In the headline: the US president downplays the virus again on his discharge from the hospital
The American president returns to the White House after his hospitalization at the Walter Reed Military Medical Center for three days, takes off his mask on October 5, 2020 in Washington.
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"'
Do not be afraid of the Covid
"
, says Trump, weakening the messages of public health
", indignant the
New York Times
:"
Health experts hoped that President Trump, well punished by his own infection with the coronavirus , would act decisively to persuade his supporters that wearing a mask and social distancing were essential to protect themselves
”.
Instead, he "once
again downplayed the deadly threat of the
virus,
" a move for many "
shameful and irresponsible,
" said the
Boston Globe
.
Especially since, recalls the newspaper, Donald Trump "
has access as president to the best the country can offer in terms of care,
"a quality of care"
that the seven and a half million Americans infected with the virus can hardly imagine
.
In fact, analyzes the
Washington Post
,
“
the president is worried about his image.
And almost nothing else
”.
The newspaper reconsiders its gesture of removing the mask when arriving at the White House: “
From the ego.
Recklessness.
Selfishness
”.
Especially, notes the
Post
, that his doctor clarified that he was "
perhaps not entirely out of the woods
", and that the White House is today a hot spot for the coronavirus, with up to here more than a dozen people infected.
The White House
The starting point for contamination at the White House is, recalls the
Boston Globe
, the ceremony organized a little over a week ago for Amy Coney Barrett - who is to become the next Supreme Court judge.
However, notes the
New York Times
, the White House has decided not to contact the guests and staff present at the Rose Garden ceremony.
Moreover, warns the
Wall Street Journal
, the White House did not appeal to the CDC, "
the best investigators in the country for infectious diseases, while one of their teams was specifically mobilized for this investigation.
".
Meanwhile Donald Trump, "
still contagious, is back in the White House - no mask,
" the
San Francisco Chronicle
sums up
, "
and he could put a whole new group of employees at risk, even though he has proclaimed
: "
I am better
"
"
, complete
Politico
.
Already, explains the newspaper, “
working for Donald Trump has never been easy.
His helpers get fired and insulted by tweeting.
They get yelled at in the Oval Office.
Now they are being forced into a coronavirus epidemic which could prove to be fatal
”.
But there, for months, the administration treated the White House as "
an immune bubble against the cornavirus, refusing masks and social distancing
", underlines the
Washington Post
.
The newspaper interviewed Charles Allen, son of Eugene Allen, who was the butler of eight presidential families and to whom a film was devoted.
Her uncle also worked in the White House.
If they were still there, explains Charles Allen, “
I would
tell
them to get the hell out of it, I would
tell
them
: go
!
Go
!
"
Joe Biden in Florida
Meanwhile Joe Biden continues his campaign, he was in Miami yesterday.
In fact, "
Biden and Trump switched roles after the president tested positive for Coronavirus,
" analyzes the
Wall Street Journal
: "
Joe Biden, after facing criticism from President Trump for months because he stayed close from his Delaware home, now travels across the country, and Donald Trump, who has held meetings all summer, has the coronavirus and is stranded at home
”.
"
Suddenly
", notes the newspaper, "
it is a new stage for this already eventful campaign, less than thirty days before the vote
".
Joe Biden was therefore yesterday in Miami, Florida to speak, explains the
New York Times
, "
to Americans of Haitian descent, Cuban Americans and other people of immigrant origin to strengthen his positions in a state considered to be capital for Donald Trump.
"
El Nuevo Herald
, the Florida newspaper in Spanish, stressed that this visit took place on the last day voters could register.
And the newspaper reports on the candidate's visit to the districts of Little Havana and Little Haiti.
Joe Biden has criticized Donald Trump for the sanctions he has imposed on Cuba, "
which he says do not work
".
He also criticized him "
for not having given temporary protection status to Venezuelans, which would have protected them from expulsion to their country which is facing a humanitarian crisis
", and for depriving Haitians who benefited from it. since the 2010 earthquake.
Next step for Joe Biden: the debate Wednesday between his vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the vice-president Mike Pence, "
a debate which took on a new importance because of the hospitalization of the president
, estimates the
Wall Street Journal
.
Venezuela's gold will remain stranded in Britain
Venezuela's thirty tons of gold will continue to sleep in the vaults of the Bank of England, at least for a while.
It is to be read in
El Universal
: "
The Court of Appeal of London yesterday annulled the decision which at first instance had decided that Juan Guaido, the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, was the only legitimate representative to dispose
" of this gold.
She ordered "
an investigation to determine which of the leaders has the legitimacy to access the country's funds
."
And
2001
underlines it: "
the position of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who had recognized Guaido as interim president, is at the heart of the matter
", since it is this position which will determine who has the legitimacy to access the "
31 ingots. gold, the equivalent of $ 1,300 million
”.
Satisfaction of the Central Bank of Venezuela, for whom "
British justice put an end to the strange decision of the court last June
", reports
El Nacional
;
and the BCV hopes that ultimately the regime will be allowed access to gold.
Satisfaction also of the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jorge Arreaza who recalls in
El Luchador
that once in the hands of his government, this gold will go directly to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), to help the country.
While the opponent Juan Guaido reminded him, underlines
La Voz
, that President Nicolas Maduro still did not have access to gold.
Meanwhile
"
the regime plans to print
100,000 bolivar
banknotes
", headlines
El Nacional
, the highest value for a banknote ever printed in Venezuela note
2001
.
This note, however, will only be worth $ 0.23.
"
The need for ever larger banknotes is the result of an ever weaker currency and inflation which reached
2,400% last year,
" recalls the newspaper.
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