US president Donald Trump left hospital on Monday night despite receiving ongoing treatment for coronavirus, after saying he felt better than he did 20 years ago.
“Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life,” he tweeted.
“We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!”
Mr Trump’s comments about Covid-19 – which has killed almost 210,000 Americans – come as his medical team said he was “not entirely out of the woods yet”.
In a press conference outside the Walter Reed Medical Center shortly before Mr Trump’s anticipated departure, the president’s doctor Sean Conley said that Mr Trump’s progress supported the safe return of the president to the White House, noting he “will be surrounded by world class medical care – 24/7”.
I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
