Trump Refused to Disclose Coronavirus Positive Test Results - Report

By Staff, Agencies

US President Donald Trump reportedly refused to disclose a positive result from a rapid test for the coronavirus on Thursday.

Trump, who is now being treated for the coronavirus, received the result before making an appearance on Fox News, according to The Wall Street Journal.

“I’ll get my test back either tonight or tomorrow morning,” Trump said during the interview. At 1 am on Friday.

“Don’t tell anyone,” Trump told an adviser about disclosing the results of their own positive test.

"The initial secrecy within Mr. Trump’s inner circle has created a sense of anxiety within the West Wing. Publicly, the White House has issued evolving and contradictory statements about the president’s health that has some officials worried about their own credibility," read the report.

Trump left his hospital suite on Sunday to greet his supporters outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center from his motorcade.

"President Trump took a short, last-minute motorcade ride to wave to his supporters outside and has now returned to the Presidential Suite inside Walter Reed," deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement.

The "surprise" visit caused outrage from many, including the White House Correspondents Association [WHCA] as well as James Phillips, an attending physician at Walter Reed.

"Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential 'drive-by' just now has to be quarantined for 14 days," Phillips said. "They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. This is insanity."

Trump, meanwhile, claimed that he had actually "learned about" the virus.

“It’s been a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about covid. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school. This isn't the let's-read-the-books school,” Trump said in a video posted to Twitter. “And I get it, and I understand it and it's a very interesting thing and I’m going to be letting you know about it.