Donald Trump tells Americans not to 'be afraid' of coronavirus and to 'get out there'

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Donald Trump has told the people of the United States not to be "afraid" of the coronavirus and to "get out there" in his latest video message.

The President made his comments as he returned to the White House on Monday night (October 5) after spending three days receiving treatment for COVID-19 at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Watch President Trump's comments below:
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Sharing the video with his 86 million Twitter followers, the 74-year-old said:

"I just left Walter Reed Medical Center and it's really something very special - the doctors, the nurses, the first responders.

"And I learned so much about coronavirus. And one thing that's for certain: Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it. You're gonna beat it.

"We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines - all developed recently. And you're gonna beat it.

"I went, I didn't feel so good."

[[imagecaption|| The Marine One carrying  President Donald Trump arrives at the White House. Credit: PA Images]]

The POTUS then revealed that he started to "feel great" two days ago while receiving treatment, as he encouraged the people of the US not to let the ongoing pandemic "dominate" their lives. He continued:

"And two days ago - I could have left two days ago - two days ago I felt great, like better than I have in a long time. I said just recently, better than 20 years ago.

"Don't let it dominate, don't let it take over your lives. Don't let that happen. We have the greatest country in the world.

"We're going back, we're going back to work. We're going to be out front. As your leader, I had to do that. I knew there was danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front - I led.

"Nobody that's a leader would not do what I did.

"And, I know there's a risk, there's a danger - but that's okay. And now I'm better, and maybe I'm immune - I don't know.

"But don't let it dominate your lives - get out there, be careful.

"We have the best medicines in the world, and it all happened very shortly and they're all getting approved. And the vaccines are coming momentarily.

"Thank you very much. And Walter Reed - what a group of people. Thank you very much."

[[imagecaption|| President Trump removes his face mask as he salutes from the Truman Balcony at the White House. Credit: PA Images]]

Trump arrived back at the White House just after 7:00PM on Monday night after being flown in by Marine One.

After landing, Trump walked up to the Truman gallery, removed his mask and saluted the helicopter.

Following his return to the White House, the President shared a dramatic 30-second video of his arrival, set to music, with his Twitter followers:

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Per the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Research Center, the United States currently leads in both confirmed infections and deaths of COVID-19.

As of this writing, the US has reported 7,458,549 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 210,195 deaths.

Donald Trump tells Americans not to 'be afraid' of coronavirus and to 'get out there'

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By VT

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Donald Trump has told the people of the United States not to be "afraid" of the coronavirus and to "get out there" in his latest video message.

The President made his comments as he returned to the White House on Monday night (October 5) after spending three days receiving treatment for COVID-19 at the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

Watch President Trump's comments below:
[[jwplayerwidget||https://content.jwplatform.com/videos/lyaxtbTm-Q0L14jDU.mp4||lyaxtbTm]]

Sharing the video with his 86 million Twitter followers, the 74-year-old said:

"I just left Walter Reed Medical Center and it's really something very special - the doctors, the nurses, the first responders.

"And I learned so much about coronavirus. And one thing that's for certain: Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it. You're gonna beat it.

"We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines - all developed recently. And you're gonna beat it.

"I went, I didn't feel so good."

[[imagecaption|| The Marine One carrying  President Donald Trump arrives at the White House. Credit: PA Images]]

The POTUS then revealed that he started to "feel great" two days ago while receiving treatment, as he encouraged the people of the US not to let the ongoing pandemic "dominate" their lives. He continued:

"And two days ago - I could have left two days ago - two days ago I felt great, like better than I have in a long time. I said just recently, better than 20 years ago.

"Don't let it dominate, don't let it take over your lives. Don't let that happen. We have the greatest country in the world.

"We're going back, we're going back to work. We're going to be out front. As your leader, I had to do that. I knew there was danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front - I led.

"Nobody that's a leader would not do what I did.

"And, I know there's a risk, there's a danger - but that's okay. And now I'm better, and maybe I'm immune - I don't know.

"But don't let it dominate your lives - get out there, be careful.

"We have the best medicines in the world, and it all happened very shortly and they're all getting approved. And the vaccines are coming momentarily.

"Thank you very much. And Walter Reed - what a group of people. Thank you very much."

[[imagecaption|| President Trump removes his face mask as he salutes from the Truman Balcony at the White House. Credit: PA Images]]

Trump arrived back at the White House just after 7:00PM on Monday night after being flown in by Marine One.

After landing, Trump walked up to the Truman gallery, removed his mask and saluted the helicopter.

Following his return to the White House, the President shared a dramatic 30-second video of his arrival, set to music, with his Twitter followers:

[[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313267143232942081]]

Per the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Research Center, the United States currently leads in both confirmed infections and deaths of COVID-19.

As of this writing, the US has reported 7,458,549 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus and 210,195 deaths.