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Trump Joked About Having Covid After Biden Debate

September 20, 2023 · 11:38 am ET · Leave a Comment

“Donald Trump and his chief of staff Mark Meadows joked about the then U.S. president having Covid on Air Force One after the first debate with Joe Biden in 2020 – an event at which Trump was not tested but three days before which, Meadows later confessed, Trump had indeed tested positive,” The Guardian reports.

The anecdote is from the new book, Enough by Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.

Enough
by Cassidy Hutchinson · Simon & Schuster · 2023
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