WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump was infuriated that 14 U.S. citizens who had tested positive for coronavirus were permitted to return this week to the United States, said two senior administration officials. The decision took the president, a self-declared "germophobe," by surprise.Officials
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was infuriated that 14 U.S. citizens who had tested positive for coronavirus were permitted to return this week to the United States, said two senior administration officials. The decision took the president, a self-declared “germophobe,” by surprise.
During the early legs of a four-day trip to the West Coast meant to bolster his reelection effort, Trump paid close attention to Fox News’ coverage of the Diamond Princess that played aboard Air Force One. There have been at least 634 infections and two deaths from the Diamond Princess, which Japanese officials kept in isolation for two weeks at a port in Yokohama. That effort at a quarantine contributed to the virus’ rapid spread among passengers. The cluster from the ship is the largest concentration of coronavirus cases outside China, warranting its own category in data compiled by the World Health Organization.
After they learned that 14 passengers had tested positive, U.S. officials decided that the entire group set to leave Japan should be treated according to protocols the officials had developed for evacuees, Walters said. That meant continuing to transport those who had tested positive but putting them in isolation — behind sheets of plastic about 10-feet tall — at the rear of the two planes flying them back to the United States.
The planes landed at Travis Air Force Base in California and Lackland Air Force Base in Texas. Most of the 14 passengers who had tested positive were then flown to Omaha, Nebraska for treatment and monitoring by experts at the University of Nebraska.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Trump visits a big foreign market — for the U.S. and for Trump OrgPresident Trump’s trip to India on Monday will create attention that could help Trump-branded properties amid the country’s slumping real estate market and slowing economy
Read more »
Washington Post: Trump furious after officials let Americans with coronavirus return to US from JapanPresident Trump became enraged with senior advisers this week when 14 Americans who tested positive for the coronavirus were brought back to the US from Japan after he had been told they would remain quarantined overseas, sources told The Washington Post
Read more »
Melania Trump next in long line of first ladies to visit IndiaFor decades, America's first ladies have made India an essential global visit, a sort of rite of passage for the job, either alone or in a supporting role with the president
Read more »
Mulvaney Says He Often Disagrees With Trump (Just Never Publicly)Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said in a wide-ranging discussion Wednesday night that he disagreed with President Donald Trump "every single day," mocked a fellow administration adviser and accused Republicans of hypocrisy over the budget deficit.Mulvaney, addressing
Read more »
Trump Ads Will Take Over YouTube’s Homepage on Election Day(Bloomberg) -- In the immediate run up to the U.S. presidential election and on Election Day, the homepage of YouTube is set to advertise just one candidate: Donald Trump.The president’s re-election campaign purchased the coveted advertising space atop the country’s most-visited video website for early
Read more »