Donald Trump Ignores Son Don Jr's COVID-19 Diagnosis, Wishes Others Well
It was revealed earlier today (November 20) that Donald Trump Jr had tested positive for coronavirus.
“Don tested positive at the start of the week and has been quarantining out at his cabin since the result. He’s been completely asymptomatic so far and is following” medical guidelines,” a statement from his team read.
Hours have passed and Don‘s father, Donald Trump, hasn’t tweeted anything about it.
Instead, the 45th President of the United States, has tweeted three times since the news broke about Don Jr, and they’ve all been videos about voter fraud.
Throughout the pandemic, Trump has wished two people well on their recovery: senior counselor Hope Hicks, and former Florida State Seminoles football coach, Bobby Bowden.
Hope Hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for Covid 19. Terrible! The First Lady and I are waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
….to be around to vote for President Trump.” Over 300 wins and 2 National Championships. Thank you to Florida State for giving us Bobby Bowden!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2020
He had also wished the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg “well” in 2018 after she had surgery due to complications from lung cancer.
Wishing Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg a full and speedy recovery!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 22, 2018
Just last month, Trump himself, as well as First Lady Melania Trump, and their teenage son, Barron (which was revealed later), tested positive for coronavirus.
Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
There have been a total of over 35 people in Trump’s Administration who have tested positive for COVID-19, including Kellyanne Conway, Kayleigh McEnany and many others.
Trump and Don Jr have both downplayed the seriousness of COVID-19 throughout the pandemic.
“I went through the CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] data because I kept hearing about the new infections, [but] why aren’t they talking about deaths? Oh, oh, because the number is almost nothing, because we have gotten control of this thing,” Don Jr shared during a Fox News interview.
More Testing equals more Cases. We have best testing. Deaths WAY DOWN. Hospitals have great additional capacity! Doing much better than Europe. Therapeutics working!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2020
UPDATE: POTUS has finally posted an update about Don Jr 12 hours after the announcement.
My son Donald is doing very well. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 21, 2020