{"id":4226,"date":"2020-10-01T23:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2020-10-05T10:04:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T17:04:23","slug":"breaking-president-trump-and-first-lady-test-positive-for-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4226","title":{"rendered":"President Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for Coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Michael Palomba<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. The shocking news was revealed in a tweet by the president Thursday night.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tonight, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FLOTUS<\/a> and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1311892190680014849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Melania tweeted as well, saying, &#8220;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As too many Americans have done this year,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> @potus<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good &amp; I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe &amp; we will all get through this together.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As too many Americans have done this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@potus<\/a> &amp; I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19. We are feeling good &amp; I have postponed all upcoming engagements. Please be sure you are staying safe &amp; we will all get through this together.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Melania Trump 45 Archived (@FLOTUS45) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLOTUS45\/status\/1311900591174680581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The positive test results comes just hours after it was revealed that White House senior aide Hope Hicks was experiencing symptoms of COVID and tested positive for the virus. She is currently in Washington D.C. recovering and quarantining.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1311859538279239686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hicks is in frequent close contact with the president and travels regularly with him on Air Force One. She was also with President Trump at a campaign event in Minnesota on Wednesday and flew back to the White House with him on the Marine One helicopter after the rally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump had an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity early Thursday, where he said his test results were still pending.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I just went for a test and we\u2019ll see what happens&#8230;Whether we quarantine or whether we have it, I don\u2019t know.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the announcement, many conservative personalities and supporters of the president offered their prayers and wished for a quick recovery.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejtlewis\/status\/1311892539541159941?s=20\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/thejtlewis\/status\/1311892539541159941?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRightMelissa\/status\/1311894389250236416?s=20\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRightMelissa\/status\/1311894389250236416?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President Trump\u2019s positive test calls into question whether we will see another presidential debate. The next debate was scheduled for October 15, just two weeks from today, and the final one is scheduled for October 22.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politics aside, the leader of the free world and his wife being diagnosed with COVID is a tragedy for the entire country. We here at <em>San Diego News Desk<\/em> are wishing President Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and Hope Hicks a speedy recovery and all the best during this troubling time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Michael Palomba President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. The shocking news was revealed in a tweet by the president Thursday night.\u00a0 Melania tweeted as well, saying, &#8220;As too many Americans have done this year, @potus &amp; I are quarantining at home after testing positive for COVID-19&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4232,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>President Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for Coronavirus - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=4226\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Trump and First Lady Melania Test Positive for Coronavirus - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Written by Michael Palomba President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus. 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