U.S. President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis 32 days before the U.S. election has the potential to radically shake up a race that, until now, has been considered relatively stable.
Trump was flown via private helicopter Friday to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where the White House says he will spend a “few days” as a precaution as he is experiencing mild symptoms of the virus.
What this means for the state of the U.S. election is largely uncertain, but there are already a few signs of how Trump’s diagnosis is changing the race.
RENEWED FOCUS ON COVID-19
Most obviously, Trump’s diagnosis thrusts COVID-19 back into centre stage after the issue was just one of several covered at Tuesday’s presidential debate. Democratic challenger Joe Biden used the stage as a chance to pin the more than 208,000 U.S. deaths on Trump, while Trump mocked Biden for wearing a mask
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