Jonathan Freedland speaks to Yasmeen Abutaleb, author of a new book that details just how serious the president’s condition was when he contracted Covid-19 last October
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When Donald Trump was hospitalised last October after testing positive for Covid-19, some in the White House were hoping it would change his approach to the pandemic. In their new book, Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic that Changed History, the Washington Post reporters Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta look at the Trump administration’s failure to control the coronavirus outbreak in the US. They also examine those chaotic few days during which the president tested positive and was given radical treatment in hospital.
In their discussion, Jonathan Freedland and Yasmeen Abutaleb also look at the history of presidents battling illnesses while occupying the Oval Office, and why any ailments, no matter how serious, are often kept a secret.
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