Don Jr tests positive, as his father dodges media questions
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Donald Trump held a press conference on Friday to discuss prescription drug prices, but the moment also included him falsely claiming “he won” the 2020 election while accusing Moderna and Pfizer of working to stop his re-election efforts. The two pharmaceutical companies announced their coronavirus vaccines were 90 per cent or more effective against the novel virus following the election.
The press conference was actually not a press conference because the president took no questions. His decision not to take questions potentially came after White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany held her press briefing since 1 October on Friday.
Ms McEnany, who defended Mr Trump’s refusal to concede the election, was heckled by one reporter during the briefing over her inability to accept the election results. She also entered into a verbal spat with a CNN reporter, whom she called an “activist”, after refusing to answer more questions.
This comes after Mr Trump was told to to move aside by Republican senator Lamar Alexander, who said on Friday that the US president should allow the transition to a Biden administration to take place after more than two weeks of delay. Sources close to the president suggested that his refusal to concede was, in part, an act of revenge on Democrats who investigated Russian interference in his 2016 win over Hillary Clinton.
And later in the day it was confirmed that the president’s son, Don Jr, had tested positive for coronavirus and was quarantining.
Top Pentagon official tests positive for Covid following meeting with acting defense secretary
A senior Pentagon official and the Lithuanian minister of defense have both tested positive for coronavirus following a meeting that the acting defence secretary attended, writes Louise Hall.
Anthony Tata, who is serving as the undersecretary of defense tested positive for the disease after meeting with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Raimundas Karoblis on Friday, Bloomberg first reported.
"Mr Tata was tested today and has tested positive for Covid-19 on two successive tests. He will isolate at home for the next 14 days in accordance with Center for Disease Control protocols," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said.
Top Pentagon official tests positive for Covid following meeting with acting defense secretary
‘We have and are continuing to conduct further contact tracing of DoD personnel,’ Pentagon says
Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus
Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus
Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, has tested positive for coronavirus.
Michigan election officials promise to ‘follow the law’ after controversial meeting with Trump
Michigan officials vow to ‘follow law’ after Trump ‘election fraud’ meeting
The meeting comes the same week Mr Trump personally called Republican voting officials in a Michigan county which wavered on certifying election results
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