821.0
Spare a thought tonight for the families of more than 200,000 Americans who died in this pandemic, many of them, ac… https://t.co/PxRVm374Gu— Susan Glasser (@Susan Glasser)1601618229.0
This is a nightmare. COVID19 is a serious infection, especially for someone who is older like Mr. Trump. I can't… https://t.co/a8WhITymOj— Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH (@Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH)1601615332.0
Imagine that loathsome couple quarantined with each other. Nobody deserves it more. https://t.co/VwDqXSkJlL— Susan of Texas (@Susan of Texas)1601631592.0
Always so strange to be reminded that for some people the worst thing a person can do is cause the deaths of hundre… https://t.co/sCLUICguO2— Al Kennedy (Mostly Away) (@Al Kennedy (Mostly Away))1601631408.0
lol at anybody who denied this monster would be rehabilitated in 10 years. He's being rehabilitated *tonight*— Eli Valley (@Eli Valley)1601620602.0
Trump mocked Joe Biden for wearing a mask and for modeling appropriate behavior consistent with public health guida… https://t.co/3IYvRHQim3— Brian Klaas (@Brian Klaas)1601631164.0
This aged well. 4 hours ago. https://t.co/rTVohaqLD1— Neal Katyal (@Neal Katyal)1601610399.0
The President tested positive for the HOAX.— Don Winslow (@Don Winslow)1601616238.0
Just moments before the first presidential debate, a Cleveland Clinic doctor’s attempt to get Trump’s guests to wea… https://t.co/LvqmIG25my— Chris Jansing (@Chris Jansing)1601632742.0
I have to say i am so pissed off right now. Hope Hicks has Covid, and this President and White House flaunted not… https://t.co/I9LDJPLv9t— Matthew Dowd (@Matthew Dowd)1601605588.0