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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert
O'Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus — making him the highest-
ranking official to test positive so far.
That’s according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on
condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss it by
name. The White House confirmed that O’Brien has mild symptoms and “has
been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site.”
Officials did not respond to questions about the last time the president and
O’Brien had contact, but the White House insisted that, “There is no risk
of exposure to the President or the Vice President” and that the “work of
the National Security Council continues uninterrupted.”
Trump told reporters as he left the White House on Monday that he wasn’t
sure when his national security adviser had tested positive and hadn’t “
seen him lately,” but would be giving O’Brien a call. White House economic
adviser Larry Kudlow had said earlier that O’Brien’s daughter also has
the virus, and that that is how officials think he was exposed.
O’Brien also recently returned from a trip to France, where he met with top
European officials and was photographed standing close to others and not
wearing a mask.
O'Brien is the highest-ranking White House official known to have contracted
the virus and the first since May, when a personal valet to the president
and the vice president's press secretary tested positive for the virus that
has now infected more than 4 million people nationwide. Numerous U.S. Secret
Service agents and Trump campaign staffers have also tested positive,
including national finance chair Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is the girlfriend
of Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr.
Senior White House staff and anyone who comes into close contact with the
president and vice president are tested for the virus daily, but mask-
wearing remains lax across the White House complex.
Trump, who has long dismissed the severity of the virus and claimed wrongly
earlier this month that “99 percent” of cases are “totally harmless,”
said in a recent interview on Fox News Channel that he had personally “lost
five people, probably six, actually, as of this moment, I think, pretty
soon” to the virus.
O’Brien is Trump’s fourth national security adviser, having been named in
September to replace John Bolton, who was ousted over policy disagreements
and went on to write a scathing tell-all book about his time at the White
House. The national security adviser oversees the National Security Council
and is the administration’s point person on national security issues.
O’Brien had previously served as Trump’s top hostage negotiator and
successfully worked for the release of several Americans, including pastor
Andrew Brunson, who spent two years in a Turkish prison. Since taking on his
new role, O’Brien has worked to establish an amiable relationship with the
president, who has been drawn to O’Brien’s low-key California vibe and
style.
The Republican lawyer, who also worked in the administrations of George W.
Bush and Barack Obama, is generally seen as a jovial presence, frequently
stopping by to chat with reporters traveling aboard Air Force One. He
typically works from a corner office on the first floor of the White House,
a few steps from the Oval Office.
The news about O'Brien's positive test was first reported by Bloomberg News. | a*****g
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: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's National Security Adviser Robert
: O'Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus — making him the highest-
: ranking official to test positive so far.
: That’s according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on
: condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss it by
: name. The White House confirmed that O’Brien has mild symptoms and “has
: been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site.”
: Officials did not respond to questions about the last time the president and
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