President Donald Trump and the first Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus.
TOKYO (AP) – News of the world’s toughest man’s infection with the world’s most infamous disease has provoked instant reactions of shock, sympathy, insane joy and, of course, the ubiquitous outrage and interest that adhere to much of what Donald Trump is doing, even 10,000 km away.
Trump’s announcement on Twitter Friday that he and the first girl, Melania Trump, tested positive for coronavirus, and the deep uncertainty that accompanied him, permeated the global news cycle, breaking countless plans and making observations everywhere, from presidential offices to thousands of other people seeking regret on social media.
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Reading the positive check for the leader of the world’s largest economy adds more uncertainty to investor concerns, including, more importantly, how the infection can only in the November 3 election between Trump, a Republican and Democrat Joe Biden. Equity futures and Asian stocks fell as a result of the news.
“To say that this can be a big challenge is to fall short,” Rabobank said in a comment. “In any case, everything is moving into the background in the face of the last turn of this American election campaign. “
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World leaders and officials rushed to have an opinion, and there was sympathy and anything to come about Schadenfreude.
“I wish my friend @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS a prompt recovery and health,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.
The United States and India have prospered under Trump and India is seen as a spouse to balance China’s influence on development in Asia.
Italian right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini tweeted: “In Italy and around the world, who celebrates the disease of a boy or woguy, and who comes to wish for the death of a neighbor, confirms what he is: a soulless idiot. “A hug for Melania and Donald. “
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized for a week in April after contracting COVID-19, wanted Trump to “make a quick recovery. “
“Our most productive desires pass on to the president and the first lady, yet it shows that no one is safe from COVID-19 and catches him. So it shows that whatever the precautions, we’re all sensitive to that,” Australian Agriculture Minister David said. Littleproud, deputy leader of the National Conservative Party, said on television of the Australian Broadcasting Corp. “A complicated moment, and it just shows that a global pandemic can really reach anyone, even the president of the United States. “
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, in a weekly press conference, mentioned Trump’s reluctance to wear a mask when asked about his infection, but said the news “reminded me how much mask is used in Japan. “
Major media outlets around the world also aired the ad, with advertisements on television screens in Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, Dubai and Beijing.
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China’s official news firm Xinhua aired the news and a host on the state CCTV announced it; there was no immediate comment from the government on Friday, the day of the time of an eight-day national holiday.
The positive result of verification for Trump and his wife was the most sought-after topic in China on the widespread Weibo social media app a few hours after the announcement, with most mocking or critical comments.
President Donald Trump speaks at a rally at Toledo Express Airport in Swanton, Ohio, on September 21, 2020 (Photo via MANDEL NGAN/AFP) (Photo via MANDEL NGAN/AFP Getty Images)
One user joked that Trump nevertheless tweeted something positive.
The Chinese government has been irritated by Trump’s attempts to blame China, where the disease has emerged, for the pandemic and called for cooperation to combat it, a message that has resonated with the public.
Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times public newspaper, tweeted in English that “President Trump and the First Lady have paid the value of their bet to minimize COVID-19. “
On Friday, several Arab media outlets aired photographs of Trump and his wife after the virus was announced.
Al-Arabiya, a Saudi channel founded in Dubai, cut to a full-length photo of the White House. Al Jazeera, run by the state of Qatar, has asked 4 commentators to speak about the “prevailing state of uncertainty” in the United States. wondering if Trump could simply carry out a re-election crusade and lift the country out of its 40s.
Iranian state television reported that Trump had the virus, and a presenter uttered the news with an unflattering symbol of the PRESIDENT of the United States surrounded by what gave the impression of being giant coronavirus. U. S. -Iran relations have resented since Trump unilaterally pulled the United States out of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers and again imposed crushing sanctions.
Social media platforms were on fire with a reaction.
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Would Trump blame the Chinese, give his critics and enemies a sense of smell, temporarily passing his quarantine with severe symptoms, tweeting outside the White House?Would he be seriously ill or worse? And if I did, what would that mean for the U. S. election?of the most debatable in recent history?
While uncertainty seemed palpable on a roll of country social media, many comments seemed to revel in the announcement.
President Donald Trump demonstrated on October 2 that he and first lady Melania Trump had taken the coronavirus test.
“This is a possibility for him to verify his concept of injecting disinfectant and protect himself (against accusations that) it was fake news!”Tweeted Hiroyuki Nishimura, a Japanese Internet entrepreneur, referring to a concept Trump previously introduced this year for treatment.
Keio University economics professor Masaru Kaneko tweeted that populist leaders such as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro “were angry that they tended to take the coronavirus seriously. The other two leaders seriously addressed the virus after fitting it in. your examples?”
And Australian satirical news site Betoota Advocate published an article with the headline: “Trump’s circle of relatives records more cases of network transmission than the entire state of Queensland. “
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Associated Press editors Nassser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, Ashok Sharma in New Delhi, Ken Moritsugu in Beijing, Jon Gambrell in Dubai, Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach in Tokyo, and Colleen Barry in Italy contributed to this report. .