- The president tweeted to confirm the news shortly before 1am EST Friday, writing: ‘Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately’
- Trump had said he and first lady Melania Trump are awaiting their own test results after Hicks tested positive
- Hicks, who serves as counselor to Trump, traveled with him to a rally in Minnesota on Wednesday
- She tested positive Thursday, according to an administration official after feeling poorly on the way home
- Trump then continued with his schedule Thursday and traveled to and from his Bedminster, New Jersey
- Hicks also had also been aboard Air Force One to Tuesday night’s first presidential debate in Cleveland
- And she traveled with the president to a rally in Pennsylvania last Saturday where she was seen maskless
- Trump is 74 years old, putting him at higher risk of serious complications from the virus
- A statement from the White House doctor said both the president and first lady are ‘well at this time’
- The White House had earlier distributed a schedule for Friday that showed he planned to go forward with a fundraiser at his Washington, D.C., hotel and a political rally in Sanford, Florida; that has since been canceled
