Doctors say today that Trump may be discharged tomorrow. But yesterday they said "day 7 to 10 are the most critical." By current accounting, Monday only brings Trump to day 5 or 6. — Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) October 4, 2020
Trump himself said Saturday night the critical window was still a few days away: "You don’t know over the next period of a few days, I guess that’s the real test so we’ll be seeing what happens over those next couple of days." — Kevin Liptak (@Kevinliptakcnn) October 4, 2020
Dr. Conley defended Mark Meadows off-the-record statements to the press corps, though notably while Meadows appeared at the briefing, he didn't say anything to the press.
"The chief & I work side by side," Dr. Conley says when asked if people should believe him or Mark Meadows. Conley says Meadows's statement yesterday was "misconstrued." Meadows goes back inside with the doctors instead of separately speaking with reporters like yesterday. — Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 4, 2020
Circling back to the briefing, Conley noted that despite the "two episodes" of respiratory distress mentioned above, Trump has endured remarkably well so far during the course of his illness. The president is now stable, with a blood-oxygen level of 98%, Dr. Conley said.
Trump was given supplemental oxygen Friday because his blood oxygen level dropped below 94%. He was on it for maybe an hour, Dr. Conley said. Trump's oxygen level has never dropped below 90%.
But now that he's doing better, doctors are starting discharge planning.
"If everything continues to go well we're going to start discharge planning"
Asked why he was reluctant to disclose that the president had received oxygen, Dr Sean Conley says "it came off we were trying to hide something, which wasn't necessarily true" https://t.co/7vmMh5jzcx pic.twitter.com/LH6q5wWk2M — BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 4, 2020
CNN reported that people close to Trump are saying he's angry that he cannot address the media himself, and has been "critical" of what others have said. Most of that frustration, CNN says, has focused on Meadows, whose flip-flopping - initially saying Trump had a "mild" fever only to backtrack later in his Saturday evening interview with Fox news - has reportedly displeased Trump.