if you watched the tape, the president was already off the podium and was at the door with guys behind him when the reporter yelled the question. Pence said that he hadn’t been tested and he would find out if the president had.
The reason the CDC advises against cruise ship travel, besides the chance of infection, is, the State Dept has warned cruisers that they cannot automatically depend on the US to airlift them if they get stranded in a foreign country. Ships are being denied portage, and will continue to be denied until Wuhan Flu is no longer a threat to the public. Since younger people may be less succeptible to the disease, Fauci can say what he wants to do the cruise industry a favor, but it goes back to, you’re not getting rescued.
I saw it live. I’m not bashing Trump. I’m just saying he should have been tested, especially since he’s publicly known to have been in the company of his own chief of staff who is known to have been exposed, and that it would give the public some reassurance to know he’s been tested and found negative. Transparency and clarity here can only be good, if it’s handled properly.
And regarding the advice about cruises... Whichever their recommendation, and whatever the recommendation is, they need to be giving a consistent message.
POTUS looked like he was going in for a root canal. He definitely did not want to be there, cut it short and zipped out as fast as he could.