Timeline of Trump’s activities in week coronavirus hit home

With just a month to go until the election, President Trump had a busy schedule in the week before the coronavirus hit home. The incubation period can extend up to 14 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

LAST SATURDAY

Trump announces the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Two people who attended the Rose Garden ceremony — Utah Sen. Mike Lee and University of Notre Dame president John Jenkins — announce on Friday they have tested positive for the virus.

Trump holds a campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pa., attended by thousands of supporters, many not wearing masks.

SUNDAY

Trump visits his golf course in Sterling, Va., and holds a late afternoon news conference in the White House briefing room.

The president and his wife hold an early evening reception for Gold Star Families on the White House State floor.

MONDAY

Trump surveys a truck produced by Lordstown Motors on the White House South Lawn at an event attended by two members of Congress and three representatives from the Lordstown, Ohio, manufacturer.

Trump holds a Rose Garden event to announce an administration effort to distribute millions of coronavirus test kits to states. The event is attended by administration officials including Vice President Mike Pence, members of Congress and state officials.

TUESDAY

Trump travels to Cleveland for a 90-minute presidential debate against Democratic rival Joe Biden.

White House aide Hope Hicks is part of a large entourage that travels to Ohio with Trump aboard Air Force One for the debate, including members of the Trump family.

WEDNESDAY

Trump travels to Minnesota for a fundraiser at a private home in suburban Minneapolis and an outdoor rally in Duluth.

Hicks is among the White House aides who accompany Trump on the trip. She feels unwell on the return trip and isolates herself aboard Air Force One.

THURSDAY

Hicks tests positive for the coronavirus.

Trump flies to his Bedminster resort in New Jersey for a private fundraiser. Several aides who were in proximity to Hicks scrap plans to accompany Trump. White House officials say they learned of Hicks’ positive test soon after Trump boarded Marine One to start his journey to New Jersey.

Trump announces in an evening interview on Fox News that he and the first lady are being tested for the coronavirus. He later tweets that they will “begin our quarantine process!”

FRIDAY

Trump tweets shortly before 1 a.m. that he and the first lady have tested positive for the virus and “will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately.”

from Boston Herald https://ift.tt/3jlE6op