Hospitalized since Friday, the American president, who has tested positive for the coronavirus, ensures in a video posted Saturday evening on Twitter that he feels much better.

In recent hours, contradictory statements, including mentioning a deterioration of his vital signs, have circulated in the American press.

Donald Trump, hospitalized since Friday to treat his Covid-19, said on Saturday evening that he was "much better" and would be "back soon" in the election campaign, while admitting that the next few days represented "the real test " for him.

"I came here, I was not doing very well," said the US president, sitting at a table, in a jacket but without a tie, in a four-minute video posted on Twitter.

"I feel a lot better now, we are working hard to get me to fully recover. I think I'll be back soon and I can't wait to finish the campaign the way I started it."

"I had no choice," he also said to justify not having "locked himself" in the White House since the start of the pandemic, while he and his government are under attack for their negligence health care by Democrats and experts.

For months, he taunted his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, to campaign from his "basement".

Earlier on Saturday, the presidential doctor had for the first time responded, briefly and piecemeal, to reporters from the Walter Reed Military Hospital in suburban Washington.

"This morning the president is doing very well," said Sean Conley, White House doctor.

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A concern around the president's "vital signs"

Donald Trump, 74, suffered from fever, cough, mild congestion and fatigue, he said, but symptoms "are getting smaller and better," he said.

He hadn't had a fever for 24 hours, and his oxygen saturation level was 96%, which is normal.

He is being treated with the antiviral drug remdesivir and also received an injection of Regeneron's experimental treatment, synthetic antibodies.

But ambiguous or contradictory statements have created a sense of cacophony within the executive in this uncertain time.

Shortly after the medical press conference, a source with knowledge of Donald Trump's state of health gave reporters on condition of anonymity a significantly more alarmist description: "The president's vital signs over the past 24 hours have been very worrying, and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of care. We still have not taken a clear path to recovery. "

The

New York Times

then claimed that source was Presidential Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

A prediction that Donald Trump himself echoed by declaring on Saturday evening about the "very next days": "This will be the real test".

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The inconsistent statements of Donald Trump's doctor

Did Donald Trump receive oxygen supplementation?

Dr Conley simply replied that this had not been the case on Saturday, Thursday or since his hospitalization, remaining evasive when reporters asked him if he had received any at any time.

Media including ABC channel then confirmed that he needed oxygenation at the White House on Friday before being hospitalized.

And when was the president's first positive test?

The doctor sowed the disorder by evoking "72 hours" since the diagnosis, a duration inconsistent with the preceding statements, because it would have made go up the test to Wednesday, instead of Thursday as indicated previously.

This forced the White House to quickly correct the doctor, saying he was talking about the third day, and then issue a new letter clarifying that the "first" diagnosis was Thursday night.

A central question remains unanswered: when and how did the leader contract the virus?