Trump has chosen not to wear a mask during most public engagements, and at one point said Easter would mark the pandemic’s finish line. A timeline on Trump's shifting statements on face masks:
President Donald Trump was transported on Marine One from the White House to Walter Reed Hospital late Friday, the same day that he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for coronavirus.
Trump’s vitals over the past 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical as he fights the coronavirus, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday, citing a person familiar with the president’s health. The Associated Press attributed these comments, which contradict earlier comments made by the president’s physician, to White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows .
Trump has chosen not to wear a mask during most public engagements, and members of his family, including four of his children, were photographed not wearing masks during Tuesday evening’s presidential debate. Trump has chosen not to wear a mask during most public engagements, and members of his family, including his children Eric, Don Jr.
February: During an interview with journalist Bob Woodward for “Rage,” a biography on the president, Trump told him that the coronavirus was “deadly stuff.” March 9: Trump compares coronavirus to influenza, tweeting: “Last year 37,000 Americans died” from the flu. “Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on,” he added. One week later, the president said, “Nothing would be worse than declaring victory before victory is won.”‘You don’t have to do it. I’m choosing not to do it, but some people may want to do it and that’s OK. It may be good. Probably will.
“Supposing we hit the body with a tremendous — whether it’s ultraviolet or just very powerful — light and, I think you said, that hasn’t been checked but you’re gonna test it? And then I said, ‘Supposing it brought the light inside the body, which you can either do either through the skin or some other way?'”
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