‘I think I’m doing very well,’ says Trump in video message
US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks to Marine One prior to departure from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 2, 2020, as he heads to Walter Reed Military Medical Center, after testing positive for Covid-19. – President Donald Trump will spend the coming days in a military hospital just outside Washington to undergo treatment for the coronavirus, but will continue to work, the White House said Friday (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
WASHINGTON D.C. , United States – US President Donald Trump said Friday he believes he is “doing very well,” in his first public comments since announcing he had tested positive for COVID-19.
“I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support,” Trump said in a short video message posted on his Twitter account, just as he was arriving by helicopter at a military hospital near Washington for Covid-19 treatment.
“I am going to Walter Reed hospital. I think I am doing very well. But we are going to make sure that things work out,” Trump said.
Marine One, with US President Donald Trump aboard, departs from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 2, 2020, as he heads to Walter Reed Military Medical Center, after testing positive for Covid-19. – President Donald Trump will spend the coming days in a military hospital just outside Washington to undergo treatment for the coronavirus, but will continue to work, the White House said Friday (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
“The First Lady is doing very well,” he added.
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