Confusion about the real state of health of Donald Trump

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• USA. Donald Trump's medical team points to his good evolution while other sources maintain that his health is "worrying"

When did Donald Trump test positive for coronavirus?

Did you make four trips in your official plane, hold an electoral rally, and hold meetings with your campaign donors, knowing that you had Covid-19?

Have you received oxygen?

Have your lungs been damaged?

All those questions have been put on the table after the press conference of the medical team treating the president at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Bethesda, outside Washington.

The appearance of the doctors, far from clarifying the situation regarding the state of health of the head of State and the US Government, has created more confusion.

, Trump's doctor, insisted over and over that the president "is doing very well," has "very high morale," and was admitted "with a moderate cough and fatigue."

And from there it did not come out.

Has Donald Trump ever received oxygen?

"Right now you don't need it

.

Do you know how long you will be hospitalized?

"Every day we will evaluate how it is and what needs to be done."

Is there a danger that I will develop pneumonia?

"It is a danger associated with this ailment."

What fever did you get?

"I am not going to give specific figures."

Have you suffered lung damage?

"We are doing ultrasounds, we are following all the protocols."

When was the last test done on the president and did it come out negative?

All of this only triggered speculation.

Immediately after the press conference, the Associated Press news agency stated that

, and the newspaper 'The Wall Street Journal' declared, citing anonymous sources close to the president, that "the the next 48 hours are going to be critical. "

But what got all the attention was Conley's first sentence, which was presumably written by the White House:

.

It was 11:40 noon when Conley said that.

It had been 35 hours and 44 minutes since Trump had announced on Twitter that he and his wife, Melania, had Covid-19.

The question was unavoidable: Had the White House concealed that the president was positive during 36 hours in which Trump kept his schedule of rallies, air travel, and closed-door meetings?

The distinction is not trivial.

If the president of the United States was found to have the virus on Wednesday noon instead of late Thursday night, he violated all the safety regulations of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), which is the body of the US State that tries to coordinate the fight against the coronavirus.

Because on the same Wednesday afternoon, Trump flew in his official plane to the state of Minnesota -five hours in total, between round trips-, where he gave a massive rally.

On Thursday afternoon he flew from Washington to his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Only on the way back to Washington, when the Bloomberg news agency had revealed that Trump's collaborator

had felt bad when she returned from Minnesota and was ill with Covid - something that the White House had kept secret -, it was announced that the president was going to be tested.

And at six minutes to one on Friday morning Washington time, Trump declared on Twitter that both he and Melania had tested positive.

Discretion in the treatment of the health of heads of state and government is the norm.

And the United States is no exception.

are some of the presidents of that country who kept their ailments secret, despite the fact that Wilson was practically unable to perform his functions in his last two years in office.

But there is a difference: Trump's illness is contagious.

And a lot.

It is not a gunshot, colon cancer, or cognitive decline (Reagan), Addison's disease (Kennedy), sequelae of polio and serious coronary problems (Roosevelt), or cerebral thrombosis (Wilson).

For now, it has emerged that three Republican senators -

-, Trump's campaign manager -

-, three of his most trusted people -

-, and three reporters accredited to the White House have tested positive.

All of them participated in the event that was held at the official residence of the president on Saturday to present the Supreme Court candidate,

.

At the event, as is customary for everyone Trump participates in, virtually no one wore a mask.

When the act ended, there were several meetings inside the building.

The problems go beyond Trump's advisers.

The moderator of Tuesday's presidential debate between the president and Democratic candidate

, journalist

, has revealed that Trump and his family violated the rules of the event by arriving too late to undergo Covid tests.

During the debate, the Trumps were the only people who also broke with the obligation to wear masks.

What's more: the organizers offered them, but they rejected them.

Biden has tested negative.

For Norman Ornstein, a researcher at the Republican think tank American Enterprise Institute, who was present at the debate, the lack of security measures by Trump and his environment in the debate "is criminal behavior."

According to the criteria of The Trust Project

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