WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House suggests hope Hicks was tested for the coronavirus, resulting in the quarantine of President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump, who announced that they had also been tested Thursday night.
Hicks has conducted coronavirus tests after traveling with Trump in recent days, according to a user familiar with Hicks’ situation.
Trump tweeted that he and the first girl “will begin our quarantine and recovery process. “
Hicks is in common contact with the president and Trump on his way to and from the first presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday.
Hope Hicks, who worked so hard even taking a short break, just tested positive on Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for the effects of our trials. In the meantime, we’ll begin our quarantine process!
She appears in a photo when she reaches Cleveland, dressed in a protective mask. Hicks also traveled aboard Marine One, the presidential helicopter, for a rally in Minnesota on Wednesday.
Trump said in an interview Thursday night on Fox News that he had just had a coronavirus check and that he and the first “spent a lot of time with Hope and others. “
Bloomberg reported that Hicks had some symptoms related to coronavirus, according to others close to her to whom they were told.
Hicks is the last White House official to positive for the virus. Previously, Vice President Mike Pence’s press secretary, Katie Miller, had recovered from COVID.
One of Trump’s oldest political advisers, the Hicks component of the original presidential crusader team unveiled in 2015.
After appointing the communications director, Hicks left the White House in 2018 and assumed a position as corporate director at Fox. In February, the White House announced that Hicks would return as an adviser to the president and assistant chief adviser (and Trump). jared Kushner, who has played a key role in communication strategy as Trump seeks re-election.
White House spokesman Judd Deere did not comment on Hicks’ situation, but issued a saying that management is taking precautions based on the recommendation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. those who paint for him and the American people. “
Trump has been criticized for organizing demonstrations that pose a threat of coronavirus spread, which has killed more than 200,000 Americans and inflamed more than 7. 2 million. Experts say social estating and masking are to curb spread; nor are they unusual in their meetings.