‘COVID-19 Finally Strikes the Right Target’

China’s state-controlled internet lights up in celebration over Trump’s illness

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump walk across the South Lawn upon return to the White House on May 27, 2020. Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images

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It was reported late on Oct. 1 that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the CCP virus (novel coronavirus) and that they were experiencing “mild symptoms.” And on Oct. 2, we learned that he was transferred to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center out of an “abundance of caution.”