President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus – making him the highest-ranking official to test positive so far.
That’s according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss it by name.
The White House confirmed that O’Brien has mild symptoms and “has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site,” adding that: “There is no risk of exposure to the President or the Vice President” and that the “work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted.”
The news was first reported by Bloomberg News, which said O’Brien came down with the virus after a family event.
A personal valet to the president and the vice president’s press secretary previously tested positive for the virus, which has now infected more than 4 million people nationwide.
Senior White House staff and anyone who comes into close contact with the president and vice president are tested for the virus every day.
(AP)
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No problem…..its just a matter of time until El Presidente himself tests positive. Perhaps maybe that will make him take it seriously since apparently nothing else will.
@Gadolhadorah
Not going to happen. Anybody that comes in close contact with him is tested.
He personally gets exactly what the experts say the rest of the country needs to reopen safely: quick testing and tracing.
…while emphatically denying all Americans the same care; because it’s merely a democratic hoax to hurt his reelection chances.