President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he returns to the White House, three days after he arrived at Walter Reed hospital with coronavirus symptoms. 📸: Alex Brandon, AP
Through the early days of his ordeal, Trump had indicated a desire to return quickly to the campaign trail. Several of his supporters posted social media messages on Monday suggesting the president had"defeated" the virus.
Hogan Gidley, a Trump campaign spokesman, posted a GIF of Trump throwing a celebratory fist in the air at a WWE event. Campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh said Trump plans to participate in the Oct. 15 presidential debate to be set in Miami. "Will be back on the Campaign Trail soon!!!" Trump tweeted shortly before emerging from Walter Reed."The Fake News only shows the Fake Polls." Others were less convinced. Former Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, a New Jersey Republican, described the decision to leave as"irresponsible" and"shocking." "Leaving 1 of the best hospitals, having received drugs the average person doesn’t have access to, going home w/ full medical staff, he has the audacity to say don’t fear #COVID19 & he feels better than ever? THIS is our President?!" she tweeted. The decision to return to the White House, where several aides have announced in recent days that they, too, have tested positive, came as those close to Trump have sent mixed signals about his condition. On the one hand, White House physician Sean Conley had consistently offered an upbeat assessment but has also disclosed troubling symptoms, and new drug prescriptions, after the fact. Trump's doctors said the president was given the steroid dexamethasone on Saturday following a previously undisclosed drop in oxygen levels. Conley has pointedly declined to answer whether Trump has developed lung damage from his illness. Trump received a single 8 gram dose of Regeneron's polyclonal antibody cocktail on Friday as a precautionary measure. He also has received several rounds of Remdesivir therapy and has taken zinc, vitamin D, famotidine, melatonin and a daily aspirin, doctors said. When pressed for details about Trump's condition during a briefing Monday, Conley cited the 1996 health insurance privacy law that shields patients from having their personal health information divulged. But throughout the course of the president's treatment, Conley has had no qualms providing detailed health information if it showed the president was improving."Though he may not entirely be out of the woods yet, the team and I agree that all our evaluations, and most importantly his clinical status, support the resident's safe return home," Conley said. "Over the past 24 hours, the president has continued to improve," he said."He's met or exceeded all standard hospital discharge criteria." Conley did not answer a specific question about whether the president would be confined to the residence at the White House or whether he would be allowed to work from the West Wing. Conley said his team would do"whatever it takes" to allow him to work from wherever he needs to work from. Trump's medical team suggested the possibility Sunday that he could be released from Walter Reed Medical Center if his condition continued to improve, and White House aides – and the president himself – have asserted he is eager to return home, even as a growing number of West Wing officials announce they have positive test results. The news came as the White House faced a growing number of questions about inconsistent and incomplete information provided about Trump's condition, not to mention a burgeoning number of aides who have tested positive. Top among those was White House press secretary
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