Why the date of Trump's first positive Covid test matters

Trump didn't simply neglect to manage the public general wellbeing emergency, he likewise neglected to manage his very own wellbeing crisis.

Americans return to authentic, non-crazy reports on president's health
It was on Oct. 2, 2020, when the public originally discovered that Donald Trump had contracted Covid-19. Sometime thereafter, the then-president
Was hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center.

It was totally indistinct, in any case, even at that point, precisely when the Republican tried positive for the infection. As per another report in The Guardian, previous White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows wrote in his new book that Trump originally tried positive on Sept. 26 three days before his first official discussion against Joe Biden.

Mark Meadows additionally composes that however he realized every up-and-comer was needed "to test negative for the infection inside 72 hours of the beginning time. Nothing planned to prevent [Trump] from going out there." general society, in any case, was not recounted the president's tests.

Before diving in on this current, how about we note a couple of things. First thing, I should make reference to that The Guardian's report on Meadows' at this point unreleased book has not been autonomously checked by MSNBC or NBC News. All things considered, The New York Times ran a connected report toward the beginning of today, citing two previous authorities who
Also said the then-president originally tried positive on Sept. 26.
What's more, as per Meadows' telling, Trump tried negative soon after testing positive. By then, the then-president more likely than not should've taken a PCR test That clearly didn't happen.

Let's additionally take note of that the previous president kept the exactness from getting the story toward the beginning of today. All things considered, Trump lies wildly, and he's kept a lot from getting claims that ended up being true.
Having said all of that, what's the meaning of the new disclosures, accepting that they're true?

It's remarkable to acknowledge exactly the number of individuals Trump purposely put at genuine danger at the initial 2020 official discussion, including his own staff, his own Secret Service detail, and the one who might before long succeed him in the Oval Office.

The Guardian report added that Fox News'

Chris Wallace, who directed the occasion, "later

Said Trump was not tried before the debate

Because he showed up after the expected time. Coordinators, Wallace

Said, depended on the honor system."

Those relying on Donald Trump to be decent are quite often going to be disappointed.

They're not by any means the only ones the Republican put in danger. The evening after the evident positive test, Trump featured a mission rally in Pennsylvania. The following day, he likewise met with military families at the White House. The then president really griped the previous fall that the
Grieving Gold Star families got excessively near him he adequately blamed them for tainting him yet it currently seems Trump imperiled them, not the alternate way around.
Indeed, the rundown of individuals he put in danger simply keeps growing.

Finally, there was additionally something odd the previous fall about the course of events. Trump recognized the contamination the morning of Oct. 2, just to be hospitalized that evening? I will not profess to be a disease transmission expert, yet for the vast majority, a patient's condition doesn't decay nearly
That quickly.

If, in any case, Trump previously tried positive on Sept. 26, then, at that point, he was hospitalized six days after the fact, which makes undeniably more sense.

As for the master plan, at the danger of mentioning a reductive observable fact, these disclosures propose that the previous president didn't simply bomb stupendously to manage the public general wellbeing emergency, he additionally neglected to manage his very own wellbeing crisis.

Steve Benen is a maker for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the manager of Maddow Blog and a MSNBC political donor. He's additionally the top rated creator of "The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics."