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Trumps Test Positive For COVID-19

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10.04.20 | 8:23 pm
CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump smile... CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump smile on stage after the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the first of three planned debates between the two candidates in the lead up to the election on November 3. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) MORE LESS
  • The Trumps' positive tests came after senior White House adviser Hope Hick began showing symptoms and tested positive.
  • The President traveled to New Jersey Thursday after learning that Hicks had tested positive.
  • Trump has checked into Walter Reed.
  • Their positive tests come a month before the election.

After months of minimizing the pandemic and more than 200,000 American deaths, President Trump announced in a middle-of-the-night tweet that he and the First Lady have tested positive for COVID-19.