White House was in chaos when Trump was severely ill with COVID-19, according to new book
“Trump was in the highest-risk category for severe disease from covid-19 — at 74, he rarely exercised and was considered medically obese.”
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Jenna Romaine | June 25, 2021
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White House officials were in a panic when President Trump contracted the coronavirus in October 2020, according to an upcoming book.
The White House reportedly called then-FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn asking the FDA to sign off on a compassionate-use authorization for a monoclonal antibody treatment immediately for an unnamed person.
The alleged incident is detailed in the book, “Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History," by Washington Post reporters.
White House officials were reportedly in a panic when President Trump contracted the coronavirus in October 2020, according to an upcoming book.
The book, “Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration's Response to the Pandemic That Changed History," describes the chaos the White House experienced following Trump’s diagnosis, even attempting to cut corners to get Trump access to an experimental treatment.
“Nightmare Scenario," written by
Washington Post reporters Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta, details the Trump administration’s behind-the-scenes response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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