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Donald Trump chooses denial and recklessness as he’s set to resume campaign rallies

October 11, 2020

As President Donald Trump stood on a White House balcony Saturday — spewing mistruths about his opponent’s plan for policing and claiming the coronavirus is “disappearing” while hundreds of people watched from below — it was clear that his illness has taught him very little and he will continue to endanger Americans until Election Day.

Donald Trump wearing a suit and tie: President Donald Trump removes his face mask to speak from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House to a crowd of supporters, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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President Donald Trump removes his face mask to speak from the Blue Room Balcony of the White House to a crowd of supporters, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

There was a chance for a strategic pivot by the President after he contracted Covid-19 that would have helped him shore up his flagging approval ratings on the handling of the virus. After learning a great deal about coronavirus, as he claimed during his stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, he could have chosen a path of responsibility

Donald Trump touts experimental Regeneron COVID antibody treatment

October 9, 2020

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In a video released on Twitter, President Trump talked up the benefits of an experimental antibody drug given to treat him for COVID.

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In a video released Wednesday, President Donald Trump talked up the benefits of an experimental drug that he credited for “curing” him of COVID-19. He pledged to make the therapy freely available to all Americans.

Trump received REGN-COV2, made by Regeneron, a New York biotech company, after testing positive last week for the disease. The drug, a pair of monoclonal antibodies, is intended to mimic the natural process of the immune system, providing it with molecules the body normally manufactures to fight off specific diseases.

It is currently being tested in people at various stages of the disease, including patients who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and are symptomatic but not hospitalized, as was Trump.

It also is being considered as a prophylactic treatment

How does Donald Trump’s Covid care compare to the average 74-year-old’s?

October 9, 2020

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From getting a helicopter ride to a military hospital with a specialized suite to receiving experimental drugs made available to fewer than 10 people, Donald Trump’s experience with Covid-19 has been very different from that of your average 74-year-old American with a serious illness.

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a man wearing a suit and tie: Donald Trump gestures upon returning to the White House on 5 October.

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Donald Trump gestures upon returning to the White House on 5 October.

Related: Trump enjoys top Covid care that could cost ordinary Americans millions

The president ignored these disparities after returning to the hospital on Monday night and in a video from the White House Trump said of Covid-19: “Don’t be afraid of it.”

Here’s a look at how different the experience of catching Covid-19 is for the most powerful 74-year-old in the US compared with most of his fellow citizens:

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First, there is the simple step of realizing someone has the

Donald Trump Refuses to Answer if He’s Tested Negative for COVID, Wants to Do Rally This Weekend

October 9, 2020

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President Donald Trump said that he is planning on holding an in-person campaign rally in Florida on Saturday night, despite testing positive for COVID-19 last Thursday night and refusing to say whether he has tested negative since then.

Donald Trump wearing a suit and tie: President Donald Trump poses for photos at the White House after removing his face mask following his return from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized due to COVID-19, in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 2020.

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President Donald Trump poses for photos at the White House after removing his face mask following his return from Walter Reed Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized due to COVID-19, in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 2020.

Trump made the remarks during a Thursday interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News. Hannity mentioned comments from Dr. Sean Conley, physician to the president, who suggested that Trump may be able to safely return to public events by Saturday, before asking the president if he had recently tested negative for the virus.

Trump tossed aside any concerns that he could still be contagious while claiming that he might be

Why Donald Trump’s Aides Don’t Stand Up to Him

October 8, 2020

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Few would dare. Inside the White House, aides created a kind of alternative reality in which the threat is always receding, the boss always prevailing. In meetings with the president, “no one likes to tell him that some areas are catching fire” because of the virus, another senior administration official told me. “They only say, ‘Oh, we’re turning the corner.’ That goes on there all the time. There’s always a reluctance to talk about bad news. That permeates all the discussions.”

Olivia Troye attended every meeting of the White House’s coronavirus task force until her resignation in August. Signs posted in the West Wing urged people to wear masks, which sat in a basket near one of the entrances. Yet she felt conspicuous peer pressure to forgo them, which is likely how Trump wanted it. He practices a kind of mask avoidance, and his staff followed suit. Wearing a mask

Families who endured COVID-19 don’t agree with Donald Trump’s sugar-coated experience

October 8, 2020

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When Carol Ackerman’s dad was dying of COVID-19, he wasn’t getting attention from infectious disease specialists or treatment from expensive, experimental drugs. Instead, he got an orthopedic surgeon — a specialist in muscle, tendon, bone and ligament health — who was doing his best under difficult circumstances.

“They had so many patients that it was all hands on deck,” Ackerman explained.

But looking back on the options her dad had, and comparing that to the now daily updates about the care President Donald Trump has received following his coronavirus diagnosis, Ackerman said, “It’s just not fair.”

“And I think what truly would have made a difference is our government not downplaying this disease,” she added.

As Trump this week crows about his first-rate medical care — which included a rare experimental antibody treatment available to fewer than 10 people outside medical trials — and declares victory in the pandemic, many

Donald Trump, M.D.: How the President Shapes His Treatment

October 7, 2020

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President Donald Trump didn’t want to go to the hospital in the first place. Trump was admitted only after Chief of Staff Mark Meadows insisted he leave the White House when he spiked a fever Friday morning, was coughing and his blood oxygen level threatened to dip dangerously low, say two current White House officials. All along, Trump’s been a challenging patient, insisting on shaping the course of his care as well as stage managing how his health is projected to the public.

After being shuttled to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center by helicopter on Friday evening, Trump pressed to be sent home all weekend. He pushed his doctors to find a way to administer back at the White House the aggressive therapies he’s been receiving. On Monday, he announced his hospital discharge on Twitter hours before it happened, a tactic he’s often used to ram through a

Donald Trump’s reckless return met with a dramatically changed White House

October 6, 2020

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President Donald Trump may be eagerly seeking a return to normal after three nights in the hospital. But the White House he arrived home to Monday with dramatic and reckless flourish has changed drastically since he was airlifted off the South Lawn at the end of last week.

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Instead of a bustling hive of pre-election activity, the West Wing has become a breeding ground for viral contagion. At least 11 of the President’s aides or allies have either contracted the virus or — in the case of his daughter Ivanka — are working from home. Entire suites of offices sit vacant as Trump’s aides work to isolate him in the residence and out of the West Wing.

A new aura of mistrust was settling in as several aides raised questions about whether they had been recklessly put in harm’s way over the past week.

Live updates: Donald Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis

October 6, 2020

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Joe Biden’s presidential campaign on Tuesday is unveiling two new positive ads focused on health care and the candidate’s leadership style following a decision to pull all its negative advertising Friday after President Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis.

The ads, first viewed by CNN, both underscore the campaign’s strategy to zero in on health care and the coronavirus pandemic as Election Day draws near.

One spot, “Gets It Done,” emphasizes the message the campaign has projected that Biden will heed the advice of experts on national matters, including on the pandemic and the economy.

“When Joe Biden wants an update on the virus, he calls on the nation’s top health experts,” a narrator begins. “When writing his health care plan, Joe Biden worked with both doctors and patients to make health care affordable by lowering premiums, reducing drug costs and protecting people with pre-existing conditions.”

The second ad, “No Matter What,” exclusively

Donald Trump ‘Gasping for Air’ Video Raises Questions About President’s Health

October 6, 2020

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After President Donald Trump returned to the White House following his stay in the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, many social media users commented that he appeared to be struggling to breathe in footage of him standing on the Truman Balcony of the White House just after his arrival.

a man wearing a suit and tie: President Donald Trump stands on the Truman Balcony after returning to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5.

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President Donald Trump stands on the Truman Balcony after returning to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5.

Though Trump “may not entirely be out of the woods yet,” the president was discharged from the hospital as he “met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria,” Dr. Sean Conley, the president’s physician, said at a press briefing Monday joined by the medical team treating the president.

Responding to the footage of Trump on the balcony, Congressman Ted Lieu, representative for California’s 33rd congressional district, tweeted: “If a picture is worth

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