Before
President Trump walked out of Walter Reed on Sunday evening to drive around and wave at supporters, he tweeted a video saying he was going to "pay a little surprise to the great patriots out on the street," and thanked the "absolutely amazing" doctors and nurses at the hospital.Trump stated that he is receiving "great reports" from his doctors, and the dozens of fans waiting for him outside showed "enthusiasm like probably nobody's ever had." The
Coronavirus pandemic has been raging in the
United States since the beginning of the year, and Trump is now one of the more than 7.4 million Americans to be infected by the virus. Despite the high infection rate and death toll -- 209,500, as of Sunday night -- Trump said it wasn't until his hospitalization that he truly started to grasp COVID-19."It's been a very interesting journey," he said. "I learned a lot about COVID. I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school, this isn't the let's-read-a-book school. And I get it and I understand it and it's a very interesting thing and I'm gonna be letting you know about it. In the meantime, we love the
USA and we love what's happening." > pic.twitter.com/0Bm9W2u1x7> > -- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 4, 2020More stories from theweek.com 7 insanely funny cartoons about the chaotic first debate Report: GOP Sen. Pat Toomey of
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