It Seems There May Be Trouble In Paradise Between Trump And His Old Chief Of Staff, Releases Response To A Claim From Meadows' New Book, Calls It "Fake News"

Donald Trump’s former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, revealed in his new book that the former president tested positive for Covid-19 three days before his first debate against Joe Biden, The Guardian reports. The former president went ahead with the debate anyway. Meadows recalls in the book that though he knew each candidate was required “to test negative for the virus within seventy-two hours of the start time … Nothing was going to stop [Trump] from going out there.” There isn’t much that the twice-impeached one-term president did right when the pandemic hit, but this is even more beyond the pale as he could have endangered the life of his opponent.

In the book, Meadows says that Trump returned a negative result from a different test shortly after the positive. It was not until Oct. 2, days after the debate with Joe Biden, that Trump announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, and he went to the hospital later that day.

Trump, of course, is calling Meadows’ book “fake news” in a statement tweeted out by his spokesperson Liz Harrington to circumvent his ban on the behemoth social site.

“The story of me having COVID prior to, or during, the first debate is Fake News,” Trump insisted. “In fact, a test revealed that I did not have COVID prior to the debate.”

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President Donald J. Trump:

“The story of me having COVID prior to, or during, the first debate is Fake News. In fact, a test revealed that I did not have COVID prior to the debate.” pic.twitter.com/5LgEfowK0s

— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) December 1, 2021

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“Nonetheless, the stunning revelation of an unreported positive test follows a year of speculation about whether Trump, then 74 years old, had the potentially deadly virus when he faced Biden, 77, in Cleveland on Sept. 29 – and what danger that might have presented,” The Guardian reports.

I remember worrying that Biden might have contracted COVID from Trump after the former president’s announcement. I think most of us wondered if Trump knew he had it when he debated then-candidate Joe Biden. Trump certainly lacks a conscience. He failed to express any empathy for the Americans that died from Covid while he was in office. On Tuesday, we reported that Meadows had reached an initial agreement to cooperate with the House committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack insurrection. I think Trump might be a bit angry at Meadows right now. Just a hunch.

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