The Indonesia Post – Shocking news came from Uncle Sam’s country. The President – Donald Trump – tested positive for Covid-19. His wife – Melania Trump – is also positive. Both were declared positive after undergoing a series of tests last Friday. “We are going through this together,” Trump wrote in his tweet.
The news of Trump being infected with Covid-19 is so shocking. Not only because he is the president of a superpower but also because of his careless words and actions.
Trump has often underestimated the spread of covid-19. He is often seen in public spaces without wearing a mask. He even held a meeting in a closed room which was attended by many people without wearing masks – without maintaining a distance – without implementing health protocols.
The same thing was seen in the presidential debate in Cleveland last Tuesday US time. He was again seen not wearing a mask. In fact, he even mocked debate opponent Joe Biden. He said the mask Joe Biden was wearing was the biggest mask he had ever seen.
Not only that, about a week before being tested positive for corona, Trump also had time to tell the US people not to worry about Covid-19. He said covid-19 didn’t affect anyone. Except for the elderly and those with heart disease.
Now Trump is actually infected with the corona virus. At the current age of 74 years. Can be categorized as high risk. Now he is undergoing quarantine at home in the white building. In monitoring a team of presidential doctors and the greatest experts in the country. Everyone is prohibited from approaching without undergoing a test and a strict set of protocols.
Presidential Doctor Sean Conley confirmed Trump’s current condition was fine. He also hopes that Trump can continue to carry out activities during the quarantine. Moreover, currently the campaign schedule is so busy.
The news that Trump contracted Covid-19 broke out after one of his advisers, Hope Hicks, tested positive for corona. This 31-year-old woman is very close to Trump. He used to be the spokesman for Trump’s campaign team when the businessman ran as a presidential candidate. When Trump took office, Hicks became the communications director for the White House.
In March 2018, he stepped down from his post to become head of communications at the Fox company owned by conglomerate Rupert Murdoch. However, he returned to the White House in February 2020.
In recent weeks, Hope and Trump have been traveling together frequently. Hicks traveled with Trump on an Air Force One plane to attend the US presidential debate in Ohio earlier this week.
When he got off the plane, Hicks appeared not to be wearing a mask on Tuesday (29/09).
The next day, on Wednesday (30/09), he looked even closer to Trump. In the Marine One presidential helicopter, as the president holds a parade in Minnesota.
Hicks is not the first White House person to contract COVID-19. According to BCC, Vice President Press Secretary Mike Pence, Katie Miller, experienced the same thing last May and has now recovered.
That same month, a US Navy member who was one of Trump’s bodyguards also tested positive for the coronavirus.
In addition, the National Security Advisor, Robert O’Brien, as well as a number of personnel from the presidential security forces, a Marine One pilot, and employees of the White House cafeteria, also tested positive for Covid-19. However, the White House at the time said neither Trump nor Pence had been infected.
Now the corona has spread in the white building. It even infected the president, who was busy preparing for the presidential election campaign, with only 32 days to go. All parade schedules have been canceled. The presidential debate which is still 2 weeks away is unclear. It seems that now Trump has to lick his saliva back – which so far has belittled and even ridiculed others who tried to protect themselves from Covid-19. (imf/bbs)
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