President Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, two Trump family associates confirmed to CBS News. A spokesman for Trump Jr. said he tested positive at the start of the week and has been "quarantining out at his cabin since the result."
"He's been completely asymptomatic so far and is following all medically recommended COVID-19 guidelines," the spokesman said.
Trump Jr. is the latest in the Trump orbit to test positive for COVID-19, following the president's diagnosis on October 2. On Friday, Rudy Giuliani's son Andrew, who is a special assistant to the president, announced he had tested positive for the virus. CBS News has confirmed at least four other White House aides have tested positive for COVID-19. Trump campaign adviser Jenna Ellis said she and Rudy Giuliani had tested negative.
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Trump Jr. is the first of Mr. Trump's adult children to test positive, although his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle tested positive for the virus in July. The president's youngest child, Barron Trump, tested positive in October.
Weijia Jiang and Caroline Linton contributed to this report.
delitescentjourney on November 20th, 2020 at 23:27 UTC »
Remember a month ago he said COVID infections are down to "almost nothing" and that "we've gotten control of it":
https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1322001939266109441?s=20
Meanwhile US currently has 260,000 deaths, 12 million cases.
Article says he's asymptomatic so unfortunately he'll say it's no worse than the flu and his cult will eat it up.
TheMicMic on November 20th, 2020 at 23:23 UTC »
He's going to say that suffering from Coronavirus was no big deal, regardless of what happens.
Opposite_Channel on November 20th, 2020 at 23:20 UTC »
"President Trump's son Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for COVID-19, two Trump family associates confirmed to CBS News. A spokesman for Trump Jr. said he tested positive at the start of the week and has been "quarantining out at his cabin since the result." "He's been completely asymptomatic so far and is following all medically recommended COVID-19 guidelines," the spokesman said. Trump Jr. is the latest in the Trump orbit to test positive for COVID-19, following the president's diagnosis on October 2."