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Trump, who still has COVID-19, went into the Oval Office yesterday, according to a top White House adviser

Oct 7, 2020, 19:58 IST
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President Donald Trump speaks during an event commemorating the repatriation of Native American remains and artifacts from Finland in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, September 17, 2020.SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images
  • President Donald Trump went into the Oval Office yesterday, according to White House Adviser Larry Kudlow.
  • Kudlow, a former CNBC host, was back on the network for an interview on stimulus talks and Trump's condition.
  • "The president actually showed up in the Oval office yesterday with extra precautions with respect to his COVID-19 and he's getting a lot better," Kudlow said.
  • White House Senior Adviser Ben Williamson later disputed Kudlow's claim.
  • "While the President wanted to be in the Oval Office yesterday, he was not there—he stayed back in the residence working from there," Williamson said.
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President Donald Trump ventured back into the Oval Office yesterday despite his COVID-19 diagnosis, according to his adviser Larry Kudlow.

Kudlow was on CNBC for an interview ostensibly on stimulus talks, but he broke the news when asked about Trump's condition.

"The president actually showed up in the Oval office yesterday with extra precautions with respect to his COVID-19 and he's getting a lot better," Kudlow said.

Kudlow would not say whether Trump wore a mask when pressed on it.

Instead, Kudlow claimed "additional measures" that are "much greater than simply masking" were taken.

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A conflicting account emerged shortly after Kudlow's appearance from Fox News Chief White House Correspondent John Roberts, citing anonymous sources saying Trump did not enter the Oval but that procedures were in place should he do so.

White House Senior Adviser Ben Williamson also disputed Kudlow's claim.

The White House and Trump's doctors have provided a series of misleading and confusing statements about the president's health, making it impossible to know whether he's still contagious or what risks he poses to other workers in the West Wing.

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