Trump shakes off Covid with 15-tweet blast attacking enemies after ‘telling aides he is bored and fed up in hospital’
DONALD Trump has issued a 15-tweet blast after "telling aides he's bored in the hospital" following his Covid-19 diagnosis.
On Monday, Trump, 74, issued several Twitter statements from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in encouraging his supporters to vote for him.
said electing him would bring about stock market "highs;" the "strongest ever" military; law and order; religious liberty; two large tax cuts; the best Veterans Association; and , the space warfare service branch of the US Army.
He urged people to vote for him if they were pro-life and claimed his administration would bring about "better and cheaper healthcare," as well as fighting the "corrupt fake news media."
But they're afraid this could backfire if his mild symptoms increase and he's forced to go back to the Maryland facility.
Another insider told the station that he's concerned that being seen in a medical facility "makes him look weak."
Two insiders told The he's been "hankering" to be discharged and is "exasperated" by the TV coverage of his Covid battle, as well as speculation that he'll have to hand over the reigns to Vice President .
Other aides fear Trump is misleading his doctors to be discharged early today – and getting people's hopes up about it may work against him.
"They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity."
But White House spokesman Judd Deere said "appropriate" precautions had been taken and "the movement was cleared by the medical team as safe to do."
"Making his Secret Service agents drive with a Covid-19 patient, with windows up no less, put them needlessly at risk for infection. And for what? A PR stunt," .
On Saturday, the president began a five-day course of ; he's also been given dexamethasone, a steroid used to treat inflammation in other diseases.
Trump's campaign manager Jason Miller told on Sunday that he was "cracking jokes" and "sounded pretty good."
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"I did have the opportunity to speak with the president for about a half hour yesterday, both myself and Bill Stepien, our campaign manager," Miller said.
"He said he was doing very well. He was getting back on his feet, and cracking jokes and asking questions about the campaign and grilling us about when we're going to have new TV ads to show him. So, he's feeling good."