AP:Associated PressTrump urged the crowd to chant Hope Hicks’ name after she recovered from coronavirus[/caption]
Getty Images - GettyHicks joked about her and Trump sharing a microphone following their Covid-19 diagnoses[/caption]
Yesterday, Trump urged a reluctant Hicks to greet his supporters in Ocala, FA, touting her speedy recovery after her coronavirus diagnosis on October 1.
“Speaking of hope, Hope Hicks is here – where’s Hope?” he said. “The great Hope Hicks – you know, she tested positive but she’s ok.
“We want Hope, right? I used to say, ‘we want Hope’ and all these crazy people would say ‘yeah, we want Hope!’ … C’mere Hope!”
As Hicks approached the podium, Trump clapped and said “she’s shy but not that shy” as the crowd shouted her name.
“Hi,” a beaming Hicks said during her brief address. “We can share a microphone now!
AP:Associated Press‘The great Hope Hicks – you know, she tested positive but she’s ok,’ Trump said [/caption]
AP:Associated PressHicks approached the stadium and said she had ‘stage fright’[/caption]
AP:Associated PressThe White House aide was pictured laughing with the president onstage [/caption]
AP:Associated PressTrump praised Hicks and urged people to shout her name[/caption]
“Thank you all so much and thank you, President Trump – I have stage fright, so,” she laughed before waving and walking off the stage.
AP:Associated PressPotus touted Hicks’ speedy recovery from the deadly virus[/caption]
McEnany tested positive three days after Trump’s infection was confirmedAP:Associated PressHope Hicks tested positive for the virus earlier this month [/caption]
Getty Images - GettyTrump exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 1[/caption]
During his NBC News Town Hall this week, Trump told moderator Savannah Guthrie he couldn’t remember all the times he had been tested.
Trump said he had “no problem” on Tuesday, September 29, and “probably” did a test that day ahead of his positive result on Thursday, October 1.
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“I don’t know. I don’t even remember,” he said when the moderator Guthrie pressed him for an answer. “Possibly I did, possibly I didn’t.”
“There was no problem before,” he said, adding that he didn’t recall all the times he’d been tested. “After the debate, I guess a day or so.
“Thursday evening – maybe even late Thursday evening, I tested positive.”
ReutersHope Hicks greeted Trump supporters on Friday in Ocala, FA[/caption]
Getty Images - GettyThe president asked Hicks to come up on stage[/caption]
TwitterTrump said Hicks tested positive on Thursday, October 1[/caption]
TwitterThe next day, he and the first lady both tested positive[/caption]
AP:Associated PressHicks arrives with Trump at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Reno on September 12 to travel to a rally in Minden, Nevada [/caption]
ReutersTrump’s diagnosis came hours after it was revealed one of his closest advisors, Hicks tested positive for coronavirus[/caption]
Trump and Hicks on her last day as White House communications director in March 2018 before she later re-joined his staffAP:Associated PressReutersDonald Trump wipes his face with a tissue during a break in the NBC interview[/caption]
Reuters“Thursday [October 2] evening – maybe even late Thursday evening, I tested positive,” Trump told Savannah Guthrie[/caption]
AP:Associated PressGuthrie quizzed Trump about the timeline of his Covid-19 diagnosis [/caption]
AP:Associated PressDonald Trump wipes away sweat from his face[/caption]
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