Ms Troye alleges that, during one task force meeting she attended, the president said: “Maybe this Covid thing is a good thing.
I don’t have to shake hands with these disgusting people.”.
She said: “Those disgusting people are the same people that he claims to care about.
Asked about her comments he left the White House for a campaign rally in Wisconsin, Mr Trump said he had no idea who she is.
“But then the people get a hold of her and say: ‘Let’s say some bad things about Donald Trump’.”.
He is also a self-described germophobe and denounced the practice of shaking hands before he ran for office.
A lifelong Republican, Ms Troye said she plans to vote for the Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, in November’s presidential election. »