The new Corona virus has complicated the situation of US President Donald Trump, only 32 days before the presidential elections on the third of next November, and only days after the first debate he had with his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.
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The most prominent question currently being asked, according to a number of American media, is the extent of Trump's ability to perform his duties, especially with his advanced age, and his lack of a healthy diet, in addition to the lack of access to an effective vaccine against the virus.
Trump's injury comes months after he reduced the outbreak of the epidemic that has killed more than 207 thousand people in the United States, and hours after he announced that "the end of the epidemic is imminent," as he put it.
And American media revealed that the president's aides did not mention whether he was suffering from symptoms of infection with the Coronavirus, but they noticed a change in his voice yesterday, Thursday.
Trump, who has been underestimating the severity of this epidemic for months, and stresses that everything is under control, received the test result after one of his close advisers, Hope Hicks, was infected.
For months, the US president refused to wear the muzzle in public places on all occasions, except for a few occasions, and repeatedly questioned its effectiveness, while mocking his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, who kept on wearing it in the various election rallies in which he participated.
In addition, Trump has organized large election rallies, especially in recent weeks, ignoring the instructions of various US government agencies that called for avoiding this.
Immediately after announcing his infection with the virus, stock prices in the US futures market fell; The Dow Jones index declined by 1.7 percent, and the "Standard & Poor's 500" index, the broader one, by 1.6 percent, while the yen rose against the dollar.
The Asian markets recorded a significant decline, at a time when the news is expected to negatively affect global stock markets on Friday.
It is expected that this newcomer will affect the US President’s efforts to divert attention from the “Corona” pandemic, especially since various opinion polls show that most Americans believe that he mishandled it; He has drawn voter attention to focus on urban violence, the Supreme Court, mail ballots, and Biden's relationship with the Liberals.
During recent decades, it has been rare to record a health crisis in the White House. Since the shooting of President Ronald Reagan in 1981, no American president has been exposed to a health threatening situation
His life while in the presidential office.
Otherwise the main European stock exchanges recorded a decline when trading began on Friday, following news that US President Donald Trump had been infected with the Covid-19 epidemic.
The FTSE index in London fell 1.1% to 5,812.76 points, the DAX index on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange 1.4% to 12,550.73 points, and the "CAC 40" index in the Paris Stock Exchange 1.4% to 4,758.69 points.
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