Donald Trump returned to the White House on Monday four days of emergency treatment for Covid-19. Just before entering the White House, the president removed his mask on live TV. His doctor said a “final deep sigh of relief” wouldn’t come for nearly a week.
Shortly beforehand, Trump had tweeted that Americans, who have lost nearly 210,000 people to the virus, have nothing to fear.
After landing, he walked up the steps onto the South Portico’s stately balcony, demonstratively removed his mask and offered a 23-second salute to the departing Marine One.
Trump departed the medical facility aboard Marine One and was to land at the executive mansion roughly ten minutes later. He did not take shouted questions from a reporter as he entered the motorcade that took him to the helicopter for the brief ride.
He took to Twitter to say he would be returning to campaigning "soon" as he continues to lag behind Democratic nominee Joe Biden in nationwide polling.
