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Russia discussion of this news, per Daily Beast:
The shocking announcement that the President of the United States Donald J. Trump has contracted the coronavirus was promptly followed by well-wishes from the Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday sent President Trump a telegram, wishing a speedy recovery to the U.S. president and the first lady. According to a Kremlin readout of the telegram, Putin wrote: “I am sure that your inherent vitality, good spirits and optimism will help you cope with the dangerous virus.”
Overshadowed by the news of Trump’s positive test for COVID-19 was the fact that U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien met with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev in Geneva. According to Russian state media outlet Vesti, O’Brien allegedly went along with Putin’s much-ridiculed proposal that the United States and Russia enter into a pact of mutual non-interference in each other’s internal affairs. If such an agreement was in fact entertained, Moscow will undoubtedly interpret it to encompass Russia’s relations with its neighboring countries, including but not limited to the post-Soviet space, as well as the potential relief from the U.S. sanctions for Russia’s election interference, and the Kremlin being allowed to escape any consequences for the attempted poisoning of Alexei Navalny.
Meanwhile, with respect to Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, initial reactions in the Russian state media encompassed a full spectrum of emotions—ranging from sympathy to schadenfreude. Discussing Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis, Evgeny Popov, the host of Russian state media news talk show 60 Minutes, said: “Our candidate got sick.” His co-host Olga Skabeeva reminded the viewers that Trump is in a high-risk group, due to being elderly and overweight. Referring to former Vice President Joe Biden, Popov added: “The other one may get sick too.”
The hosts and panelists of 60 Minutes briefly discussed the possibility that Trump faked the coronavirus results in order to get out of additional debates with Biden, having resoundingly failed in the first round. They dismissed that conspiracy theory out of hand, believing that Americans traditionally don’t vote for sick candidates and illness would be much worse for Trump than being defeated in another debate....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-covid-diagnosis-spooks-russia
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wonder if this will have any effect on his race.
10 minutes ago, NRSKarenRN said:Ronny Jackson, Ex-White House Doctor, Wins Texas House Runoff
wonder if this will have any effect on his race.
Facts or unflattering truths frequently have no effect on conservative voters...just saying
CNN website touting alarmist large font headline on homepage: Trumps Covid-19 diagnosis Risks Multiple Crises --links to
This is not the " October Surprise" I was expecting. Do expect effect on Elections with thousands more mail in ballot requests being made in PA since multiple Trump visits here in September.
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USA Today 10/01/2020
Trump quarantining after White House adviser Hope Hicks tests positive for COVID