Donald Trump on the balcony of the White House this Saturday.
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Alex Brandon / AP / SIPA
Nine days after being tested positive for Covid-19, he is back in the countryside.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday marked his return to the electoral race with a speech from the balcony of the White House that looked like a campaign rally.
" I'm fine !
He said, all smiles, after removing his mask as soon as he arrived at the microphone.
Sticking to an intervention of barely twenty minutes, in which he appeared in good shape, he urged his electoral base to go to the polls.
Covid-19 "is disappearing", says Trump
Faced with a few hundred people gathered on the lawns of the White House and wearing red "Make America Great Again" caps, the 45th President of the United States once again affirmed that the virus would "disappear", was "in the process of to disappear ”.
"I want you to know that our nation is going to defeat this terrible Chinese virus," he said.
"We are producing powerful therapies and drugs, we are curing the sick, we are going to get over it and the vaccine is going to come very, very quickly."
Donald Trump's state of health remains shrouded in a certain mystery as the communication from his doctor Sean Conley - he seems especially eager to please his famous patient - has been opaque and not very rigorous.
Concern among Republicans
The return to the campaign stands is scheduled for the start of the week, and the pace promises to be intense: Florida Monday, Pennsylvania Tuesday, Iowa Wednesday.
Just over three weeks before the election, Donald Trump is lagging behind in the polls on his Democratic rival Joe Biden.
The former vice-president of Barack Obama, who is now nearly ten points ahead in national polls and has also consolidated his advantage in voting intentions at the level of the decisive states for the election, continues his campaign at his pace.
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In the Republican camp, the concern is more and more palpable.
Some tenors are openly alarmed by the development of the campaign.
“If people are angry on election day (…), we could lose the White House, and both houses of Congress, warned Republican Senator Ted Cruz.
It could be a 'bloodbath' for the
Grand Old Party.
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