Daily US Times: According to a White House official, President Trump will emerge from his Covid-forced isolation Saturday for a speech from a White House balcony, allowing the public its first independent glimpse in days of a leader recovering from coronavirus.
A person familiar with the event said two thousand guests have been invited to the White House, despite concerns about a late September ceremony in the Rose Garden that may have played an important for a viral outbreak that has ripped through Trump’s staff.
This time, the Republican President will not be close to attendees. But the prospect of hosting another large gathering, even if not all 2,000 invitees do attend, as the contagion spreads has already generated concerns among some of Trump’s aides.
A source with knowledge of the planning says attendees will be subject to temperature checks and must bring masks.
President Trump is also now scheduled to hold a campaign rally in Florida on Monday evening. The rally will take place in an airport hangar in Sanford outside Orlando.
Since returning to the White House on Monday evening, President Donald Trump has not been seen in public. In a series of lengthy phone interviews, Mr Trump said he is ready to end his Covid isolation and emerge onto the campaign trail, despite little clarity about his condition, no independent view of his physical state and warnings from health experts he is likely still shedding the virus.
In an interview with Fox News that aired Friday night, the President said he has been retested for coronavirus but does not have the results yet.
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