Donald Trump at the balcony of the White House on October 5, 2020. -

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He is ready to return to the field, but is he still contagious?

Donald Trump, who was stamping his feet on resuming his campaign interrupted by his Covid-19 infection, will make his return in front of his supporters Saturday at the White House and then Monday in Florida, despite persistent doubts about his health a week after his hospitalization.

On the other hand, his second debate against Joe Biden, scheduled for next Thursday, was indeed canceled: Donald Trump refused to debate virtually and Joe Biden did not want to postpone it, pushing the commission to a final cancellation, according to CNN.

Distanced by Democrat Joe Biden in the polls 25 days before the presidential election, the Republican billionaire initially hoped to hold a meeting on Saturday in Florida, a key state to clinch victory on November 3.

Ultimately, he will host this first public event since his diagnosis as President, despite the growing number of coronavirus cases among his employees and criticism of the gender mix of using this iconic official building for a partisan rally. .

According to a senior American official, he will speak on the subject of "law and order", one of his slogans, from the balcony of the White House, to a crowd gathered on the lawn below.

It is precisely a rally in the presidential rose garden two weeks ago, to announce the appointment of a conservative judge to the Supreme Court, who has been singled out as responsible for many contaminations detected since then.

Masks and physical distancing were rare there, braces numerous.

Negative test?

The president-candidate's campaign team also announced that its first rally since being diagnosed a week ago would be held in Sanford, Florida, on the airport tarmac on Monday.

However, a crucial question remained unanswered on Friday: Donald Trump, who “thinks” he is no longer contagious, has he taken a negative test to confirm this conviction?

White House doctor Sean Conley, whose elusive communication is under fire from critics, only said Thursday that he expected "that the president can resume his public activities" Saturday "without risk".

But he did not mention a negative test.

Examined by Fox News Doctor

In the meantime, still confined, Donald Trump has shown his endurance with a two-hour radio marathon without interruption, in the form of an exchange on the phone with Rush Limbaugh, a figure in the conservative sphere, who has never ceased to praise his record.

"We have a cure" to cure the coronavirus, he hammered several times about the experimental treatment which was administered to him, promising once again to distribute it for free.

"I was not doing very well", but "these drugs are so good, they just eliminated the virus," assured the 74-year-old president, repeatedly showing his frustration with this sudden stop.

The message is clear: the disease page has been turned.

His voice was clearer than on Thursday night, when the hoarse candidate was repeatedly interrupted by coughing during a telephone interview on Fox News.

Friday evening, he must continue with his first interview filmed since the announcement of his positive coronavirus test a week ago, on this same conservative channel, which promised a "medical evaluation" by a doctor-columnist.

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