“I think it’s important… the president be visible… that he’d be on the phone, that he’d be on television, that he gets out on the Truman balcony, if he can. I’m not too concerned about the health, I’m just concerned about the perception.”
— White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, quoted by the New York Times, on President Trump being able to do his job since he tested positive for the novel coronavirus.
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