They revealed that Donald and Melania Trump were secretly vaccinated against the coronavirus before leaving the White House

Former President of the United States Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, were quietly vaccinated against the coronavirus in January, while they were still in the White House, revealed a source close to the former president to various media. The news came a day after the Republican appeared in public for the first time since stepping down from office at a political conference where – also for the first time – he urged people to walk away. get vaccinated.

“President Trump and the First Lady were vaccinated at the White House in January,” said without further details a strong relative of the former president, according to the AFP news agency. The news was also published by The New York Times, which noted that the Trump adviser who provided the information He did not say whether the former president received the first and second injections of the vaccine in January or whether the second took place at another time. He also did not indicate whether he and his wife received the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine.

The media pointed out that Trump did not apply the vaccine when the vaccination campaign began as were other senior officials, including then-vice president Mike Pence. In addition, it should be noted that he and Melania Trump contracted coronavirus at the end of September and the then head of state spent three days in hospital due to the symptoms he was suffering from.

Unlike his successor, Joe Biden, who was vaccinated on television on December 21, Trump never said he was vaccinated. In reality, has expressed skepticism about vaccines on several occasions and experts expressed concern about the effect the then president’s doubts might have on the population.

Blocked on Twitter and other social media, Trump has kept a low profile since leaving the White House on Jan.20, while in isolation in Florida. However, in his speech on Sunday at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC, in English), held in Orlando, Florida, the 74-year-old politician urged people to get vaccinated during their first political act after having left power. “Everyone should get vaccinated,” Trump said, a statement that has generated some relief that many of its supporters are skeptical of vaccines.

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