BETHESDA, MD – OCTOBER 03: Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump rally outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 3, 2020 in Bethesda, Maryland. Trump arrived at the hospital yesterday after testing positive for COVID-19. Alex Edelman/Getty Images/AFP
BETHESDA, United States – President Donald Trump said in a video released Saturday he had “no choice” but to risk exposure to Covid-19 in his role as the US leader.
“I had no choice. Because I just didn’t want to stay in the White House,” Trump said in a video apparently filmed at Walter Reed military medical center where he is being treated for the coronavirus.
“I had to be out front… I can’t be locked up in a room upstairs and totally safe,” he said. “As a leader you have to confront problems. There’s never been a great leader that would have done that.”