According to a new book written by former U.S. President Donald Trump’s then Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (Mark Meadows), it was a few days before his first presidential debate with challenger Joe Biden last year. Today, he tested positive for the coronavirus. According to a report in the British Daily-The Guardian received an advance copy of Meadows’ memoir “The Chief of the Chief”. Trump’s decision on Covid- 19 tested positive.
The book to be published states that the initial symptoms are mild and are considered cold. Meadows also wrote that shortly before the presidential debate, the Covid-19 test was positive and soon afterwards it was negative.
On October 2, Trump announced on Twitter that he and his wife Melania had tested positive for Covid-19. However, despite the negative test result, as claimed in the report, Trump became seriously ill due to the infection and was taken to the presidential facility of the Walter Reed National Military Hospital a day later. He received three nights of intensive treatment there.
According to Meadows, when Trump left the White House for a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on September 26, the positive result came out. Meadows said that the second test was a more accurate test and gave a negative result shortly afterwards. Meadows said in his book that Trump thought it was “fully allowed” to continue his schedule, including the rally that night and the Biden debate three days later.
The latest developments have raised new questions about Trump, namely the potential security risks faced by debate participants. If these claims are confirmed, it will further show that the Trump administration, which has been severely criticized for neglecting to manage the pandemic, is not taking the virus seriously.
According to the book, Trump’s campaign did not notify the debate organizers of the positive test. “I don’t want to alarm the public,” Meadows wrote in the book, explaining why he allowed Trump to continue his schedule after the second negative test. At the same time, Trump denied these claims. Trump said in a statement on Wednesday: “The stories about me contracting the new crown virus before or during the first debate are fake news. In fact, a test showed that I was not infected with the new crown virus before the debate,” He said.
News Source : Hindustan Times
