WHITE HOUSE DISEASE COVER-UP ALERT:
1) Never attribute to a conspiracy what can be explained by simple incompetence.
2) BUT -- in this case -- we're getting some deliberate obfuscation about key points regarding Trump's trips to Minnesota and New Jersey, Wednesday and Thursday.
3) If Trump was contagious on Wednesday and Thursday (and it's almost certain that he was on Thursday) then he possibly/likely infected donors at indoor fundraisers in Shorewood, MN, and at his golf course in Bedminster, NJ.
4) Hope Hicks felt ill on the plane heading back from Minnesota, which should have raised a big red flag for him and anyone else who had been around her over the previous days. Not saying she made them sick. There could have been a common source.
5) However, her illness meant there was a problem in Trump's inner circle.
6) What Americans have a right to know:
a) When did Trump receive his first positive test?
b) When did he receive his last negative test?
c) If he was not tested after Hicks' positive test, why not?
I asked the White House about Trump's testing timeline.
Here is their response, given only on condition of anonymity: "The president is tested regularly."
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