PARIS – News that the world’s toughest guy has ignited with the world’s most infamous disease has ruled giant and small screens, causing shock, sympathy and some tingling for President Donald Trump.
The avalanche of world leaders and declining markets on Friday left no doubt that Trump’s illness will have global implications, though these are still unknown. Trump’s announcement on Twitter that he and first girl Melania Trump tested positive for coronavirus sparked a series of responses on the same platform, as well as others.
Reading the positive check raises investors’ concerns about its effect in the November 3 election between Republican President and Democrat Joe Biden. Equity futures and peak global markets fell with the news, as did the value of oil.
From India to Qatar to Mexico, world leaders were quick to offer official sympathy for the summit, many of them tweeting directly to Trump, while anything that comes in schadenfreude bubbles. the virus, many of whom were skeptical of the disease. Among his supporters, at least two recovered from the disease.
“I’m sure his inherent vitality, intelligent humor and optimism will help him deal with the harmful virus,” Russian President Vladimir Putin wrote in a direct message to Trump posted through the Kremlin.
The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, tweeted: “My most productive wishes to President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS for a full and rapid recovery. “The Trump administration officially notified the United Nations in July of its retirement from WHO, the withdrawal will not take effect until next year. Trump says the UN fitness firm wants reforms and is strongly influenced through China. productive desires.
The Italian right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini tweeted: “In Italy and around the world, whoever celebrates the illness of a boy or a woguy, and who comes to wish the death of a neighbor, confirms what he is: an idiot without soul”. 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 “recover quickly. “
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who also recently recovered from a serious war with the coronavirus, sent a message to Trump and the former wishing him all the best for an early recovery.
“I know this disease from direct experience, which can also manifest itself in an insidious way, but on which you can succeed with correct and courageous behavior,” Berlusconi said in a message.
Dr. Bharat Pankhania, who advises the Johnson administration on communicable disease control, said he expected Trump’s positive check to send a message.
“We want politicians, especially politicians like President Trump, who has a lot of strength and influence, to take this seriously and their scientists and doctors in managing the epidemic, rather than have political influence in trying to deny that this virus is circulating and dragging its feet around control measures because it matched its agenda.
Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, at 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 wearing in Japan. “
Major media outlets around the world heard the announcement, with advertisements on television screens in Paris and Rome, Seoul and Beijing.
“To say that this can be a big challenge is to fall short,” Rabobank said in a comment. “Now it’s all taking the last turn of this American election campaign. “
China’s official news firm Xinhua aired the news and a host on the state CCTV announced it. On Friday night, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hua Chunying tweeted that he “was saddened to learn that the president and first lady of the United States tested positive, I hope they have a prompt recovery and that everything is fine.
Positive verification resulted in the most sought after topic in China in the weibo social media app, widely used, for hours after the announcement, with maximum mocking or critical comments.
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 girl have paid the value of their bet to downplay COVID-19. “
Several Arab media outlets are broadcasting photographs of Trump and his wife after the virus was announced.
Al-Arabiya, a Saudi satellite channel founded in Dubai, shows a long-running photo of the White House. Qatar’s state broadcaster, Al Jazeera, asked four commentators to talk about the “prevailing state of uncertainty” in the United States, wondering whether Trump can simply lead a re-election crusade and take the country out of its 40. Middle East leaders strongly allied with the United States have sent their most productive wishes, adding Kuwait’s new emir to power.
Iranian state television reported that Trump had the virus, with a presenter uttering the news with an unflattering symbol of the PRESIDENT of the United States surrounded by what gave the impression of being giant coronavirus. Later, one presenter noted that “the American president, who treated the coronavirus. “almost as if it were nothing, yet he hit it.
The United States and Iran have suffered 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 questions and reactions to all unknowns.
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?What would this mean for American leadership in those tumultuous times?
While uncertainty seemed palpable on a roll of social media in a variety of languages, many seemed to rejoice with the announcement.
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 Danica Kirka in London, Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, Ashok Sharma in New Delhi, Ken Moritsugu in Beijing, Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach in Tokyo, and Colleen Barry in Milan contributed to the report.
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