President Donald Trump will remain at the White House this weekend, people familiar with the matter said, after he said he wanted to hold rallies in Florida and Pennsylvania despite questions over the stage of his recovery from COVID-19.
Trump, who told Fox News' Sean Hannity late Thursday that he wanted to hold rallies Saturday and Sunday, won't travel until Monday at the earliest, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Trump has been eager to return to the campaign trail, as the Democratic Party's nominee Joe Biden widens his lead just weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Trump has released recorded video messages saying he's well, and his physician said in a statement Wednesday that the president had been free of symptoms for the previous 24 hours.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump "will be clear to go" on Saturday, when "he wants to talk to the American people." There are medical tests underway to ensure he doesn't transmit the virus when he returns to the campaign trail, she said on Fox News, adding that she'd conferred with White House doctor Sean Conley.
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