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Showing Original Post only (View all)Awww, Trump was "upset" when he found out his personal valet has COVID-19. [View all]
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/07/politics/trump-valet-tests-positive-covid-19/index.htmlA member of the US Navy who serves as one of President Donald Trump's personal valets has tested positive for coronavirus, CNN has learned Thursday, raising concerns about the President's possible exposure to the virus.
The valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House and often work very close to the President and first family. Trump was upset when he was informed Wednesday that the valet had tested positive, a source told CNN, and he was subsequently tested again by the White House physician.
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"We were recently notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Military, who works on the White House campus, has tested positive for Coronavirus," deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement. "The President and the Vice President have since tested negative for the virus and they remain in great health."
A White House source said the valet, a man who has not been identified, exhibited "symptoms" Wednesday morning, and said the news that someone close to Trump had tested positive for coronavirus was "hitting the fan" in the West Wing.
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The valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House and often work very close to the President and first family. Trump was upset when he was informed Wednesday that the valet had tested positive, a source told CNN, and he was subsequently tested again by the White House physician.
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"We were recently notified by the White House Medical Unit that a member of the United States Military, who works on the White House campus, has tested positive for Coronavirus," deputy White House press secretary Hogan Gidley said in a statement. "The President and the Vice President have since tested negative for the virus and they remain in great health."
A White House source said the valet, a man who has not been identified, exhibited "symptoms" Wednesday morning, and said the news that someone close to Trump had tested positive for coronavirus was "hitting the fan" in the West Wing.
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Tweet from Frank Figliuzzi, former FBI Assistant Director and NBC News contributor:
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And Trump exposed everyone on his Arizona trip: Donald Trump's White House Navy valet tests POSITIVE for coronavirus #coronavirus
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Awww, Trump was "upset" when he found out his personal valet has COVID-19. [View all]
highplainsdem
May 2020
OP
I hope the dude sneezed on every 12-foot red tie and every huge tank shirt
lagomorph777
May 2020
#62
I read your article. 'They' wanted to take Typhiod Mary's gall bladder out. Barely related,
empedocles
May 2020
#71
You are correct on the gallstones cause - from a general perspective. From my
empedocles
May 2020
#75
He is frequently tested, never positive. You have no evidence, only conjecture
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2020
#24
Yes. If he was positive, his staff would rush to the media to gain sympathy for him in polls
Bernardo de La Paz
May 2020
#31
It the Don was sick from it, there would be no news of it because "Only losers get sick"
LiberalArkie
May 2020
#35
How badly do you have to screw up in the Navy to get THAT assignment?
The Velveteen Ocelot
May 2020
#19
I say Trump should drink a bottle of Lysol and shove a black light up his own ass
woodsprite
May 2020
#25
The valets are members of an elite military unit dedicated to the White House. Why are military.....
machoneman
May 2020
#36
in Rump's mind (what little of it there is) it is his installment as God Emperor
Celerity
May 2020
#61
So. will he still go through with exposing the entire West Point graduating class this month? (nt)
scarletwoman
May 2020
#59
Has the valet done any spit shining? If not I hope he gets right to it, if he hasn't been reassigned
littlemissmartypants
May 2020
#66
Can I ask why "elite military" members are wasted on being a president's "personal valets"?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2020
#70