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Their [the crooks in administration] past tweet announcements are rarely truthful...expect this to be hardly different imo. This is more likely a cover for several future excuses such as why skipping debates or other previous scheduled appearances such as rallies etc and also in hopes to contain other media news stories from earlier in the week. Idea is control media narratives where possible so the topics of refusing to condemn militias, or the release of tax financial documents eventually get replaced.

If the remaining debates do happen, the formats will have to be handled via remote options instead of being an in-person event as originally planned.

Hicks issue was leaked to a Bloomberg news reporter. Eventually the administration couldn't cover that up and had to inform the traveling media journalists.

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Kaitlan Collins on CNN hitting the cover-up angle

She says there will be serious questions about why the White House knew that Hope Hicks had tested positive and didn't tell anybody. Trump went to a fundraiser, and Hope Hicks traveled on a plane with reporters.

Asking if this hadn't leaked, whether the White House would have told anybody, because it sure seemed like they were just keeping Trump on his normal schedule.

https://i.ibb.co/YTWN3kd/Hope-Hicks.jpg

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A small group of WH officials knew Thurs morning Trump's aide Hicks had virus but Trump went to NJ

In the early hours of Friday morning, US President Donald Trump tweeted that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19 after one of his top aides contracted the virus.

Here's what we know about the situation:

Hope Hicks tests positive: Hicks is a close aide to Trump and traveled with him multiple times recently, including to the presidential debate in Cleveland on Tuesday. She was seen boarding Marine One, along with several other of the President's closest aides. Bloomberg was first to report that she had tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Several sources then confirmed the diagnosis to CNN.

Fundraiser and media briefing: A small group of White House officials knew by Thursday morning that Hicks had contracted Covid-19, according to CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins -- but Trump still took a trip to New Jersey for a fundraiser, and press secretary Kayleigh McEnany still held a news briefing at the White House on Thursday. McEnany didn't wear a mask at the briefing, and made no mention of Hicks' diagnosis to reporters in the room, Collins said.

Trump gets tested again: On Thursday evening, Trump confirmed Hicks' diagnosis in a tweet and said that he and the first lady were being retested for the virus. "She did test positive, I just heard about this. She tested positive. She's a hard worker. Lot of masks, she wears masks a lot but she tested positive," Trump said on Fox News' "Hannity." "So whether we quarantine or whether we have it, I don't know."

Trump starts the "quarantine process": The President followed his comments up with a tweet later on Thursday saying that he and the first lady were waiting for test results....
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Masks are NOT worn by team Trump inside Air Force 1 per Jonathan Lemire on MSNBC

He said that all staff wear masks inside Marine 1, but not inside the office space of Air Force 1.

There is video of Hope Hicks with Trump inside Marine 1 sitting directly across from each other. Hicks was wearing a cloth mask that kept slipping below her nose, Trump was not wearing a mask.

Hicks tested negative with the rapid test before leaving Wednesday morning for the Minnesota rally. She became ill during the day and was quarantined on Air Force 1 on the trip back.
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My concern would be for Joe Biden since he had to stand on stage without a mask while dealing with a yelling jackass a few meters away while trying to debate for 90 minutes. Testing every 12 hours might be a necessity for Biden.

Fortunately everyone else from Biden's team were wearing masks even though that is no guarantee, but better than nothing.

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Cleveland Clinic Dr. asked people on Trump's side of room to put on masks. They refused.

Tweet text: Tyler Pager
@tylerpager

A Cleveland Clinic doctor with masks just walked up to a number of unmasked members of the audience on Trump’s side of the room and asked them to put on masks. She told me they refused to take one and wear them.

Tyler Pager
@tylerpager

An observation from inside the debate hall: Everyone in Biden’s side of the hall is wearing a mask. More than half on Trump’s side, including his four children, are not wearing masks. According to the Cleveland Clinic, it’s a requirement that all guests wear masks.
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As for national security, since jackass mismanaged things with his own staff, backup operations are now ongoing in order to keep security up and running for now.

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it is a backup. In the event that nuclear command authority (President) is incapacitated The looking glass (E-6B) can provide a backup command authority. This ensures an adversary can't try to use an incapacitation of the President to launch a nuclear decapitation strike. I mean they could but it would be pointless so the E-6B act as an insurance policy and hopefully prevent a nuclear strike from happening.

Do I think I think it is likely that would happen? No but it is a precaution in that extremely unlikely scenario.

launching the "doomsday" nuclear command centers is seen as a provocative action so usually they are grounded unless conditions warrant it.

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Edited by gregf (10/02/20 05:29 PM)