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Trump is not incapacitated and is working in isolation to avoid infecting others, a White House official said
Reuters ^ | 10/02/2020 | By Jeff Mason, Alexandra Alper, Steve Holland

Posted on 10/02/2020 10:31:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is experiencing mild symptoms after testing positive for the coronavirus, administration officials said on Friday, as the White House and presidential election campaign scrambled to adjust to the bombshell development.

Trump, who has played down the threat of the coronavirus pandemic from the outset, said he and his wife Melania had tested positive for the deadly virus and were going into quarantine. Their son Barron had tested negative, a White House official said.

Trump is not incapacitated and is working in isolation to avoid infecting others, a White House official said. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said the president, 74, was exhibiting mild symptoms. They gave no more details.

“We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!” Trump said in a tweet early on Friday morning.

Wall Street tumbled at news of one of the biggest health scares involving an American president for decades, with the S&P 500 plunging more than %1.5 at the opening.

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife tested negative, a Pence spokesman said. The White House official said Pence would work from his own residence several miles from the White House and his staff was being kept separated from Trump’s staff “out of an abundance of caution.”

Pence, 61, a conservative former U.S. lawmaker and Indiana governor, would take over if Trump were to become incapacitated.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: covid19; trump; whitehouse
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1 posted on 10/02/2020 10:31:48 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Oh but, they did have get the word “incapacitated “ in there...


2 posted on 10/02/2020 10:33:09 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: SeekAndFind
He needs to do podcasts.

Does he have a Youtube channel?

3 posted on 10/02/2020 10:33:09 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
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To: SeekAndFind

I hope he backs off enough to get some rest. I sometimes worry that he works too hard for us.


4 posted on 10/02/2020 10:34:07 AM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m having fun imagining a herd of nasty, little corona balls leaving a vapor trail, fleeing the White House, going “yipe, yipe, yipe”, and heading straight for easier pickings at the WaPo.


5 posted on 10/02/2020 10:35:02 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Potus is having a VIRTUAL RALLY TONIGHT instead of going to Orlando. See this:

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/president-trump-to-hold-virtual-campaign-rally-after-testing-positive-for-covid-19


6 posted on 10/02/2020 10:36:36 AM PDT by plushaye (God wins! Anarchy begone in Jesus Name!)
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To: plushaye

Limbaugh, you and POTUS are on the same wavelength....


7 posted on 10/02/2020 10:41:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: plushaye

Wow!


8 posted on 10/02/2020 10:41:57 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: SeekAndFind

When he’s feeling up to it, he should do a short video, maybe 5 minutes, as an “update” and to let folks know that despite the situation, it’s “business as usual” as much as it it can be.


9 posted on 10/02/2020 10:45:22 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: mewzilla

He never gives up, never gives in. I wish I was much more like Potus! ;)


10 posted on 10/02/2020 10:46:19 AM PDT by plushaye (God wins! Anarchy begone in Jesus Name!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why say stuff like this? I had no thought that he was incapacitated but now I worry a tad.


11 posted on 10/02/2020 10:46:28 AM PDT by Irenic (The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheelbarrow)
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To: LouieFisk

How about Potus doing a virtual rally tonight? (see #6)


12 posted on 10/02/2020 10:47:58 AM PDT by plushaye (God wins! Anarchy begone in Jesus Name!)
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“Potus is having a VIRTUAL RALLY TONIGHT instead of going to Orlando.”

Com’n, Man! Biden could do that! Well, if he could find 5 people who would attend, that is......


13 posted on 10/02/2020 10:48:04 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: SeekAndFind

The chance of Trump having a bad time with this is about .1% or one out of a thousand. even at his age. So I expect he will get out of this like a general leading his troupes into battle. Like Jesus being born and dying. He is not asking us to do anything he is not doing. And he is running the country, battling for re-election offer Biden and fighting the Chinese. Who is getting more done than he is.


14 posted on 10/02/2020 10:48:13 AM PDT by poinq
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To: SeekAndFind

I bet Trump shows up on Hannity tonight.


15 posted on 10/02/2020 10:48:14 AM PDT by Conserv (he)
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To: SeekAndFind

Glad to see an article free of inflammatory language, rhetoric or hyperbole. /sarc off


16 posted on 10/02/2020 10:48:31 AM PDT by small farm girl (....)
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To: plushaye

POTUS puts me in mind of George Washington, another man who took a licking and kept on ticking.


17 posted on 10/02/2020 10:48:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: LouieFisk
When he’s feeling up to it, he should do a short video, maybe 5 minutes, as an “update” and to let folks know that despite the situation, it’s “business as usual” as much as it it can be.

Or an hour long virtual rally, tonight for The Florida rally.

18 posted on 10/02/2020 10:49:06 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: plushaye

Trump the honey badger. He don’t give a sh*t.


19 posted on 10/02/2020 10:49:23 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

+1

5.56mm


20 posted on 10/02/2020 10:49:58 AM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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