'Symptom-free' Trump back in Oval Office as election fight looms

By Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump salutes as he poses without a face mask on the Truman Balcony of the White House after returning from being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, in Washington, U.S. October 5, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday returned to his office in the White House after his doctor reported that he was showing no COVID-19 symptoms, but a tough fight awaits to revive the Republican's struggling re-election bid.

 

Trump, who has been convalescing in the residence area of the White House since Monday, went to the Oval Office to be briefed about economic stimulus talks and Hurricane Delta, a White House official said.

 

The official said he entered the office from the Rose Garden to avoid walking through the White House hallways and possibly exposing others to the coronavirus.

 

Chief of staff Mark Meadows conducted the briefing and wore personal protective gear, according to the official.

 

"Was just briefed on Hurricane Delta, and spoke with @GovAbbott of Texas and @LouisianaGov John Bel Edwards," Trump wrote in a tweet shortly after.

Trump had been in his residence in the White House since his dramatic made-for-video return from Walter Reed military hospital in a helicopter on Monday night.

 

Trump, who faces Democrat Joe Biden in the Nov. 3 election, has had no COVID-19 symptoms for the past 24 hours, his doctor Sean Conley said in a statement.

 

"He's now been fever-free for more than four days, symptom-free for over 24 hours, and has not needed nor received any supplemental oxygen since initial hospitalization," Conley said.

 

He said Trump's physical exam and vital signs "all remain stable and in normal range."

 

Trump, 74, has not been seen in public or on video since Monday, although he has sent multiple tweets attacking opponents and downplaying the coronavirus pandemic.

 

Despite his illness, Trump has been looking for ways to get his election message out and cut into Biden's lead in battleground states, advisers said.

 

They said they had been discussing Trump delivering a national address, while a speech to senior voters is being contemplated for Thursday. Vice President Mike Pence's debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Salt Lake City will take center stage of the campaign on Wednesday evening.

 

Aides say Trump is impatient to get back on the campaign trail and insistent on going ahead with the next debate on Oct. 15 in Miami, but Biden said on Tuesday he will not participate if Trump is not virus-free.

 

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump wanted to go back to the Oval Office a day after he was discharged from the hospital.

 

Any political boost Trump could get from a fresh injection of stimulus money into Americans' pockets appears to be out of reach after he abruptly ended negotiations with Democrats on Tuesday, with both sides far apart on how much money to devote to a deal.

 

Both Biden and the top Democrat in the U.S. Congress, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, accused Trump of abandoning needy Americans. Republican Senator Susan Collins, facing a tough re-election bid in her home state of Maine, called Trump's move a "huge mistake."

 

"The president turned his back on you," Biden said in a Twitter post.

 

With layoffs in key industries mounting by the day and threatening the fragile recovery, Trump late on Tuesday urged Congress to quickly pass $25 billion in funding for passenger airlines, $135 billion for small businesses and provide $1,200 stimulus checks for Americans.

 

But White House officials on Wednesday downplayed the likelihood of any kind of stimulus being passed before the election.

 

Trump's drive to get Judge Amy Coney Barrett confirmed to the vacant seat on the Supreme Court by the Republican-controlled Senate before the election also may be in doubt, since three Republican senators have been infected with the coronavirus and may not be able to vote.

 

COSTLY ABSENCE

A wave of infections at the White House among Trump's top lieutenants and press office aides has left the West Wing struggling to find its footing. ABC News said its count of cases related to the White House was now 23, including Trump and his wife, Melania.

 

Trump has depicted himself as a man who vanquished the disease and emerged stronger, telling Americans not to be afraid of COVID-19.

 

But his handling of the pandemic, which has killed more than 210,000 people in the United States, has been met with skepticism from many Americans.

The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll, conducted Oct. 2-6, found that 38% of adults approved of Trump's handling of the coronavirus, while 56% said they disapproved.

 

The poll found that 79% of U.S. adults, including 94% of registered Democrats and 70% of registered Republicans, said they are "very" or "somewhat" concerned personally about the spread of the virus.

 

Advisers say Trump wanted to be talking about other issues instead of the virus by this stage of the campaign, to put pressure on Biden. Opinion polls show Trump down double digits, and Biden with sizeable leads in many swing states.

 

(Reporting by Steve Holland and Jeff Mason; Additional reporting by Lisa Lambert and Chris Kahn; Writing by Alistair Bell; Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

 

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Well the Covid sympathy vote seems to have failed. 
 

He is running out of time. 
 

What’s next.  A feigned heart attack during the live debate.?

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by Kadilo

27 minutes ago, webfact said:

Opinion polls show Trump down double digits, and Biden with sizeable leads in many swing states.

“Ignore the polls,” Mr Stear said. “A lot of them are running from the Left, a lot of them are set up by the Left. “there’s a term called disappointment polls, they’re hoping to discourage republicans from going to the polls, that it’s a waste of time because Trump’s so far behind. “I seem to remember the last time Trump ran in election, the same story was being put out there, and he won."

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6198238667001

28 minutes ago, webfact said:

Trump has depicted himself as a man who vanquished the disease and emerged stronger, telling Americans not to be afraid of COVID-19.

That's right. He is a hero. He said it was just like the flu, and he beat it in record time proving it is just like the flu. No small feat considering his age, diet and sex. Time people started listening to Trump, who is proven correct time and again, and start to ignore the hysterical alarmists. Donald "the Lionheart" Trump showing how to beat the 'rona. Magnificent stuff Sir.

Well.. the Big Corona has failed...will have to try kryptonite next.

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by Odysseus123

16 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

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That's right. He is a hero. He said it was just like the flu, and he beat it in record time proving it is just like the flu. No small feat considering his age, diet and sex. Time people started listening to Trump, who is proven correct time and again, and start to ignore the hysterical alarmists. Donald "the Lionheart" Trump showing how to beat the 'rona. Magnificent stuff Sir.

 

Usual misinformation from trump world. Covid deaths year to date in the US far exceed the average number of p.a. flu deaths. last year annual reporting season for 18/19 flu deaths from CDC were 34,200, currently this calendar year, Covid deaths are approx 220k and increasing daily.

 

trump, the person, didn't beat the Covid-19 virus, his doctors 24/7 care, medicines not affordable for the general public and so on have so far got him over the line. trump is holding meetings at the WH whilst he is still infectious, utterly selfish self-absorbed behaviour with a reported more than 120 WH staff now positive for Covid-19. trump is not a hero, he is setting an appalling example for mitigation of Covid for the American people, along with his disgraceful enablers of misinformation.

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by simple1

It seems that the covid vaccine has been found a-la president Trump cocktails of drugs, here we a 74 years old pudgy guy who has won the disease in 3 days and now back at work so why not give the same to the millions out there who can be cured just like Trump i ask...

I  bear the man no ill-will, but this is getting ridiculous. Corona infected, risks his team (like, 11 of the infected staff not enough?) and telling people that the flu is comparable? 

 

Anyways, we can dream.

 

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by Scott

1 minute ago, ezzra said:

It seems that the covid vaccine has been found a-la president Trump cocktails of drugs, here we a 74 years old pudgy guy who has won the disease in 3 days and now back at work so why not give the same to the millions out there who can be cured just like Trump i ask...

Because no one has helicopters to transport us, no hospital in our home and no vip treatment with 3 cocktails that most of us can't afford. And he has not won the disease, you have been told less than 5% of what is really happening to him.

 

28 minutes ago, ezzra said:

here we a 74 years old pudgy guy who has won the disease in 3 days and now back at work so why not give the same to the millions out there who can be cured just like Trump i ask...

Because the left claim they only want scientifically proven drugs/treatments. I suspect they do this to increase the chaos and economic destruction - as they were caught doing with schools opening "after the election" (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-schools-reopen-after-election)  which we know is a BS statement as coronovirus will not disappear on election day. But here is Pelosi denigrating treatments Trump has used, and which may have helped him beat off coronavirus quicker than most of us get over a headache.

 

"Trump’s use of unproven drug to ward off covid-19 prompts concerns, ridicule. It’s not for the ‘morbidly obese,’ says Pelosi."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/19/trump-pelosi-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/

 

"NANCY PELOSI: We pray for a vaccine. We hope that it will be soon and that it will be available, as Mr. Clyburn said, equitably-- I will add ethically-- to everyone in our country. But we can't have it one day before it is ready. We don't want it one day later or one day sooner than it is ready. "

https://news.yahoo.com/politics-dont-belong-covid-19-173751813.html

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by TopDeadSenter

Congratulations, President Trump, on beating the coronavirus.  You beat it fair and square!

Edited October 8, 20205 yr by Kelsall

Well then, that's all settled.

It's over because he said it's over.  Now that is LEADERSHIP!

 

 

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by bendejo

5 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Trump, as one brave dude, took "Trump’s use of unproven drug to ward off covid-19 prompts concerns, ridicule. It’s not for the ‘morbidly obese,’ says Pelosi."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/19/trump-pelosi-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/

 hydroxychloroquine does cause major side effects, luckily for trump, so far as we know, it did not. However, trump's claims of hydroxychloroquine for the general public for prevention of Covid, obviously didn't work out.

1 hour ago, TopDeadSenter said:

“Ignore the polls,” Mr Stear said. “A lot of them are running from the Left, a lot of them are set up by the Left. “there’s a term called disappointment polls, they’re hoping to discourage republicans from going to the polls, that it’s a waste of time because Trump’s so far behind. “I seem to remember the last time Trump ran in election, the same story was being put out there, and he won."

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6198238667001

That's right. He is a hero. He said it was just like the flu, and he beat it in record time proving it is just like the flu. No small feat considering his age, diet and sex. Time people started listening to Trump, who is proven correct time and again, and start to ignore the hysterical alarmists. Donald "the Lionheart" Trump showing how to beat the 'rona. Magnificent stuff Sir.

Riiiiiiiiiiiight! It’s a well known fact that the virus has weakened due to numerous mutations and that a lot of people get a lot less severely sick. So, that would be viable explanation number one. Secondly, they might be just fricking lying through their teeth about his condition or lastly he never had it in the first place and it’s all just a sympathy stunt that severely backfired. Either way, he’s a gas bag who has been proven to lie over and over again! At this point he can say whatever he wants, I’m not buying it! 
 

PS. How come he doesn’t take Clorox or hydroxycloroquine? I thought they were his miracle drugs? Because they don’t work you say? Exactly! He was just gas bagging a out that, too! 

Edited October 7, 20205 yr by pacovl46

2 hours ago, webfact said:

Symptom-free' Trump back in Oval Office

What a load of BS he can be seen gasping for air just standing there and should be sent back to hospital to stop spreading his Trump Virus all over the WH .

36 minutes ago, TopDeadSenter said:

Because the left claim they only want scientifically proven drugs/treatments. I suspect they do this to increase the chaos and economic destruction - as they were caught doing with schools opening "after the election" (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/la-schools-reopen-after-election)  which we know is a BS statement as coronovirus will not disappear on election day. But here is Pelosi denigrating treatments Trump has used, and which may have helped him beat off coronavirus quicker than most of us get over a headache.

 

"Trump’s use of unproven drug to ward off covid-19 prompts concerns, ridicule. It’s not for the ‘morbidly obese,’ says Pelosi."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/19/trump-pelosi-hydroxychloroquine-coronavirus/

 

"NANCY PELOSI: We pray for a vaccine. We hope that it will be soon and that it will be available, as Mr. Clyburn said, equitably-- I will add ethically-- to everyone in our country. But we can't have it one day before it is ready. We don't want it one day later or one day sooner than it is ready. "

https://news.yahoo.com/politics-dont-belong-covid-19-173751813.html

Feel free to take as many drugs as you like that have not been scientifically tested as safe and effective.

1 hour ago, TopDeadSenter said:

He said it was just like the flu, and he beat it in record time proving it is just like the flu.

Very sensitive! 220,000 Americans are dead from covid 19 and the clown keeps blowing his bugle as if no one is effected. One can only shake their head at the ignorance! Stand by Proud Boys!

Interestingly we have not been told if Trump is still being treated with the  Regeneron ‘antibody’ serum and steroids.

 

Regeneron have issued a statement that antibodies detected in Trump’s blood are likely to be from the Regeneron serum he’s been treated with.

 

Be assured, he’s still ill.

1 hour ago, Kelsall said:

Congratulations, President Trump, on beating the coronavirus.  You beat it fair and square!

Pride cometh before a fall, maybe the virus will decide,"sod the risk to our IQ we will go for what's left of his brain"

It says he has been virus free for 4 days. That's strange cos they only found he had got it 4 days ago !  This really was a carefully stage managed act to win more friends and voters. Nobody else in the world recovered so quickly !  What about his quarantine period ? No, he is a Superman !

 

 

"By early afternoon, Trump was letting loose his frustrations in an all-caps missive that seemed aimed at nobody in particular.

 

“DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, THE BIGGEST OF ALL POLITICAL SCANDALS (IN HISTORY)!!! BIDEN, OBAMA AND CROOKED HILLARY LED THIS TREASONOUS PLOT!!! BIDEN SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO RUN - GOT CAUGHT!!!” Trump tweeted."

 

Unreal  He is far gone with fantasies/delusions of a judicial coup or something. He never fails to entertain that is for sure. As wuhan 19 peaks in 7 to 9 days it looks like the show is just getting started. You might note FOX news website has buried or not published any of this. Good to have the wingmen working hard.

 

PS Rays are looking good. Just knocked Tanaka out of the game.  

 

 

https://news.yahoo.com/where-arrests-trump-demands-barr-200037572.html

 

 

Off-topic post removed. 

 

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Feel free to take as many drugs as you like that have not been scientifically tested as safe and effective.

You do realize you are addressing mainly Baby Boomers?

 

The generation that took more untested drugs than all other generations combined ????

Just now, meechai said:

You do realize you are addressing mainly Baby Boomers?

 

The generation that took more untested drugs than all other generations combined ????

Not at all. My parents who grew up in the depression, (silent/greatest generation)  certainly took more untested unknown drugs than boomers. Basically most drugs were not tested back then. A lot of quack medicine and an "elixirs" killed over a hundred. That is why the FDA expanded to its current state. 

He maybe "symptom free", but he is still virulent.

1 minute ago, klauskunkel said:

He maybe "symptom free", but he is still virulent.

Exactly. Imagine you take a lady of the night home. She is showing no signs of HIV, but has it. Could you catch it? Heck yes.

That's why a person with an ounce of brains uses protection.

Trump has the virus, goes around like his balcony stunt without a mask into the WH.

He is like an HIV+ hooker demanding you go "bareback"

They get ready to him, sadly they cannot fumigate hes mouth! Fumigate in all meanings!

 

Edited October 8, 20205 yr by 2 is 1

5 hours ago, TopDeadSenter said:

“Ignore the polls,” Mr Stear said. “A lot of them are running from the Left, a lot of them are set up by the Left. “there’s a term called disappointment polls, they’re hoping to discourage republicans from going to the polls, that it’s a waste of time because Trump’s so far behind. “I seem to remember the last time Trump ran in election, the same story was being put out there, and he won."

https://www.skynews.com.au/details/_6198238667001

That's right. He is a hero. He said it was just like the flu, and he beat it in record time proving it is just like the flu. No small feat considering his age, diet and sex. Time people started listening to Trump, who is proven correct time and again, and start to ignore the hysterical alarmists. Donald "the Lionheart" Trump showing how to beat the 'rona. Magnificent stuff Sir.

"We have it totally under control. It's one person coming in from China. It's going to be just fine."

 

"This is a flu. This is like a flu."

 

"It's going to disappear. One day, it's like a miracle - it will disappear."

 

 

"Then I see the disinfectant which knocks it out in a minute. One minute. And is there a way we can do something like that, by injection inside for almost a cleaning? Because you see it gets in the lungs and it does a tremendous number on the lungs, so it'd be interesting to check that."

 

"So, supposing we hit the body with a tremendous, whether it's ultraviolet or just very powerful light, and I think you said, that hasn't been checked but you're gonna test it. And then I said, supposing it brought the light inside the body, which you can either do either through the skin or some other way."

 

210,000 deaths and rising. Proven correct my hairy farang a**.

 

 

 

who's playing with fire may get burned..... karma works on funny ways and when less expected   555

32 minutes ago, Mick501 said:

Proof that it did not reduce the severity of symptoms please?

In the USA 210,000 deaths and increasing daily. Don't know stats on these suffering ongoing severe health issues, but must be substantial.

5 hours ago, ezzra said:

It seems that the covid vaccine has been found a-la president Trump cocktails of drugs, here we a 74 years old pudgy guy who has won the disease in 3 days and now back at work so why not give the same to the millions out there who can be cured just like Trump i ask...

Watching him gulp for air did not demonstrate his being system free.