Donald and Melania Trump only living former president and first lady to not join COVID-19 campaign
3 years, 9 months ago

Donald and Melania Trump only living former president and first lady to not join COVID-19 campaign

Salon  

Despite both secretly receiving their COVID-19 vaccinations last month, former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump were curiously absent from a new public service campaign released on Thursday featuring every living former president and first lady. In a commercial called "It's Up to You," every living president and first lady encourages the American public to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they can. Absent from the ad, however, was former President Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump. Days before Biden took office, White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted that the new administration would be "phasing in a new structure" for Operation Warp Speed, "which will have a different name than OWS.

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Trump nixed plan to get vaccinated alongside Clinton, Bush and Obama, new book reveals
2 years, 4 months ago

Trump nixed plan to get vaccinated alongside Clinton, Bush and Obama, new book reveals

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Former president Donald Trump nixed a plan to receive his …

Trump, in shift, urges supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine
3 years, 9 months ago

Trump, in shift, urges supporters to get the COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

Former President Trump urged people to be vaccinated, saying he would recommend COVID-19 shots to “a lot of people that don’t want to get it, and a lot of those people voted for me.” In an interview Tuesday night on Fox News, Trump said that people were free to decide for themselves whether they would be vaccinated. A new poll …

Former presidents, first ladies urge Americans to get shots
3 years, 9 months ago

Former presidents, first ladies urge Americans to get shots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Four former presidents are urging Americans to get vaccinated as soon as COVID-19 doses are available to them, as part of a campaign to overcome hesitancy about the shots. Two public service announcements from the Ad Council and the business-supported COVID Collaborative feature Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter as well as first …

Donald Trump, estranged from Presidents Club, excluded from predecessors’ PSA
3 years, 9 months ago

Donald Trump, estranged from Presidents Club, excluded from predecessors’ PSA

CNN  

CNN — When President Donald Trump received his Covid-19 vaccine at the White House in January, it was not recorded by official photographers or videographers, according to a person familiar with the matter, who said it wasn’t clear there was any photographic documentation of the moment. A spokesperson for the Ad Council, which produced the spot, said it “was something …

Trumps vaccinated against Covid-19 before leaving White House: Advisor
3 years, 10 months ago

Trumps vaccinated against Covid-19 before leaving White House: Advisor

India Today  

Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, were vaccinated against the coronavirus in January before leaving the White House, an advisor to the former president said on Monday. "President Trump and the first lady were vaccinated at the White House in January," the advisor said without providing any further details. Trump, in a speech on Sunday, his first since leaving the …

Donald And Melania Trump Quietly Received COVID-19 Vaccine In January: Reports
3 years, 10 months ago

Donald And Melania Trump Quietly Received COVID-19 Vaccine In January: Reports

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump quietly received the COVID-19 vaccine at the White House in January, several outlets reported Monday. Donald Trump’s approach contrasts, in particular, with those of President Joe Biden and other living former presidents who allowed their shots to be broadcast, saying they wanted to promote trust in the process. ALEX …

Joe Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine live on TV
4 years ago

Joe Biden receives Covid-19 vaccine live on TV

Live Mint  

US President-elect Joe Biden received a Covid-19 vaccine live on television Monday in a campaign to boost Americans' confidence in the jabs -- and in marked contrast to President Donald Trump's mixed messaging. Biden told Americans "there's nothing to worry about" when they get vaccinated and that in the meantime they should keep wearing masks and "listen to the experts." …

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden receives COVID-19 vaccine live on television
4 years ago

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden receives COVID-19 vaccine live on television

The Hindu  

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden received a COVID-19 vaccine live on television on Monday in a campaign to boost Americans' confidence in the jabs -- and in marked contrast to President Donald Trump's mixed messaging. Mr. Biden told Americans "there's nothing to worry about" when they get vaccinated and that in the meantime they should keep wearing masks and "listen to …

'I Didn't Feel A Thing:' Pence Gets COVID-19 Vaccine In Public Event
4 years ago

'I Didn't Feel A Thing:' Pence Gets COVID-19 Vaccine In Public Event

NPR  

'I Didn't Feel A Thing:' Pence Gets COVID-19 Vaccine In Public Event Enlarge this image toggle caption Andrew Harnik/AP Andrew Harnik/AP Updated at 2:05 p.m. ET Vice President Pence, second lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams received a COVID-19 vaccine on Friday at the White House in a televised event aimed at showing the vaccine is safe and …

First lady Melania unseen as Donald Trump restarts campaign after COVID-19
4 years, 2 months ago

First lady Melania unseen as Donald Trump restarts campaign after COVID-19

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump and his wife received their positive COVID-19 tests on the same day. A possible upside for the White House in the positive test results is that they overshadowed the release of audio recordings by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, a former confidante and adviser to the first lady, in which Ms. Trump was heard complaining about having to decorate …

Misinformation spikes as Trump confirms COVID-19 diagnosis
4 years, 3 months ago

Misinformation spikes as Trump confirms COVID-19 diagnosis

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — News Friday that President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for COVID-19 sparked an explosion of rumors, misinformation and conspiracy theories that in a matter of hours littered the social media feeds of many Americans. Other social media users were suggesting that Trump’s diagnosis is a hoax aimed at generating sympathy among voters or …

Election 2020 Today: Trump contracts COVID-19, globe reacts
4 years, 3 months ago

Election 2020 Today: Trump contracts COVID-19, globe reacts

Associated Press  

Here’s what’s happening Friday in Election 2020, 32 days until Election Day: HOW TO VOTE: AP’s state-by-state interactive has details on how to vote in this election. TODAY’S TOP STORIES: TRUMP CONTRACTS COVID-19: President Donald Trump says he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. Trump’s positive test comes just hours after the White House announced …

Donald Trump, Melania test positive: 'COVID will go away without a vaccine'; from denying severity to hailing US response, what president said
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump, Melania test positive: 'COVID will go away without a vaccine'; from denying severity to hailing US response, what president said

Firstpost  

Trump has been found to be the world’s biggest driver of COVID-19 misinformation during the pandemic, a Cornell University study concluded US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus and have gone into quarantine, hours after one of his closes aides Hope Hicks was found to have COVID-19. Maybe I should have done that instead …

Trump Testing Positive for Covid-19 Reminds Twitter of When He Called it a 'Hoax'. But Did He?
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump Testing Positive for Covid-19 Reminds Twitter of When He Called it a 'Hoax'. But Did He?

News 18  

On Friday, the world woke up to some shocking news. I also hold extreme resentment and anger to a man who sat idly by as all of us, including myself, lost friends and loved ones as he insisted 1) it was a hoax 2) it would magically disappear and 3) that people who wore masks were fools.— Josh Gad October …

Donald Trump Tested Positive for Covid-19 and People are Trying to Cast Satanic Spells on Him via Internet
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump Tested Positive for Covid-19 and People are Trying to Cast Satanic Spells on Him via Internet

News 18  

US President Donald Trump said, “The virus, it virtually affects nobody,” in September. As ironic as the famous last words sound, US President Donald Trump said late on Thursday that he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been quarantined after a top aide tested positive for coronavirus, in a shock development that disrupts his …

U.S. President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

U.S. President Donald Trump tests positive for COVID-19

The Hindu  

With just over a month to go for the Presidential election, U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump announced that they had tested positive for the coronavirus. Mr. Trump announced that he and Ms. Trump had begun their “quarantine process” as news of Ms. Hick’s infection broke and the Trumps awaited their test results. Mr. Biden’s last tweet …

President Donald Trump and Melania Trump test positive for Coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

President Donald Trump and Melania Trump test positive for Coronavirus

Op India  

The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump, took to Twitter to announce that he and the First Lady of the USA Melania Trump have tested positive for the Wuhan Coronavirus. — Donald J. Trump October 2, 2020 Only a couple of hours ago, Trump had tweeted, “Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking …

Donald Trump, Melania test positive for covid-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump, Melania test positive for covid-19

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for covid-19. U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet that he and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19. In a memo released early Friday morning, Trump’s physician said that the president and first lady plan to remain at the White House “during their convalescence” and …

Donald Trump, Melania to quarantine as they await covid test results
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump, Melania to quarantine as they await covid test results

Live Mint  

US President Donald Trump said that he would begin self-quarantine while waiting for coronavirus test results after Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, tested positive for Covid-19. I just heard about this,” Trump said in an interview Thursday night on Fox News, about two hours after Bloomberg News first reported Hicks’s positive test. Other senior staff have contracted Covid-19 …

Donald Trump and Melania test POSITIVE for COVID
4 years, 3 months ago

Donald Trump and Melania test POSITIVE for COVID

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus Thursday evening. The president says he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19 TUESDAY: Hope Hicks was spotted getting off Air Force One in Cleveland on Tuesday without her mask ahead of the first presidential debate in the city White House physician Dr Sean Conley …

Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump says he and first lady tested positive for coronavirus

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus, a stunning announcement that plunges the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election. The president’s physician said in a memo that Trump and the first lady, who is 50, “are both well at this time” …

Trump says he and Melania tested positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump says he and Melania tested positive for COVID-19

Salon  

On early Friday morning, President Trump tweeted that he and the first lady, Melania Trump, have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The announcement followed news from Thursday that Hope Hicks, one of Trump's senior advisers and someone who traveled with him this week, had also tested positive. Trump's physician Sean Conley said Trump is doing "well" in a memo …

US President Donald Trump says he and Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

US President Donald Trump says he and Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19

ABC  

US President Donald Trump says he and his wife Melania Trump have tested positive for COVID-19. Key points: Donald Trump confirmed he and wife Melania have coronavirus Donald Trump confirmed he and wife Melania have coronavirus Mr Trump made the announcement after confirming his senior aide Hope Hicks tested positive Mr Trump made the announcement after confirming his senior aide …

Trump and wife Melania test positive for COVID-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump and wife Melania test positive for COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he and his wife Melania had tested positive for COVID-19 and were in quarantine, after Hope Hicks, one of his closest advisers, tested positive for the disease, and after months of downplaying the severity of a pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States. Al Jazeera’s White House correspondent …

Here’s what CDC guidelines say the President and first lady should do after testing positive for Covid-19
4 years, 3 months ago

Here’s what CDC guidelines say the President and first lady should do after testing positive for Covid-19

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump announced early Friday he and first lady Melania Trump had tested positive for Covid-19. “Wear a mask when around other people, if you are able to.” Those infected should wear masks covering their nose and mouth when they’re around others, the CDC said. When can you leave isolation The CDC recommends people who tested positive …

COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign
4 years, 4 months ago

COVID-19 vaccine latest flashpoint in White House campaign

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The prospect of a vaccine to shield Americans from coronavirus infection emerged as a point of contention in the White House race as President Donald Trump accused Democrats of “disparaging” for political gain a vaccine he repeatedly has said could be available before the election. “It’s so dangerous for our country, what they say, but the vaccine will …

How Donald Trump and Joe Biden have turned the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine into a political football
4 years, 4 months ago

How Donald Trump and Joe Biden have turned the hunt for a coronavirus vaccine into a political football

ABC  

Every nation is waiting with bated breath for any news of a coronavirus vaccine. The President said a vaccine would arrive "sooner than the end of the year, could be much sooner". Dismissing her comments as "reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric" several days later, Trump said Harris's attack was designed to detract from the effort to quickly develop a vaccine. "She's talking …

Another federal official raises questions about Trump’s vaccine timeline
4 years, 4 months ago

Another federal official raises questions about Trump’s vaccine timeline

CNN  

CNN — Another federal official is making it clear that despite President Trump’s predictions, there’s hardly any chance a vaccine will be available to Americans by Election Day. Dr. Larry Corey, who’s leading a group set up by the National Institutes of Health to work on coronavirus vaccines, also said he doesn’t think there will be a vaccine available by …

Melania Trump greets Ivanka with a smile and an eye roll at RNC. Viral video
4 years, 4 months ago

Melania Trump greets Ivanka with a smile and an eye roll at RNC. Viral video

India Today  

The internet is kind of busy assessing US First Lady Melania Trump and Ivanka Trump’s relationship after a particular video of the two women surfaced online. @ProjectLincoln pic.twitter.com/EBFRheqOtD — Art Santiago August 28, 2020 Melania doesn’t seem to like Ivanka pic.twitter.com/PyiJ3OPjTZ — Scott Dworkin August 28, 2020 I see that Melania and Ivanka are getting along juuuuust fine. August 28, …

Melania Trump tells virus sufferers they’re ‘not alone’
4 years, 4 months ago

Melania Trump tells virus sufferers they’re ‘not alone’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump went there. “The future of our country has always been very important to him, and it is something that I have always admired,” said the first lady, who met Trump in New York City in 1998, two years after arriving in the U.S. from her native Slovenia, a former communist country in eastern Europe. Mrs. Trump …

Melania Trump unveils her own coronavirus PSA
4 years, 9 months ago

Melania Trump unveils her own coronavirus PSA

Daily Mail  

Melania Trump on Thursday released a public service announcement about the coronavirus, posting it to her Twitter account while President Donald Trump held a briefing in the White House press room. Melania Trump released a public service announcement about the coronavirus The first lady released her PSA as President Donald Trump was talking about his administration's efforts to fight the …

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