White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday claimed that he was “not optimistic” about a comprehensive deal on more coronavirus relief packages.&nbsp;

Meadows added that the Trump administration endorsed a more “piecemeal” approach.

"We're still willing to be engaged, but I'm not optimistic for a comprehensive deal. I am optimistic that there's about 10 things that we can do on a piecemeal basis if the speaker is willing to put it before her members," Meadows said in conversation with Fox News, while referring to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/world/trumps-return-leaves-white-house-in-disarray-as-infections-jolt-west-wing-333183" hreflang="en">Trump’s return leaves White House in disarray as infections jolt West Wing</a>

On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump, who himself is currently recovering from COVID-19 ended negotiations with Democrats over the economic package.

His Democrat rival in the upcoming presidential elections, Joe Biden said that Trump had abandoned Americans in the midst of a pandemic.

After Trump’s abrupt withdrawal from talks sent stocks on Wall Street spiralling by 2 per cent.

The United States has the world’s highest number of infections and deaths due to COVID-19. Trump has repeatedly been attacked by Democrats for downplaying the pandemic.

Four days after testing positive, Donald Trump returned to the White House, and removed his mask in the first appearance since he got infected, even though he looked a little out of breath.&nbsp;

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/world/coronavirus-spreads-among-trumps-inner-circle-top-white-house-aide-stephen-miller-tests-positive-333021" hreflang="en">Coronavirus spreads among Trump’s inner circle, top White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive</a>

Earlier, mixed reports of his health had surfaced on social media.&nbsp;

Due to the pandemic, millions in the US have lost their jobs, which has become the major point of contention in the upcoming elections.

"The president turned his back on you," Biden said in a Twitter post.

The virus continues to spread among Trump’s close aides. On Tuesday, senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said that he had tested positive, among many others.

"I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," Trump wrote on Twitter.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday claimed that he was “not optimistic” about a comprehensive deal on more coronavirus relief packages. Meadows added that the Trump administration endorsed a more “piecemeal” approach.

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Wednesday claimed that he was “not optimistic” about a comprehensive deal on more coronavirus relief packages. Meadows added that the Trump administration endorsed a more “piecemeal” approach. "We're still willing to be engaged, but I'm not optimistic for a comprehensive deal. I am optimistic that there's about 10 things that we can do on a piecemeal basis if the speaker is willing to put it before her members," Meadows said in conversation with Fox News, while referring to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Also read: Trump’s return leaves White House in disarray as infections jolt West Wing On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump, who himself is currently recovering from COVID-19 ended negotiations with Democrats over the economic package. His Democrat rival in the upcoming presidential elections, Joe Biden said that Trump had abandoned Americans in the midst of a pandemic. After Trump’s abrupt withdrawal from talks sent stocks on Wall Street spiralling by 2 per cent. The United States has the world’s highest number of infections and deaths due to COVID-19. Trump has repeatedly been attacked by Democrats for downplaying the pandemic. Four days after testing positive, Donald Trump returned to the White House, and removed his mask in the first appearance since he got infected, even though he looked a little out of breath. Also read: Coronavirus spreads among Trump’s inner circle, top White House aide Stephen Miller tests positive Earlier, mixed reports of his health had surfaced on social media. Due to the pandemic, millions in the US have lost their jobs, which has become the major point of contention in the upcoming elections. "The president turned his back on you," Biden said in a Twitter post. The virus continues to spread among Trump’s close aides. On Tuesday, senior policy adviser Stephen Miller said that he had tested positive, among many others. "I have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," Trump wrote on Twitter.

'Not optimistic' about comprehensive coronavirus aid: White House

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued its first annual homeland threat assessment, and as per this report, white supremacist groups pose one of the biggest threat to the country.

As per this report, the white supremacist groups have conducted more lethal attacks in the country than any other domestic extremist movement.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/gay-community-has-taken-over-the-proud-boys-hashtag-on-twitter-332537">Also read:&nbsp;Gay community has taken over the Proud Boys hashtag on Twitter</a>

"As Secretary, I am concerned about any form of violent extremism," wrote acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. "However, I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years."

The report suggests that these group demonstrate a&nbsp;&nbsp;"longstanding intent" to attack the racial groups, minority communities, politicians who do not share the same views and the&nbsp;members of the LGBTQ+ community.

This report has come at a very important time — a month before the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/us-election">US elections</a>&nbsp;that are scheduled on November 03. It also comes days after a controversy broke out when the&nbsp;US President&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;asked the white supremacist group&nbsp;Proud Boys&nbsp;to "<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-misses-opportunity-to-condemn-white-supremacists-group-proud-boys-331376">stand back and stand by</a>" during the first&nbsp;Presidential Debate.&nbsp;However, he later retracted his comments days later saying,&nbsp;"I condemn the KKK, I condemn all White supremacists, I condemn the Proud Boys."

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-backtracks-on-proud-boys-biden-calls-debate-national-embarrassment-331595">Also read:&nbsp;Trump backtracks on Proud Boys; Biden calls debate 'national embarrassment'</a>

Russia still a threat

In the same report, the Homeland Security also stressed that Russia still remains a national threat. It also added that Putin-led administration is&nbsp;"likely primary covert influence actor and purveyor".

The report also hinted that Russia may be using online&nbsp;operations to interfere and manipualte the upcoming US elections to divide and destabilise the country.&nbsp;

In addition to this,&nbsp;China and Iran have also been identified as threats to the country's presidential elections. "The most long term strategic threat to Americans, the Homeland, and our way of life is the threat from China,"&nbsp;Chad Wolf said.

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued its first annual homeland threat assessment, and as per this report, white supremacist groups pose one of the biggest threat to the country.

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued its first annual homeland threat assessment, and as per this report, white supremacist groups pose one of the biggest threat to the country. As per this report, the white supremacist groups have conducted more lethal attacks in the country than any other domestic extremist movement. Also read: Gay community has taken over the Proud Boys hashtag on Twitter "As Secretary, I am concerned about any form of violent extremism," wrote acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf. "However, I am particularly concerned about white supremacist violent extremists who have been exceptionally lethal in their abhorrent, targeted attacks in recent years." The report suggests that these group demonstrate a "longstanding intent" to attack the racial groups, minority communities, politicians who do not share the same views and the members of the LGBTQ+ community. This report has come at a very important time — a month before the US elections that are scheduled on November 03. It also comes days after a controversy broke out when the US President Donald Trump asked the white supremacist group Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" during the first Presidential Debate. However, he later retracted his comments days later saying, "I condemn the KKK, I condemn all White supremacists, I condemn the Proud Boys." Also read: Trump backtracks on Proud Boys; Biden calls debate 'national embarrassment' Russia still a threat In the same report, the Homeland Security also stressed that Russia still remains a national threat. It also added that Putin-led administration is "likely primary covert influence actor and purveyor". The report also hinted that Russia may be using online operations to interfere and manipualte the upcoming US elections to divide and destabilise the country. In addition to this, China and Iran have also been identified as threats to the country's presidential elections. "The most long term strategic threat to Americans, the Homeland, and our way of life is the threat from China," Chad Wolf said.

Weeks before US election, Homeland Security identifies white supremacists and Russia as big threats

The&nbsp;US President&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump</a>&nbsp;tested positive for the novel coronavirus few days ago and was taken to the Water Reed hospital for treatment.&nbsp;

However, while the President claimed to be doing "very well" and asked the Americans to not let the virus "dominate" their lives, various polls are showing that the Americans are, infact, more concerned about the virus since the President tested positive.

A new poll conducted by&nbsp;Axios-Ipsos revealed that nearly 21 per cent respondents have now started wearing face masks and maintaining social distance since the president was seen struggling for breath on the White House balcony.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-doing-extremely-well-no-covid-symptoms-white-house-physician-333003">Also read|&nbsp;Trump doing extremely well, no COVID symptoms: White House physician</a>

The poll was conducted with 405 Americans between&nbsp;Friday and Monday, and while 21 per cent participants agreed to changing their behaviour, rest still believe in trump's policy of wearing a mask "only when necessary".

Only 12 per cent participants said they would be willing to wear gloves to avoid contracting the virus by touching surfaces in public spaces. However, 85 per cent decided to avoid gloves, and 3 per cent said they are less likely to change their gloves-wearing habits.

In another survey conducted by CNN International media house, it was revealed that nearly 69 per cent Americans have lost trust in the information coming from the White House since the President tested positive, and 12 per cent they now don't "fully" trust the White House information.

<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/michelle-obama-slams-trump-in-closing-arguments-for-biden-332963">Also read|&nbsp;Michelle Obama slams Trump in closing arguments for Biden</a>

Interestingly, 63 per cent people said they feel Trump's own infection with the virus is less likely to change the way he will be handling the pandemic, and 60 per cent said they disapprove with the whole narrative.

The polls have come out at a time when&nbsp;Trump&nbsp;is facing the wrath of experts and opponents for comparing the COVID-19 to a "flu" and asking people to not let it "dominate" their lives. "Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu. Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!," Trump tweeted.&nbsp;

The US President Donald Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus few days ago and was taken to the Water Reed hospital for treatment. However, while the President claimed to be doing "very well" and asked the Americans to not let the virus "dominate" their lives, various polls are showing that the Americans are, infact, more concerned about the virus since the President tested positive.

The US President Donald Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus few days ago and was taken to the Water Reed hospital for treatment. However, while the President claimed to be doing "very well" and asked the Americans to not let the virus "dominate" their lives, various polls are showing that the Americans are, infact, more concerned about the virus since the President tested positive. A new poll conducted by Axios-Ipsos revealed that nearly 21 per cent respondents have now started wearing face masks and maintaining social distance since the president was seen struggling for breath on the White House balcony. Also read| Trump doing extremely well, no COVID symptoms: White House physician The poll was conducted with 405 Americans between Friday and Monday, and while 21 per cent participants agreed to changing their behaviour, rest still believe in trump's policy of wearing a mask "only when necessary". Only 12 per cent participants said they would be willing to wear gloves to avoid contracting the virus by touching surfaces in public spaces. However, 85 per cent decided to avoid gloves, and 3 per cent said they are less likely to change their gloves-wearing habits. In another survey conducted by CNN International media house, it was revealed that nearly 69 per cent Americans have lost trust in the information coming from the White House since the President tested positive, and 12 per cent they now don't "fully" trust the White House information. Also read| Michelle Obama slams Trump in closing arguments for Biden Interestingly, 63 per cent people said they feel Trump's own infection with the virus is less likely to change the way he will be handling the pandemic, and 60 per cent said they disapprove with the whole narrative. The polls have come out at a time when Trump is facing the wrath of experts and opponents for comparing the COVID-19 to a "flu" and asking people to not let it "dominate" their lives. "Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu. Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!," Trump tweeted.

Americans now trust masks after Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19

The Trump administration has announced new restrictions on H-1B non immigrant visa programme which it said is aimed at protecting American workers

Trump administration says it will further tighten rules for H-1B visas

The coronavirus’s rampage through America threw a spotlight on its failings — on the galling inequality, the fatal partisanship, the susceptibility to fiction and the way in which rugged individualism had curdled into plain old selfishness.

The coronavirus’s rampage through the White House has had the same effect. What we have seen over recent days is Donald Trump’s presidency in miniature, his worst traits distilled. Two in particular — mendacity and recklessness — are on especially unsettling display.

When exactly did the president get sick and precisely how sick did he get? That’s knowable, but we still don’t really know it. He’s in the hospital. We’re in the dark.

How many people might he have exposed to the coronavirus since first experiencing symptoms himself? We’re still plumbing that mystery. We’re still doing that tally.

What is clear amid all this defensive murkiness is that Trump’s dismissive attitude toward the virus became its accomplice, as his disdain for masks and perverse sense of invincibility translated into a packed calendar of events and blasé behavior by the people attending them that amounted to epidemiological suicide.

Illness isn’t illuminating him, not to judge by a stunt he pulled early Sunday evening, when he left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center briefly to ride past and wave at supporters outside. Although he wore a mask, “Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days,” Dr. James P. Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed, wrote on Twitter. “They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity.”

Reviewing the timeline of the president’s activities leading up to his positive coronavirus test, journalists have focused, for good reason, on the Rose Garden ceremony on Sept. 26 at which he introduced his latest Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, to the nation. At least a half-dozen people who have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past few days were there, in a crowd where neither social distancing nor face covering was enforced. It may have been a superspreader event.

But the crazy part is that Trump’s next five days were a sequence of potential superspreader events, because his look-Ma-no-mask presidency is its own potential superspreader event: the rallies, the big convention speech outside the White House, the sessions of debate prep and the debate itself, at which the safety protocol decreed that everyone in the audience wear a mask.

Trump’s family members and Trump’s chief of staff did not and, according to the debate’s moderator, Chris Wallace, waved away an official from the Cleveland Clinic who offered masks to them. Wallace recounted that situation on “Fox News Sunday,” asking a Trump adviser if they think that “rules for everybody else” don’t apply to them.

Great question. With an obvious answer. They are trapped by their own denialism, which demands that they model the lack of concern that they push on voters, and they elevate looking undaunted over being smart, confidence over prudence, because that’s the administration’s way.

Besides, masks would have incensed Trump, who, based on his debate performance, needed to be cooled down, not fired up. As Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman reported in The New York Times, he created a “top-down culture of fear” about exhibiting any worry about infection. “If you wanted to make the boss happy,” Karni and Haberman wrote, “you left the mask at home.”

That’s a metaphor for a whole lot more. If you want to make the boss happy, you tell him that his inauguration drew many more people than it did. You tell him bad news is fake. You tell him the polls are off. You tell him Robert Mueller’s investigation is a hoax. You tell him that President Barack Obama spied on his campaign.

You become Attorney General Bill Barr, a one-man factory of exonerations and excuses. You abet his existence in an alternate reality, where the sun is always shining and will magically zap an inconvenient virus into oblivion.

Trump’s aides abetted him all the way to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, supplemental oxygen, steroids and remdesivir. In the course of making the boss happy, they helped make him sick.

A president’s diagnosis with a serious illness should be a moment of at least temporary conciliation, unity and healing, when political adversaries put away their weapons, journalists muffle their alarms and Americans say a public prayer for a speedy recovery.

But Trump’s path to this point and his manner at this point prevent that. They compel the telling of hard truths, because they’re so reflective of the mistakes made in battling this pandemic.

“What I hope is that what we have seen with the president is a cautionary tale for people” and that more of them “wear a mask to help other people,” one governor said publicly. That governor was a Republican, Mike DeWine of Ohio.

I’ve heard nothing yet from Trump or senior White House officials that suggests that necessary lessons have been learned — that a commitment to a new conscientiousness has been made. As of early Sunday evening, they’d offered absolutely no public information or assurances about contact tracing for all the people who’d attended Trump events recently or crossed paths with him.

On Saturday evening, Trump tweeted out a four-minute video in which he had the good grace to thank the medical professionals tending to him and the many Americans who’d sent kind wishes his way.

Nevertheless, he persisted in his irresponsibility. Instead of promoting mask wearing and proper social distancing — a message that would have had tremendous power, given the circumstances of its delivery — he defended all those crammed events of his, saying the alternative was sequestering himself upstairs in the White House and abdicating his duties.

“I had no choice,” he said, preposterously. There’s a middle ground between hiding out and a schedule that summons maskless throngs and dispenses with all caution. He just didn’t care to inhabit it.

And while he found no time in that video to discuss proper protection against the coronavirus, he did reassure Americans that medical advances, such as new treatments, would save the day. “They’re miracles, coming from God,” he said. That statement isn’t an incentive to behave better. It’s an invitation to nonchalance.

Early Sunday evening, he released another video, just over a minute long. Again, no mention of masks. No mention of social distancing. But lavish self-congratulation.

“We have enthusiasm like probably nobody has ever had — people that love the job we’re doing,” he said of his administration’s supporters. “We have more enthusiasm than maybe anybody.”

It’s certainly not the fruit of candor or transparency. He and his administration have demonstrated neither since the tweet in the wee hours of Friday morning when he told the world that he had the coronavirus.

Physicians and administration officials have contradicted one another. They have contradicted themselves. They have moved and muddled the timeline of his first symptoms and treatments. They have given us every reason to wonder about a cover-up and made calm impossible and trust a joke.

“What is the actual state of President Trump’s health — now and over the past 24 hours?” Jonathan Swan of Axios wrote late Saturday. “It’s one of the most high-stakes questions in the world, and I cannot answer it, despite having spent since 5 a.m. on Friday on my phone with sources inside and close to the White House.”

In fact, Swan added, some of those sources merely echoed and amplified his wonderment.

“They’re utterly perplexed about what’s going on,” he wrote. “They, like us, have little confidence in what they are being told.”

To my ears they’re not just talking about Trump’s current illness. They’re talking about his administration’s sickness from the start.

The coronavirus’s rampage through America threw a spotlight on its failings — on the galling inequality, the fatal partisanship, the susceptibility to fiction and the way in which rugged individualism had curdled into plain old selfishness.

The coronavirus’s rampage through America threw a spotlight on its failings — on the galling inequality, the fatal partisanship, the susceptibility to fiction and the way in which rugged individualism had curdled into plain old selfishness. The coronavirus’s rampage through the White House has had the same effect. What we have seen over recent days is Donald Trump’s presidency in miniature, his worst traits distilled. Two in particular — mendacity and recklessness — are on especially unsettling display. When exactly did the president get sick and precisely how sick did he get? That’s knowable, but we still don’t really know it. He’s in the hospital. We’re in the dark. How many people might he have exposed to the coronavirus since first experiencing symptoms himself? We’re still plumbing that mystery. We’re still doing that tally. What is clear amid all this defensive murkiness is that Trump’s dismissive attitude toward the virus became its accomplice, as his disdain for masks and perverse sense of invincibility translated into a packed calendar of events and blasé behavior by the people attending them that amounted to epidemiological suicide. Illness isn’t illuminating him, not to judge by a stunt he pulled early Sunday evening, when he left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center briefly to ride past and wave at supporters outside. Although he wore a mask, “Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days,” Dr. James P. Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed, wrote on Twitter. “They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity.” Reviewing the timeline of the president’s activities leading up to his positive coronavirus test, journalists have focused, for good reason, on the Rose Garden ceremony on Sept. 26 at which he introduced his latest Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, to the nation. At least a half-dozen people who have tested positive for the coronavirus over the past few days were there, in a crowd where neither social distancing nor face covering was enforced. It may have been a superspreader event. But the crazy part is that Trump’s next five days were a sequence of potential superspreader events, because his look-Ma-no-mask presidency is its own potential superspreader event: the rallies, the big convention speech outside the White House, the sessions of debate prep and the debate itself, at which the safety protocol decreed that everyone in the audience wear a mask. Trump’s family members and Trump’s chief of staff did not and, according to the debate’s moderator, Chris Wallace, waved away an official from the Cleveland Clinic who offered masks to them. Wallace recounted that situation on “Fox News Sunday,” asking a Trump adviser if they think that “rules for everybody else” don’t apply to them. Great question. With an obvious answer. They are trapped by their own denialism, which demands that they model the lack of concern that they push on voters, and they elevate looking undaunted over being smart, confidence over prudence, because that’s the administration’s way. Besides, masks would have incensed Trump, who, based on his debate performance, needed to be cooled down, not fired up. As Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman reported in The New York Times, he created a “top-down culture of fear” about exhibiting any worry about infection. “If you wanted to make the boss happy,” Karni and Haberman wrote, “you left the mask at home.” That’s a metaphor for a whole lot more. If you want to make the boss happy, you tell him that his inauguration drew many more people than it did. You tell him bad news is fake. You tell him the polls are off. You tell him Robert Mueller’s investigation is a hoax. You tell him that President Barack Obama spied on his campaign. You become Attorney General Bill Barr, a one-man factory of exonerations and excuses. You abet his existence in an alternate reality, where the sun is always shining and will magically zap an inconvenient virus into oblivion. Trump’s aides abetted him all the way to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, supplemental oxygen, steroids and remdesivir. In the course of making the boss happy, they helped make him sick. A president’s diagnosis with a serious illness should be a moment of at least temporary conciliation, unity and healing, when political adversaries put away their weapons, journalists muffle their alarms and Americans say a public prayer for a speedy recovery. But Trump’s path to this point and his manner at this point prevent that. They compel the telling of hard truths, because they’re so reflective of the mistakes made in battling this pandemic. “What I hope is that what we have seen with the president is a cautionary tale for people” and that more of them “wear a mask to help other people,” one governor said publicly. That governor was a Republican, Mike DeWine of Ohio. I’ve heard nothing yet from Trump or senior White House officials that suggests that necessary lessons have been learned — that a commitment to a new conscientiousness has been made. As of early Sunday evening, they’d offered absolutely no public information or assurances about contact tracing for all the people who’d attended Trump events recently or crossed paths with him. On Saturday evening, Trump tweeted out a four-minute video in which he had the good grace to thank the medical professionals tending to him and the many Americans who’d sent kind wishes his way. Nevertheless, he persisted in his irresponsibility. Instead of promoting mask wearing and proper social distancing — a message that would have had tremendous power, given the circumstances of its delivery — he defended all those crammed events of his, saying the alternative was sequestering himself upstairs in the White House and abdicating his duties. “I had no choice,” he said, preposterously. There’s a middle ground between hiding out and a schedule that summons maskless throngs and dispenses with all caution. He just didn’t care to inhabit it. And while he found no time in that video to discuss proper protection against the coronavirus, he did reassure Americans that medical advances, such as new treatments, would save the day. “They’re miracles, coming from God,” he said. That statement isn’t an incentive to behave better. It’s an invitation to nonchalance. Early Sunday evening, he released another video, just over a minute long. Again, no mention of masks. No mention of social distancing. But lavish self-congratulation. “We have enthusiasm like probably nobody has ever had — people that love the job we’re doing,” he said of his administration’s supporters. “We have more enthusiasm than maybe anybody.” It’s certainly not the fruit of candor or transparency. He and his administration have demonstrated neither since the tweet in the wee hours of Friday morning when he told the world that he had the coronavirus. Physicians and administration officials have contradicted one another. They have contradicted themselves. They have moved and muddled the timeline of his first symptoms and treatments. They have given us every reason to wonder about a cover-up and made calm impossible and trust a joke. “What is the actual state of President Trump’s health — now and over the past 24 hours?” Jonathan Swan of Axios wrote late Saturday. “It’s one of the most high-stakes questions in the world, and I cannot answer it, despite having spent since 5 a.m. on Friday on my phone with sources inside and close to the White House.” In fact, Swan added, some of those sources merely echoed and amplified his wonderment. “They’re utterly perplexed about what’s going on,” he wrote. “They, like us, have little confidence in what they are being told.” To my ears they’re not just talking about Trump’s current illness. They’re talking about his administration’s sickness from the start.

A president in the hospital and a nation in the dark

US President Donald Trump is doing "extremely well" and has been reporting no symptoms of COVID-19, a day after returning to the White House after being hospitalised with the highly contagious disease, his doctor said in a statement on Tuesday.

Sean Conley, a Navy commander, said a team of physicians met with the president on Tuesday morning.

"He had a restful first night at home, and today he reports no symptoms. Vital signs and physical exam remain stable, with an ambulatory oxygen saturation level of 95-97%," he said in a statement released by the White House. "Overall he continues to do extremely well."

The Republican president, running for re-election against Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 election, was admitted to hospital on Friday after being diagnosed with COVID-19.

Trump, who was treated by an army of doctors and received experimental treatment, has repeatedly played down a disease that has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and left his own country with the highest death toll in the world.

Trump arrived at the White House on Monday in a made-for-television spectacle in which he descended from his Marine One helicopter wearing a white surgical mask only to remove it as he posed, saluting and waving, on the mansion's South Portico.

"Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it," Trump said in a video after his return from the Walter Reed Medical Center military hospital outside Washington where he was treated for the disease caused by the coronavirus.

"I'm better, and maybe I'm immune - I don't know," he added, flanked by American flags and with the Washington Monument in the background. "Get out there. Be careful."

He also said he is looking forward to a scheduled debate with Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden next week and said he is feeling great following his first night back in the White House after being in the hospital for COVID-19.

"I am looking forward to the debate on the evening of Thursday, October 15th in Miami. It will be great!" Trump said on Twitter.

US President Donald Trump is doing "extremely well" and has been reporting no symptoms of COVID-19, a day after returning to the White House after being hospitalised with the highly contagious disease, his doctor said in a statement on Tuesday.

US President Donald Trump is doing "extremely well" and has been reporting no symptoms of COVID-19, a day after returning to the White House after being hospitalised with the highly contagious disease, his doctor said in a statement on Tuesday. Sean Conley, a Navy commander, said a team of physicians met with the president on Tuesday morning. "He had a restful first night at home, and today he reports no symptoms. Vital signs and physical exam remain stable, with an ambulatory oxygen saturation level of 95-97%," he said in a statement released by the White House. "Overall he continues to do extremely well." The Republican president, running for re-election against Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 election, was admitted to hospital on Friday after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Trump, who was treated by an army of doctors and received experimental treatment, has repeatedly played down a disease that has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and left his own country with the highest death toll in the world. Trump arrived at the White House on Monday in a made-for-television spectacle in which he descended from his Marine One helicopter wearing a white surgical mask only to remove it as he posed, saluting and waving, on the mansion's South Portico. "Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it," Trump said in a video after his return from the Walter Reed Medical Center military hospital outside Washington where he was treated for the disease caused by the coronavirus. "I'm better, and maybe I'm immune - I don't know," he added, flanked by American flags and with the Washington Monument in the background. "Get out there. Be careful." He also said he is looking forward to a scheduled debate with Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden next week and said he is feeling great following his first night back in the White House after being in the hospital for COVID-19. "I am looking forward to the debate on the evening of Thursday, October 15th in Miami. It will be great!" Trump said on Twitter.

Trump doing extremely well, no COVID symptoms: White House physician

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday said that US President Donald Trump is&nbsp;"responsible" for catching coronavirus.

The statement came as&nbsp;his Republican rival Trump returned to the White House after a three-night hospital stay for treatment for COVID-19.&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;criticised the president for flouting mask wearing and social distancing guidelines.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-still-infectious-returns-to-white-house-removes-mask-despite-having-covid-332785" hreflang="en">Don’t let coronavirus dominate you: Trump removes mask after leaving hospital</a>

Biden was questioned if he agrees with a recent poll says 65 percent of Americans think the president bears some responsibility for contracting this virus.&nbsp;To which he replied,&nbsp;"Look, anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter, I think is is is responsible."

Trump told Americans "to get out there" and not fear COVID-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday and removed his white surgical mask to pose for pictures.

"Look, anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter, I think is is is responsible,"&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;told an NBC town hall in Miami, Florida.

"I would hope that the president, having gone through what he went through and I'm glad he seems to be coming along pretty well, would communicate the right lesson to the American people. Mask's matter," he added.

Also see:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/photos/heres-who-has-tested-positive-and-negative-in-trumps-circle-332571" hreflang="en">Here's who has tested positive and negative in Trump's circle</a>

Trump wore a mask as he left the helicopter that flew him back from a military hospital outside Washington and climbed the stairs of the White House South Portico, where he removed it and posed for pictures, waving, saluting and giving thumbs-up signs.

He then turned to walk into the White House, his mask still in his pocket, TV footage showed.

Trump has played down a disease has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and more than 209,000 in the United States alone, the highest death toll of any country.

The Republican president, running for re-election against Democrat Joe&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;in the November&nbsp;3 <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/us-election">US&nbsp;election</a>, was admitted to the Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday after being diagnosed with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

"Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it," Trump said in a recorded video message. "We're going back, we're going back to work. We're going to be out front. ... Don't let it dominate your lives. Get out there, be careful."

Shortly after his return, a video with thunderous orchestral music posted to his Twitter handle showed him arriving at the White House and saluting from the South Portico as Marine One flew off. The video was quickly viewed nearly a million times.

Trump has repeatedly flouted social-distancing guidelines meant to curb the virus' spread. He also mocked&nbsp;Biden&nbsp;at last Tuesday's presidential debate for wearing a mask at events, even when he is far from others.

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday said that US President Donald Trump is "responsible" for catching coronavirus. The statement came as his Republican rival Trump returned to the White House after a three-night hospital stay for treatment for COVID-19.

Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden on Monday said that US President Donald Trump is "responsible" for catching coronavirus. The statement came as his Republican rival Trump returned to the White House after a three-night hospital stay for treatment for COVID-19. Biden criticised the president for flouting mask wearing and social distancing guidelines. Also read: Don’t let coronavirus dominate you: Trump removes mask after leaving hospital Biden was questioned if he agrees with a recent poll says 65 percent of Americans think the president bears some responsibility for contracting this virus. To which he replied, "Look, anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter, I think is is is responsible." Trump told Americans "to get out there" and not fear COVID-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday and removed his white surgical mask to pose for pictures. "Look, anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter, I think is is is responsible," Biden told an NBC town hall in Miami, Florida. "I would hope that the president, having gone through what he went through and I'm glad he seems to be coming along pretty well, would communicate the right lesson to the American people. Mask's matter," he added. Also see: Here's who has tested positive and negative in Trump's circle Trump wore a mask as he left the helicopter that flew him back from a military hospital outside Washington and climbed the stairs of the White House South Portico, where he removed it and posed for pictures, waving, saluting and giving thumbs-up signs. He then turned to walk into the White House, his mask still in his pocket, TV footage showed. Trump has played down a disease has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and more than 209,000 in the United States alone, the highest death toll of any country. The Republican president, running for re-election against Democrat Joe Biden in the November 3 US election, was admitted to the Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday after being diagnosed with the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. "Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it," Trump said in a recorded video message. "We're going back, we're going back to work. We're going to be out front. ... Don't let it dominate your lives. Get out there, be careful." Shortly after his return, a video with thunderous orchestral music posted to his Twitter handle showed him arriving at the White House and saluting from the South Portico as Marine One flew off. The video was quickly viewed nearly a million times. Trump has repeatedly flouted social-distancing guidelines meant to curb the virus' spread. He also mocked Biden at last Tuesday's presidential debate for wearing a mask at events, even when he is far from others.

Joe Biden says Donald Trump 'responsible' for catching COVID-19

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s excursion around Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday evening, his repeated requests to be discharged and his aggressive denial of the seriousness of the coronavirus underscore the highly unusual and precarious problem presented to his doctor: His patient is also his boss.

In the case of Dr. Sean P. Conley, the White House physician and Navy doctor, the patient is both the boss and the commander in chief. Disobeying Trump’s wishes could be seen as tantamount to insubordination, among the military’s highest offenses.

Trump, like many presidents, chose a military doctor, long considered the most convenient and most trusted steward of presidential health and closely guarded medical information.

Conley, who served as an emergency doctor in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant commander, said Monday that while the president was “not out of the woods,” he agreed with Trump’s decision to leave the military’s health center in Bethesda, Maryland.

“The president has been a phenomenal patient during his stay here, and he’s been working hand in glove with us and the team,” Conley said at a news conference at Walter Reed, in which he said Trump would be departing.

“He has never once pushed us to do anything,” the doctor added.

Even though it is common for those who serve in the military to be treated by a medical professional of lower rank, only the president holds the title of top boss and, in the case of Walter Reed, technically has command over the entire medical center. Like other presidents, Trump appeared to pick a doctor who would maintain the narrative of his health status.

“Presidents make these decision based on politics over medicine,” said Matthew Algeo, the author of “The President Is a Sick Man” and other books about the presidency. “And there is an inherent conflict between politics and medicine.”

Algeo said the issue had so hampered the public’s right to know about a president’s condition that a commission should be established to reevaluate how the occupant of the Oval Office receives care.

Trump is far from the first president to try to underplay a medical condition, and others have gone further. It’s just that Trump’s team has been particularly ham-handed with their clouding of his condition, Algeo said.

Abraham Lincoln was incubating smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address, which his aides later played down. Woodrow Wilson had a stroke that was covered up for four months and greatly incapacitated him at the end of his second term. Grover Cleveland’s cancer surgery was hidden for nearly a quarter of a century. Franklin D. Roosevelt and his aides disguised his inability to walk unaided, the result of paralytic disease, as well as a host of serious ailments at the end of his life. Warren G. Harding had an undisclosed heart issue.

“My impression is that FDR was probably in denial about how dire his condition was,” said Susan Dunn, a professor of humanities at Williams College and author of a book on the former president. “It was an election season for FDR, too, when his health worsened so dramatically. Perhaps Trump, like FDR, is also in denial about the seriousness of his illness.”

She said that Trump had “behaved irresponsibly and with willful ignorance about the gravity of the pandemic, a true public health crisis, and his insistence on leaving the hospital today only underscores his juvenile, self-interested behavior.”

Forms of modern media, in particular social media, make hiding any illness or deterioration much more difficult than in previous generations. So Trump’s doctor appears to have chosen another route, obfuscating details with vague timelines and imprecise language.

Algeo said, for instance, that brushing off Trump’s use of oxygen “reminds me of the Monty Python skit in which one of the knights who has one of his legs cut off and the other leg and then an arm says, ‘It’s only a scratch.’” (“’Tis but a scratch,” Python buffs will note.)

The net result of Trump’s hospitalization has been widespread confusion among those who may have been exposed by the president and others around him who have tested positive for the virus, and a general sense that his care is being coordinated less by medical professionals than the West Wing.

More unusual is Trump’s insistence on trying to resume normal activities when he has a highly contagious and notably volatile illness, one that is particularly dangerous to men his age and weight.

“Having an infectious illness itself is not a reason to keep someone in the hospital,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore. “But if there is a suspicion that a patient will knowingly and purposefully endanger others, there would need to be a discussion had about keeping that patient in the hospital against his will.”

But most experts agreed that presidents have final say over their care in a way that most patients in and out of the military do not, and that those decisions end up reflecting on the doctors who speak about them in public.

“All of these decisions fall at the feet of the president ultimately, and that is putting hospitals and doctors in a bad position,” said David Lapan, a former official at the departments of Homeland Security and Defense and a retired Marine colonel. “When the doctors come out and say things in news conferences that are either seen as untrue or obfuscating, that reflects poorly on the doctor and the military.”

Conley would not say Monday whether Trump was well advised to go to a fundraiser in New Jersey on Thursday night. “I’m not going to get into operations,” he said, demurring on the president’s assessment that the coronavirus was nothing to fear. “I’m not going to get into that.”

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s excursion around Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday evening, his repeated requests to be discharged and his aggressive denial of the seriousness of the coronavirus underscore the highly unusual and precarious problem presented to his doctor: His patient is also his boss.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s excursion around Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Sunday evening, his repeated requests to be discharged and his aggressive denial of the seriousness of the coronavirus underscore the highly unusual and precarious problem presented to his doctor: His patient is also his boss. In the case of Dr. Sean P. Conley, the White House physician and Navy doctor, the patient is both the boss and the commander in chief. Disobeying Trump’s wishes could be seen as tantamount to insubordination, among the military’s highest offenses. Trump, like many presidents, chose a military doctor, long considered the most convenient and most trusted steward of presidential health and closely guarded medical information. Conley, who served as an emergency doctor in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant commander, said Monday that while the president was “not out of the woods,” he agreed with Trump’s decision to leave the military’s health center in Bethesda, Maryland. “The president has been a phenomenal patient during his stay here, and he’s been working hand in glove with us and the team,” Conley said at a news conference at Walter Reed, in which he said Trump would be departing. “He has never once pushed us to do anything,” the doctor added. Even though it is common for those who serve in the military to be treated by a medical professional of lower rank, only the president holds the title of top boss and, in the case of Walter Reed, technically has command over the entire medical center. Like other presidents, Trump appeared to pick a doctor who would maintain the narrative of his health status. “Presidents make these decision based on politics over medicine,” said Matthew Algeo, the author of “The President Is a Sick Man” and other books about the presidency. “And there is an inherent conflict between politics and medicine.” Algeo said the issue had so hampered the public’s right to know about a president’s condition that a commission should be established to reevaluate how the occupant of the Oval Office receives care. Trump is far from the first president to try to underplay a medical condition, and others have gone further. It’s just that Trump’s team has been particularly ham-handed with their clouding of his condition, Algeo said. Abraham Lincoln was incubating smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address, which his aides later played down. Woodrow Wilson had a stroke that was covered up for four months and greatly incapacitated him at the end of his second term. Grover Cleveland’s cancer surgery was hidden for nearly a quarter of a century. Franklin D. Roosevelt and his aides disguised his inability to walk unaided, the result of paralytic disease, as well as a host of serious ailments at the end of his life. Warren G. Harding had an undisclosed heart issue. “My impression is that FDR was probably in denial about how dire his condition was,” said Susan Dunn, a professor of humanities at Williams College and author of a book on the former president. “It was an election season for FDR, too, when his health worsened so dramatically. Perhaps Trump, like FDR, is also in denial about the seriousness of his illness.” She said that Trump had “behaved irresponsibly and with willful ignorance about the gravity of the pandemic, a true public health crisis, and his insistence on leaving the hospital today only underscores his juvenile, self-interested behavior.” Forms of modern media, in particular social media, make hiding any illness or deterioration much more difficult than in previous generations. So Trump’s doctor appears to have chosen another route, obfuscating details with vague timelines and imprecise language. Algeo said, for instance, that brushing off Trump’s use of oxygen “reminds me of the Monty Python skit in which one of the knights who has one of his legs cut off and the other leg and then an arm says, ‘It’s only a scratch.’” (“’Tis but a scratch,” Python buffs will note.) The net result of Trump’s hospitalization has been widespread confusion among those who may have been exposed by the president and others around him who have tested positive for the virus, and a general sense that his care is being coordinated less by medical professionals than the West Wing. More unusual is Trump’s insistence on trying to resume normal activities when he has a highly contagious and notably volatile illness, one that is particularly dangerous to men his age and weight. “Having an infectious illness itself is not a reason to keep someone in the hospital,” said Dr. Leana Wen, a former health commissioner for the city of Baltimore. “But if there is a suspicion that a patient will knowingly and purposefully endanger others, there would need to be a discussion had about keeping that patient in the hospital against his will.” But most experts agreed that presidents have final say over their care in a way that most patients in and out of the military do not, and that those decisions end up reflecting on the doctors who speak about them in public. “All of these decisions fall at the feet of the president ultimately, and that is putting hospitals and doctors in a bad position,” said David Lapan, a former official at the departments of Homeland Security and Defense and a retired Marine colonel. “When the doctors come out and say things in news conferences that are either seen as untrue or obfuscating, that reflects poorly on the doctor and the military.” Conley would not say Monday whether Trump was well advised to go to a fundraiser in New Jersey on Thursday night. “I’m not going to get into operations,” he said, demurring on the president’s assessment that the coronavirus was nothing to fear. “I’m not going to get into that.”

When the patient is your commander in chief, the answer is usually 'Yes, Sir'

Former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama has accused President Donald Trump of "willful mismanagement" of the coronavirus crisis and of racism in a scathing new video four weeks before election day November 3.

Donald Trump is a "racist" president whose strategy of fearmongering, division and promoting ugly conspiracy theories could "destroy" America if he is re-elected, the former first lady said Tuesday.

In a 24-minute video offering closing arguments for Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden, Obama described Trump and his Republican allies as unfairly "stoking fears" about African Americans.

Obama noted&nbsp;that more Americans have died from COVID-19 than those who died in the Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Korean wars combined. To her charade, she adds that "our commander in chief, sadly, has been missing in action."&nbsp;She also calls&nbsp;on all young and Black voters to not "waste" their votes.

Trump is "morally wrong" for taking actions that intimidate voters and for "lying" about how minorities will ruin US suburbs, she said.

"What the president is doing is once again patently false, it's morally wrong, and yes, it is racist," said the 56-year-old wife of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president.

But she warned such tactics have the potential to work, particularly because Americans lack the time and energy to fact-check everything being spread online or in US media.

"Because this is a difficult time, a confusing time, and when people hear these lies and crazy conspiracies repeated over and over and over again, they don't know what to think," she said.&nbsp;

"And the one thing this president is really, really good at is using fear and confusion, and spreading lies to win," Obama added.

Trump has declared himself the "law and order" president, and has repeatedly slammed protesters taking on racial injustice as violent extremists.

Obama's video targets a wide range of voters. Along with speaking to "black and brown folks," she urged white Americans to imagine "the millions of folks who look like me, and fought and died and toiled as slaves and soldiers and laborers to help build this country."

"As a black woman, like the majority of those in the country, having "done everything in my power to live a life of dignity and service and honesty, the knowledge that any of my fellow Americans is more afraid of me than the chaos that we are living through right now, well that hurts," she said.

"It is a heaviness that sits on our hearts."

Obama criticised Trump's "failure" to tackle the coronavirus, his belittling US military personnel as "losers" and his devotion to "enriching himself" and wealthy cronies.

Biden, she said, offers contrasting values aimed at helping working class families, healing divisions and protecting the environment.

"Search your hearts and your conscience, and then vote for Joe Biden like your lives depend on it," she said.

Former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama has accused President Donald Trump of "willful mismanagement" of the coronavirus crisis and of racism in a scathing new video four weeks before election day November 3.

Former first lady of the United States Michelle Obama has accused President Donald Trump of "willful mismanagement" of the coronavirus crisis and of racism in a scathing new video four weeks before election day November 3. Donald Trump is a "racist" president whose strategy of fearmongering, division and promoting ugly conspiracy theories could "destroy" America if he is re-elected, the former first lady said Tuesday. In a 24-minute video offering closing arguments for Democratic White House nominee Joe Biden, Obama described Trump and his Republican allies as unfairly "stoking fears" about African Americans. Obama noted that more Americans have died from COVID-19 than those who died in the Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam and Korean wars combined. To her charade, she adds that "our commander in chief, sadly, has been missing in action." She also calls on all young and Black voters to not "waste" their votes. Trump is "morally wrong" for taking actions that intimidate voters and for "lying" about how minorities will ruin US suburbs, she said. "What the president is doing is once again patently false, it's morally wrong, and yes, it is racist," said the 56-year-old wife of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president. But she warned such tactics have the potential to work, particularly because Americans lack the time and energy to fact-check everything being spread online or in US media. "Because this is a difficult time, a confusing time, and when people hear these lies and crazy conspiracies repeated over and over and over again, they don't know what to think," she said. "And the one thing this president is really, really good at is using fear and confusion, and spreading lies to win," Obama added. Trump has declared himself the "law and order" president, and has repeatedly slammed protesters taking on racial injustice as violent extremists. Obama's video targets a wide range of voters. Along with speaking to "black and brown folks," she urged white Americans to imagine "the millions of folks who look like me, and fought and died and toiled as slaves and soldiers and laborers to help build this country." "As a black woman, like the majority of those in the country, having "done everything in my power to live a life of dignity and service and honesty, the knowledge that any of my fellow Americans is more afraid of me than the chaos that we are living through right now, well that hurts," she said. "It is a heaviness that sits on our hearts." Obama criticised Trump's "failure" to tackle the coronavirus, his belittling US military personnel as "losers" and his devotion to "enriching himself" and wealthy cronies. Biden, she said, offers contrasting values aimed at helping working class families, healing divisions and protecting the environment. "Search your hearts and your conscience, and then vote for Joe Biden like your lives depend on it," she said.

Michelle Obama slams Trump in closing arguments for Biden

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US President Trump on Tuesday returned to the White House after being discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland.

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US President Trump on Tuesday returned to the White House after being discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. 
 
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Trump, who checked out of hospital after four days of emergency treatment for coronavirus infection, pulled off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowed to quickly get back on the campaign trail.

“Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump tweeted downplaying the serious threat of the virus, which has killed 209,000 people in the United States.

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According to the US media, Trump’s doctor said it was unclear when the president would no longer be able to infect others.

After reaching White House, he walked up the steps onto the South Portico's stately balcony and demonstratively removed his mask, saluting the departing Marine One.

With less than a month until November 3 election day, polls show Trump behind Democrat Joe Biden and left scrambling even harder by his hospitalization to catch up.

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The return to the White House was minutely stage managed to show he is physically fit, while a series of striking tweets demonstrated Trump's coming angle of political attack — that he personally beat Covid and will now lead the country to its own comeback.

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"Don't be afraid of Covid," he said in another, claiming to be feeling rejuvenated after his illness.

But the 74-year-old Republican's display of bravado came the same day as his own chief spokeswoman tested positive for the virus -- the latest in an outbreak raging within the White House.

And despite his claims to be in good health again, a combination of White House secrecy, conflicting information from officials and the viral spread among his own circle, damaged his credibility.

In a briefing from the hospital, presidential physician Sean Conley said Trump is "back" but also said he would not be "entirely out of the woods" for another week.

It wasn't clear how free Trump will be to move about in the White House's crowded corridors and small office spaces. The facility, however, has a medical team of its own which will monitor the president in case of relapse.

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US President Trump on Tuesday returned to the White House after being discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. Also read | White House press secretary tests positive for coronavirus Trump, who checked out of hospital after four days of emergency treatment for coronavirus infection, pulled off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowed to quickly get back on the campaign trail.

US President Trump on Tuesday returned to the White House after being discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland. Also read | White House press secretary tests positive for coronavirus Trump, who checked out of hospital after four days of emergency treatment for coronavirus infection, pulled off his mask the moment he reached the White House and vowed to quickly get back on the campaign trail. “Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” Trump tweeted downplaying the serious threat of the virus, which has killed 209,000 people in the United States. pic.twitter.com/OxmRcZ5nUZ — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020 × According to the US media, Trump’s doctor said it was unclear when the president would no longer be able to infect others. After reaching White House, he walked up the steps onto the South Portico's stately balcony and demonstratively removed his mask, saluting the departing Marine One. With less than a month until November 3 election day, polls show Trump behind Democrat Joe Biden and left scrambling even harder by his hospitalization to catch up. pic.twitter.com/Sn4yTTg8eB — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020 × The return to the White House was minutely stage managed to show he is physically fit, while a series of striking tweets demonstrated Trump's coming angle of political attack — that he personally beat Covid and will now lead the country to its own comeback. "Will be back on the Campaign Trail soon!!!" he said in one tweet. Will be back on the Campaign Trail soon!!! The Fake News only shows the Fake Polls. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020 × "Don't be afraid of Covid," he said in another, claiming to be feeling rejuvenated after his illness. But the 74-year-old Republican's display of bravado came the same day as his own chief spokeswoman tested positive for the virus -- the latest in an outbreak raging within the White House. And despite his claims to be in good health again, a combination of White House secrecy, conflicting information from officials and the viral spread among his own circle, damaged his credibility. In a briefing from the hospital, presidential physician Sean Conley said Trump is "back" but also said he would not be "entirely out of the woods" for another week. It wasn't clear how free Trump will be to move about in the White House's crowded corridors and small office spaces. The facility, however, has a medical team of its own which will monitor the president in case of relapse. (With inputs from agencies)

Trump, still infectious, returns to White House; removes mask despite having Covid

Democratic Presidential Candidate Joe Biden appears to lead President Donald Trump in certain swing states, in opinion poll conducted by Reuters and IPSOS, just less than a month ahead of voting.

US Election 2020: 'Joe Biden appears to lead President Donald Trump in certain swing states'

“Any man's death diminishes me,” wrote John Donne, “because I am involved in Mankinde.” With that thought, let us all wish Donald Trump a full and speedy recovery from his bout of COVID-19.

We wish him well because, even, or especially, in our hyperpolitical age, some things must be beyond politics. When everything is political, nothing is sacred — starting with human life. It’s a point the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century understood well.

We wish him well because the sudden death of any president is a traumatic national event that will inevitably animate every crackpot in the country. If the term “grassy knoll” still means something in America, just imagine the reaction in the QAnon world if Trump’s condition were to abruptly deteriorate after his stay at Walter Reed.

We wish him well because of Mike Pence.

We wish him well because, even as he tweets “Don’t be afraid of Covid,” he could still serve as a living witness to the fact that if you stick a lot of maskless people close together you are likely to spread the virus, as it has to more than a dozen people, and counting, in his circle. Courage, says Aristotle, is the mean between rashness and cowardice. Trump may still be rash, but his followers don’t need to be.

We wish him well because doing otherwise would bring us down to his level — the victory he has always sought; the victory that, among both his fervent loyalists and angriest critics, he has largely gained. The goal of the Trump project is the diminishment of moral expectations and the debasement of public norms. For his enemies to wish him dead would be his ultimate vindication.

We wish him well because the country requires a political referendum, not a literal post-mortem, on this presidency. Trump’s illness is an incident of nature, but his brand of politics is a force in the world of ideas. If he loses reelection (at least if he loses by a wide margin), then right-wing populism loses also, in the U.S. and across the world. If he wins, then those of us who are his opponents will have to take stock of the ways in which we have hurt our own cause. That includes the way in which our personal distaste for the man and our condescension, overt or implicit, to his voters have made us even more distasteful to ordinary Americans than he is.

We wish him well because if, God forbid, the president were to die this month, he would go down undefeated, a martyr to the tens of millions of Americans who’ve treated him as a savior. Trump’s death would guarantee a long life for Trumpism, with his children as its principal beneficiaries.

We wish him well because Trump’s opponents — Democrats and NeverTrumpers alike — need a clean political victory. If Trump survives but is forced to endure a difficult recovery, it could put the hideousness of last week’s debate behind him, mute the criticism of his performance and soften his image in the eyes of wavering voters. The longer he lingers, the better his chances may be, at least politically.

We wish him well because if illness keeps him sidelined and he winds up losing the election, he will surely blame the disease for the loss. This could well be untrue (see above), but it won’t stop his supporters from believing it. Again, Trump the man needs to live — and lose — because it’s the only way the Trump cult might die.

We wish him well because it is too rich for words to see his chronic apologists in the media suddenly become appalled and dismayed by the bad manners of those who have gloated over Trump’s diagnosis. Who are these latter-day Capt. Renaults, “shocked, shocked” to discover the incivilities of American discourse? And where were they, other than cheering from the sidelines or murmuring evasions about the president’s “style,” when it was the president insulting and defaming his critics?

We wish him well because we are better than he is. We are better than the man who mocked Hunter Biden for his substance-abuse issues. We are better than the man who called NeverTrumpers “human scum.” We are better than the man who wants to put his political opponents in jail. We are better than the man who publicly humiliates his own advisers. We are better than the man who demeaned the gold-star parents of a fallen soldier. We are better than the man who pantomimed the physical disabilities of a reporter. We are better than the man who stiffs his suppliers and swindles his “students.” We are better than the man who uses his celebrity to grope. We are better than the man who took a bone-spur draft deferment so that he could live to denigrate the courage of prisoners of war. We are better than the man who race-baited and conspiracy-theorized his way into political relevance.

We wish him well because it’s the right thing to do. It’s more than reason enough.

“Any man's death diminishes me,” wrote John Donne, “because I am involved in Mankinde.” With that thought, let us all wish Donald Trump a full and speedy recovery from his bout of COVID-19.

“Any man's death diminishes me,” wrote John Donne, “because I am involved in Mankinde.” With that thought, let us all wish Donald Trump a full and speedy recovery from his bout of COVID-19. We wish him well because, even, or especially, in our hyperpolitical age, some things must be beyond politics. When everything is political, nothing is sacred — starting with human life. It’s a point the totalitarian regimes of the 20th century understood well. We wish him well because the sudden death of any president is a traumatic national event that will inevitably animate every crackpot in the country. If the term “grassy knoll” still means something in America, just imagine the reaction in the QAnon world if Trump’s condition were to abruptly deteriorate after his stay at Walter Reed. We wish him well because of Mike Pence. We wish him well because, even as he tweets “Don’t be afraid of Covid,” he could still serve as a living witness to the fact that if you stick a lot of maskless people close together you are likely to spread the virus, as it has to more than a dozen people, and counting, in his circle. Courage, says Aristotle, is the mean between rashness and cowardice. Trump may still be rash, but his followers don’t need to be. We wish him well because doing otherwise would bring us down to his level — the victory he has always sought; the victory that, among both his fervent loyalists and angriest critics, he has largely gained. The goal of the Trump project is the diminishment of moral expectations and the debasement of public norms. For his enemies to wish him dead would be his ultimate vindication. We wish him well because the country requires a political referendum, not a literal post-mortem, on this presidency. Trump’s illness is an incident of nature, but his brand of politics is a force in the world of ideas. If he loses reelection (at least if he loses by a wide margin), then right-wing populism loses also, in the U.S. and across the world. If he wins, then those of us who are his opponents will have to take stock of the ways in which we have hurt our own cause. That includes the way in which our personal distaste for the man and our condescension, overt or implicit, to his voters have made us even more distasteful to ordinary Americans than he is. We wish him well because if, God forbid, the president were to die this month, he would go down undefeated, a martyr to the tens of millions of Americans who’ve treated him as a savior. Trump’s death would guarantee a long life for Trumpism, with his children as its principal beneficiaries. We wish him well because Trump’s opponents — Democrats and NeverTrumpers alike — need a clean political victory. If Trump survives but is forced to endure a difficult recovery, it could put the hideousness of last week’s debate behind him, mute the criticism of his performance and soften his image in the eyes of wavering voters. The longer he lingers, the better his chances may be, at least politically. We wish him well because if illness keeps him sidelined and he winds up losing the election, he will surely blame the disease for the loss. This could well be untrue (see above), but it won’t stop his supporters from believing it. Again, Trump the man needs to live — and lose — because it’s the only way the Trump cult might die. We wish him well because it is too rich for words to see his chronic apologists in the media suddenly become appalled and dismayed by the bad manners of those who have gloated over Trump’s diagnosis. Who are these latter-day Capt. Renaults, “shocked, shocked” to discover the incivilities of American discourse? And where were they, other than cheering from the sidelines or murmuring evasions about the president’s “style,” when it was the president insulting and defaming his critics? We wish him well because we are better than he is. We are better than the man who mocked Hunter Biden for his substance-abuse issues. We are better than the man who called NeverTrumpers “human scum.” We are better than the man who wants to put his political opponents in jail. We are better than the man who publicly humiliates his own advisers. We are better than the man who demeaned the gold-star parents of a fallen soldier. We are better than the man who pantomimed the physical disabilities of a reporter. We are better than the man who stiffs his suppliers and swindles his “students.” We are better than the man who uses his celebrity to grope. We are better than the man who took a bone-spur draft deferment so that he could live to denigrate the courage of prisoners of war. We are better than the man who race-baited and conspiracy-theorized his way into political relevance. We wish him well because it’s the right thing to do. It’s more than reason enough.

Wish a president well who doesn’t wish you well

Nearly four million people have voted in the US so far from the postal ballot system, a number that indicates that record voting can take place in the country.&nbsp;

Amid the pandemic that has worst hit the US, Americans are heavily relying on mail-in voting for the <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/us-election">presidential election</a> to avoid the risk of contracting the virus by going to the polling station.&nbsp;

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The US Elections Project, which makes data of early voting said that over 3.8 million people have cast their ballot so far, which greatly surpasses the nearly 75,000-mark that was touched during this time in 2016.

Michael McDonald of the University of Florida, who administers this project, believes that this massive rise in mail-in voting is because it's a safe process in view of coronavirus outbreak and since several people have decided <a href="https://www.wionews.com/topics/donald-trump">Donald Trump's</a> fate.&nbsp;

"We've never seen this many people voting so far ahead of an election," he said, as quoted by news agency Reuters.&nbsp;

"People cast their ballots when they make up their minds, and we know that many people made up their minds long ago and already have a judgment about Trump."

McDonald predicted that this spike in early voting could lead to an overall turnout of nearly 150 million, a record number since 1908.

He said these figures have arrived from the 31 US states out of the 50 that have started mail-in voting and added that the early voting will rise further after more states will start allowing it in the upcoming weeks.&nbsp;

Nearly four million people have voted in the US so far from the postal ballot system, a number that indicates that record voting can take place in the country. Amid the pandemic that has worst hit the US, Americans are heavily relying on mail-in voting for the presidential election to avoid the risk of contracting the virus by going to the polling station.

Nearly four million people have voted in the US so far from the postal ballot system, a number that indicates that record voting can take place in the country. Amid the pandemic that has worst hit the US, Americans are heavily relying on mail-in voting for the presidential election to avoid the risk of contracting the virus by going to the polling station. Also read | 'We still have to make America great again': Trump promises to return soon to start US election campaign The US Elections Project, which makes data of early voting said that over 3.8 million people have cast their ballot so far, which greatly surpasses the nearly 75,000-mark that was touched during this time in 2016. Michael McDonald of the University of Florida, who administers this project, believes that this massive rise in mail-in voting is because it's a safe process in view of coronavirus outbreak and since several people have decided Donald Trump's fate. "We've never seen this many people voting so far ahead of an election," he said, as quoted by news agency Reuters. "People cast their ballots when they make up their minds, and we know that many people made up their minds long ago and already have a judgment about Trump." McDonald predicted that this spike in early voting could lead to an overall turnout of nearly 150 million, a record number since 1908. He said these figures have arrived from the 31 US states out of the 50 that have started mail-in voting and added that the early voting will rise further after more states will start allowing it in the upcoming weeks.

US Election 2020: About 4 million people already voted; record turnout likely

If you contract the coronavirus in the United States, you may get a similar behavioural treatment the president -- Donald Trump -- received. But not the same kind of medical treatment.

"I feel better than I did 20 years ago!" Trump tweeted Monday. And why not, for the treatment he received is one-of-a-kind.

Before he was hospitalised Friday, Trump reportedly received Regeneron's experimental antibody therapy -- which may reduce levels of coronavirus and has shown promising results in a trial involving 275 patients.

But the treatment has not yet received emergency use authorisation from the Food and Drug Administration.

For many, getting access to not-yet-approved drugs through a compassionate use request can be a long and challenging process.

In addition to the experimental antibody therapy, Trump was also given remdesivir and dexamethasone.

Again, remdesivir has not received FDA approval for the treatment of Covid-19, but it's gotten an emergency use authorisation from the agency.

Clinical trials have shown that a five-day course of remdesivir can speed recovery times in some patients. But the antiviral can also cause side effects such as anemia, liver toxicity and kidney toxicity.

Remdesivir is administered by IV, so patients are typically hospitalised when getting the five-day course.

Trump has also received dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available corticosteroid that can reduce inflammation. But it also suppresses the immune system, so it's generally not recommended for Covid-19 patients unless the situation is severe.

Some patients who have benefited from dexamethasone still die less than a month later.

While many Americans have struggled to get Covid-19 tests or test results without massive delays, Trump has been the most tested man in America -- a stark contrast to the availability for most Americans.

The White House has cited Trump's frequent testing as a reason why he didn't need to wear a mask in public. But health experts have said that's flawed logic.

If you contract the coronavirus in the United States, you may get a similar behavioural treatment the president -- Donald Trump -- received. But not the same kind of medical treatment.

If you contract the coronavirus in the United States, you may get a similar behavioural treatment the president -- Donald Trump -- received. But not the same kind of medical treatment. "I feel better than I did 20 years ago!" Trump tweeted Monday. And why not, for the treatment he received is one-of-a-kind. Before he was hospitalised Friday, Trump reportedly received Regeneron's experimental antibody therapy -- which may reduce levels of coronavirus and has shown promising results in a trial involving 275 patients. But the treatment has not yet received emergency use authorisation from the Food and Drug Administration. For many, getting access to not-yet-approved drugs through a compassionate use request can be a long and challenging process. In addition to the experimental antibody therapy, Trump was also given remdesivir and dexamethasone. Again, remdesivir has not received FDA approval for the treatment of Covid-19, but it's gotten an emergency use authorisation from the agency. Clinical trials have shown that a five-day course of remdesivir can speed recovery times in some patients. But the antiviral can also cause side effects such as anemia, liver toxicity and kidney toxicity. Remdesivir is administered by IV, so patients are typically hospitalised when getting the five-day course. Trump has also received dexamethasone, a cheap and widely available corticosteroid that can reduce inflammation. But it also suppresses the immune system, so it's generally not recommended for Covid-19 patients unless the situation is severe. Some patients who have benefited from dexamethasone still die less than a month later. While many Americans have struggled to get Covid-19 tests or test results without massive delays, Trump has been the most tested man in America -- a stark contrast to the availability for most Americans. The White House has cited Trump's frequent testing as a reason why he didn't need to wear a mask in public. But health experts have said that's flawed logic.

Trump is the only patient to have received the Covid-19 treatment he did

Pompeo's trip comes despite the coronavirus crisis gripping Washington, which has seen President Donald Trump and a raft of his closest staff and advisors test positive for Covid-19.

Pompeo hails Japan PM Yoshihide Suga 'Force for good' during his visit to Tokyo

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his American counterpart, Mike Pompeo, on the sidelines of the Quad ministerial meeting on October 6.

QUAD Foreign Ministers' Meet: EAM S Jaishankar says India, US will work for stability in Indo-Pacific

President Donald Trump told Americans "to get out there" and not fear COVID-19 as he returned to the White House on Monday after a three-night hospital stay to be treated for the virus and removed his white surgical mask to pose for pictures.

US President Donald Trump discharged from hospital

Nearly a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function — ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness — in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in a U.S. hospital system.

And patients with altered mental function had significantly worse medical outcomes, according to the study, published Monday in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. The study looked at the records of the first 509 coronavirus patients hospitalized, from March 5 to April 6, at 10 hospitals in the Northwestern Medicine health system in the Chicago area.

These patients stayed three times as long in the hospital as patients without altered mental function.

After they were discharged, only 32% of the patients with altered mental function were able to handle routine daily activities like cooking and paying bills, said Dr. Igor Koralnik, senior author of the study and chief of neuro-infectious disease and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine. In contrast, 89% of patients without altered mental function were able to manage such activities without assistance.

Patients with altered mental function — the medical term is encephalopathy — were also nearly seven times as likely to die as those who did not have that type of problem.

“Encephalopathy is a generic term meaning something’s wrong with the brain,” Koralnik said. The description can include problems with attention and concentration, loss of short-term memory, disorientation, stupor and “profound unresponsiveness,” or a comalike level of consciousness.

The researchers did not identify a cause for the encephalopathy, which can occur with other diseases, especially in older patients, and can be triggered by several different factors including inflammation and effects on blood circulation, said Koralnik, who also oversees the Neuro COVID-19 Clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. There is very little evidence so far that the virus directly attacks brain cells, and most experts say neurological effects are probably triggered by inflammatory and immune system responses that often affect other organs, as well as the brain.

Some experts said President Donald Trump, who was hospitalized with COVID at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center beginning Friday, is of the age and gender of the patients in the study who were more likely to develop altered mental function and therefore could be at higher risk for such symptoms. Trump returned to the White House on Monday evening.

Nearly a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function — ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness — in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in a U.

Nearly a third of hospitalized COVID-19 patients experienced some type of altered mental function — ranging from confusion to delirium to unresponsiveness — in the largest study to date of neurological symptoms among coronavirus patients in a U.S. hospital system. And patients with altered mental function had significantly worse medical outcomes, according to the study, published Monday in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. The study looked at the records of the first 509 coronavirus patients hospitalized, from March 5 to April 6, at 10 hospitals in the Northwestern Medicine health system in the Chicago area. These patients stayed three times as long in the hospital as patients without altered mental function. After they were discharged, only 32% of the patients with altered mental function were able to handle routine daily activities like cooking and paying bills, said Dr. Igor Koralnik, senior author of the study and chief of neuro-infectious disease and global neurology at Northwestern Medicine. In contrast, 89% of patients without altered mental function were able to manage such activities without assistance. Patients with altered mental function — the medical term is encephalopathy — were also nearly seven times as likely to die as those who did not have that type of problem. “Encephalopathy is a generic term meaning something’s wrong with the brain,” Koralnik said. The description can include problems with attention and concentration, loss of short-term memory, disorientation, stupor and “profound unresponsiveness,” or a comalike level of consciousness. The researchers did not identify a cause for the encephalopathy, which can occur with other diseases, especially in older patients, and can be triggered by several different factors including inflammation and effects on blood circulation, said Koralnik, who also oversees the Neuro COVID-19 Clinic at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. There is very little evidence so far that the virus directly attacks brain cells, and most experts say neurological effects are probably triggered by inflammatory and immune system responses that often affect other organs, as well as the brain. Some experts said President Donald Trump, who was hospitalized with COVID at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center beginning Friday, is of the age and gender of the patients in the study who were more likely to develop altered mental function and therefore could be at higher risk for such symptoms. Trump returned to the White House on Monday evening.

Nearly one-third of Covid patients in study had altered mental state

India's External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have met in Tokyo. While they have been in touch with each other for past few months, amid the COVID crisis--this is the first in-person meeting between the two.

QUAD Foreign ministers' meet: Indian external affairs Min meets US Secy of State

WASHINGTON — For months, Joe Biden has gone to great lengths to model responsible behavior in the coronavirus era. He wears masks in public. He does not hold crowded rallies. When he gives speeches, reporters sit at a distance from one another, with white circles on the ground to mark their turf. 
 
<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/irresponsibility-is-astounding-covid-positive-trump-faces-criticism-for-joyride-332525">Also read | ‘Irresponsibility is astounding’: Covid-positive Trump faces criticism for 'joyride'</a> 
 
These actions have so far helped keep Biden healthy and able to continue campaigning while President Donald Trump, who mocked masks and held large events, is now hospitalized with COVID-19. 
 
<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/biden-once-mocked-by-trump-now-has-the-proverbial-last-laugh-332139">Also read | Biden, once mocked by Trump, now has the proverbial last laugh</a>

But beyond the public examples of safety precautions, Biden’s health protocols have remained largely under wraps, with his campaign saying little about what steps it is taking to protect the 77-year-old Democratic nominee.

His aides will not answer questions about whether Biden is tested daily; they say simply that he is tested “regularly.” Until this weekend, they had promised to inform the public only if he had a confirmed positive case. Then, Saturday night, after two days of refusing to provide details about Biden’s testing procedures, the campaign committed to releasing the results of all his tests. He tested negative Sunday, his campaign said.

Transparency has taken on new significance in the presidential race given the conflicting information about Trump’s health and the fact that his Democratic rival, who is also in an age group that is particularly susceptible to COVID-19, was exposed to the president during their 90-minute debate Tuesday. Biden, who is ahead in national polls and many battleground state surveys, still faces the possibility of a positive test; he is continuing to campaign rather than follow public health guidelines to quarantine, and his campaign has been cagey about his health protocols.

The questions about Biden’s health come as he is confronting an unprecedented political reality: He would be the oldest president ever elected if he wins in November, and he faces the daily personal risks of a pandemic that has killed more than 209,000 people in the United States. Trump’s diagnosis, and the apparent health threat he posed during a debate where he was often talking or shouting over Biden, are forcing the Biden campaign to grapple with its own next steps and disclosures regarding the health of the Democratic nominee.

WASHINGTON — For months, Joe Biden has gone to great lengths to model responsible behavior in the coronavirus era. He wears masks in public. He does not hold crowded rallies.

WASHINGTON — For months, Joe Biden has gone to great lengths to model responsible behavior in the coronavirus era. He wears masks in public. He does not hold crowded rallies. When he gives speeches, reporters sit at a distance from one another, with white circles on the ground to mark their turf. Also read | ‘Irresponsibility is astounding’: Covid-positive Trump faces criticism for 'joyride' These actions have so far helped keep Biden healthy and able to continue campaigning while President Donald Trump, who mocked masks and held large events, is now hospitalized with COVID-19. Also read | Biden, once mocked by Trump, now has the proverbial last laugh But beyond the public examples of safety precautions, Biden’s health protocols have remained largely under wraps, with his campaign saying little about what steps it is taking to protect the 77-year-old Democratic nominee. His aides will not answer questions about whether Biden is tested daily; they say simply that he is tested “regularly.” Until this weekend, they had promised to inform the public only if he had a confirmed positive case. Then, Saturday night, after two days of refusing to provide details about Biden’s testing procedures, the campaign committed to releasing the results of all his tests. He tested negative Sunday, his campaign said. Transparency has taken on new significance in the presidential race given the conflicting information about Trump’s health and the fact that his Democratic rival, who is also in an age group that is particularly susceptible to COVID-19, was exposed to the president during their 90-minute debate Tuesday. Biden, who is ahead in national polls and many battleground state surveys, still faces the possibility of a positive test; he is continuing to campaign rather than follow public health guidelines to quarantine, and his campaign has been cagey about his health protocols. The questions about Biden’s health come as he is confronting an unprecedented political reality: He would be the oldest president ever elected if he wins in November, and he faces the daily personal risks of a pandemic that has killed more than 209,000 people in the United States. Trump’s diagnosis, and the apparent health threat he posed during a debate where he was often talking or shouting over Biden, are forcing the Biden campaign to grapple with its own next steps and disclosures regarding the health of the Democratic nominee.

After Biden’s exposure to Trump, his team is cagey on health questions

White House remains in chaos with PressSec -Kayleigh McEnany being the latest to test positive for COVID-19. With just 29 days to USEelection, Joe Biden has taken the high road of not attacking Donald Trump.

US Election 2020: Who is leading on opinion poll charts?

The concerns around Donald Trump’s health is rising. Behind the concerns, lie an uncomfortable long history of American Presidents being secretive & deceptive about their health.

US Election 2020: An uncomfortable truth of dishonesty

29 days to USElection & the mystery around Donald Trump's true condition remains. Trump administration follows the unwritten rule that THE PUBLIC DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW EVERY DETAILS OF PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. But does the public deserve to be misled?

US Election 2020: When will Trump return to White House?

'THE PROUD BOYS' now has a new meaning on twitter. The far-right group 'PROUD BOYS' made headlines after Donald Trump refused to condemn white supremacists.

US Election 2020: Hashtag 'Proud Boys' now with a twist

It is not unreasonable to withhold some sensitive information about Donald Trump's health from the public. But White House appears to be actively misleading the public.

US Election 2020: Will the tradition of secrecy backfire?

Donald Trump's health remains a major factor for the flux in global markets. After the staged drive-by & other improvement reports, global stocks have recovered & other risk assets have risen.

US Election 2020: Trump's health news dominate market flux

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