So, it’s really starting to look like the hope was that the circle of who tested positive stayed small, Trump’s condition didn’t worsen, and they could get away with putting out Hope’s positive test to set up a scenario where they could later announce Trump’s positive test.

Am I missing something?

If that’s so, this was a ghastly, irresponsible, potentially deadly series of events orchestrated by the White House that put many at risk. And it all fell apart b/c the virus is a virus, not a political operative, and many people tested positive and Trump’s condition worsened.

Here’s my earlier thread out of the presser: https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/1312422484306726914

This attempted walkback, which requires multiple doctors to have gotten the timeline wrong in the same way, is ridiculous. See @nycsouthpaw’s thread here —> https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1312451172913999873

If what the doctors were saying was that wrong, why didn’t Meadows stop them immediately or at least clean it up in his gaggle with the reporters after? He didn’t say a word about any of that!