All of the Known Coronavirus Cases in Trump’s Orbit
Two White House staffers tested positive last week, increasing worries about a Covid-19 outbreak at the White House
President Donald Trump, antsy over the lack of rallies and other coronavirus movement restrictions, traveled to Arizona last Tuesday as part of his push to reopen the country and argue the coronavirus pandemic is under control. Days later, the pandemic was at his doorstep. The president’s personal valet and the vice president’s press secretary tested positive for the virus on Thursday and Friday, the White House announced. Now three of the nation’s top health officials on the Coronavirus Task Force have begun forms of self-quarantine among growing concerns of a possible outbreak within the White House.
“It is scary to go to work,” Trump economic adviser Kevin Hassett told Face the Nation on Sunday. “I think that I’d be a lot safer if I was sitting at home than I would be going to the West Wing. It’s a small, crowded place. But, you know, it’s the time when people have to step up and serve their country.”
Trump and Vice President Mike Pence have been exposed to people who later tested positive for the coronavirus multiple times since the outbreak exploded in March, both at Mar-a-Lago and at the White House. Yet both…
