Trump Didn’t Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test: While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday

FFS!!!!……. The first test was a rapid test!!!!

President Trump followed protocol!

Where’s the issue?

How’s ’bout making an issue of it if Trump doesn’t disclose the results after the more conclusive test?


source: Wall Street Journal

President Trump didn’t disclose a positive result from a rapid test for Covid-19 on Thursday while awaiting the findings from a more thorough coronavirus screening, according to people familiar with the matter.

Here we go!…..Un-named source!

“…..according to people familiar with the matter…..”

Mr. Trump received a positive result on Thursday evening before making an appearance on Fox News in which he didn’t reveal those results. Instead, he confirmed earlier reports that one of his top aides had tested positive for coronavirus and mentioned the second test he had taken that night for which he was awaiting results.

“I’ll get my test back either tonight or tomorrow morning.”

Donald Trump

Under White House protocols, the more reliable test that screens a specimen from deeper in the nasal passage is administered only after a rapid test shows a positive reading. Based on people familiar with the matter, the president’s tests followed that protocol.

There it is again!!!!!

“…..Based on people familiar with the matter…..”

As the virus spread among the people closest to him, Mr. Trump also asked one adviser not to disclose results of their own positive test. “Don’t tell anyone,” Mr. Trump said, according to a person familiar with the conversation.

There it is once more!

“…..according to a person familiar with the conversation…..”

Mr. Trump and his top advisers also aimed to keep such a close hold on the early positive results that his campaign manager, Bill Stepien, didn’t know that Hope Hicks, one of the president’s closest White House aides, had tested positive on Thursday morning until news reports later that evening, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Trump campaign said Friday evening that Mr. Stepien had tested positive.

The initial secrecy within Mr. Trump’s inner circle has created a sense of anxiety within the West Wing. Publicly, the White House has issued evolving and contradictory statements about the president’s health that has some officials worried about their own credibility.

I ain’t buyin’ this crock ‘o shit without a receipt!

Too many un-named sources!

Trump Didn’t Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday


Calamity Jane