President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and their son Barron Trump all had the coronavirus and have since recovered.
During a phone interview on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday morning, the president spoke about Barron Trump, who is 14 years old.
“He had it for about two seconds,” Donald Trump said of Barron Trump. “You know, it just went through him, and it’s gone.”
He continued, “The immune system on children, you gotta get the children back to work, the children back to school. You have to get the people, they have to go to work. We have to open up our states.”
See the president’s remarks below:
A very tired-sounding Trump discussing Barron on Fox & Friends: "He had it for about two seconds. Ya know it just went through him, and it's gone. The immune system on children, you gotta get the children back to work." pic.twitter.com/HFl9dzyvAI
— The Recount (@therecount) November 3, 2020
Following Barron Trump’s recovery from COVID-19, the president has used his son’s mild case of the virus to push for schools to reopen.
He previously said at a rally in Des Moines, Iowa, “I don’t even think he knew he had it because they’re young and their immune systems are strong and they fight it off.”
Donald Trump added, “Barron’s tested positive. Within, like, two seconds it was Barron is just fine now. He’s tested negative, right? Because it happens. People have it and it goes. Get the kids back to school, we’ve got to get the kids back to school.”
The first lady spoke of her and her family’s experience with coronavirus, afterward saying, “In one way I was glad the three of us went through this at the same time so we could take care of one another and spend time together.”
There are over 9.3 million cases total reported in the U.S., with 93,581 new cases reported on Nov. 2. According to The New York Times, there has been a 44% increase in cases per day this week compared to the average two weeks prior.
