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Shock, Sympathy, Mockery: World Reacts to Trump Infection

World leaders and officials were quick to weigh in after President Donald Trump announced he tested
positive for the coronavirus early Friday morning

Published October 2, 2020 • Updated on October 2, 2020 at 3:41 am ! " !

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News of the infection of the most powerful man in the world with the most notorious disease in
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World leaders and officials were quick to weigh in, and there was both sympathy and something
approaching schadenfreude.
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Melania, and expressing "sincere support in this difficult moment," according to a statement
released by the Kremlin on Friday.

The Kremlin says Putin sent Trump a telegram saying, "I hope that your inherent vitality, good
spirits and optimism will help you cope with the dangerous virus."

Italian right-wing opposition leader Matteo Salvini tweeted: "In Italy and in the world, whoever
celebrates the illness of a man or of a woman, and who comes to wish the death of a neighbor,
confirms what he is: An idiot without soul. A hug to Melania and Donald.″

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized for a week in April after he contracted
COVID-19, wished Trump a "speedy recovery."

"Wishing my friend @POTUS @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS a quick recovery and good
health," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted.

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My best wishes to President Trump and the First Lady.

Hope they both have a speedy recovery from
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U.S.-India ties have prospered under Trump, and India is seen as a partner to balance China’s
growing weight in Asia.

"Our best wishes go to the president and the first lady, but it demonstrates that no one is immune
from COVID-19 and catching it. So it shows that no matter the precautions, we are all susceptible
to this," Australian Agriculture Minister David Littleproud, deputy leader of the conservative
Nationals party, said on Australian Broadcasting Corp. TV. "A trying time, and it just goes to show
that a global pandemic can in fact touch anybody, even the president of the United States."

Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, speaking at a weekly news conference, did not mention Trump's
reluctance to wear masks when asked about his infection, but she said the news "reminded me of
how widely masks are worn in Japan."

Meanwhile, several prominent U.S. politicians and Trump administration officials also weighed in
on the president's diagnosis.

Vice President Mike Pence said he and his wife Karen are sending their "love and prayers" to the
couple. "We join millions across America praying for their full and swift recovery," he tweeted.

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Karen and I send our love and prayers to our dear

friends President @realDonaldTrump and @FLOTUS
Melania Trump. We join millions across America
praying for their full and swift recovery. God bless you
President Trump & our wonderful First Lady Melania.
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White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tweeted, "America stands united. Our country
stands strong. Your President will continue to put the People first!"

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also sent his prayers to the first couple, writing, "May God’s healing
powers touch them, strengthen them, and raise them up."

Major media across the globe also played up the announcement, with bulletins crawling across
TV screens in Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei and Beijing.

China’s official Xinhua News Agency flashed the news, and an anchor on state broadcaster CCTV
announced it; there was no immediate comment from the government Friday, the second day of
an eight-day national holiday.

The positive test result for Trump and his wife was the most searched topic in China — after news
about the holiday — on the widely used social media app Weibo a few hours after the
announcement, with most comments mocking or critical.

One user darkly joked that Trump had finally tweeted something positive.

The Chinese government has bristled at Trump’s attempts to blame China, where the disease
emerged, for the pandemic and called for global cooperation in fighting it, a message that has
resonated with the public.

Hu Xijin, the outspoken editor of the state-owned Global Times newspaper, tweeted in English that
“President Trump and the first lady have paid the price for his gamble to play down the COVID-19.”

Multiple Arab news media outlets on Friday continuously broadcast footage of Trump and his
wife after the virus announcement.

Al-Arabiya, a Saudi-owned satellite channel based in Dubai, cut to a long live shot of the White
House. Qatari state-owned Al Jazeera channel brought in four commentators to discuss the
“prevailing state of uncertainty” in the United States, questioning whether Trump could effectively
steer a reelection campaign and run the country from quarantine.

Iranian state television announced Trump had the virus, an anchor breaking the news with an
unflattering image of the U.S. president surrounded by what appeared to be giant coronaviruses.
U.S.-Iran ties have suffered since Trump unilaterally withdrew the United States from Tehran’s
nuclear deal with world powers and reimposed crushing sanctions.

Social media platforms were ablaze with quick reaction.

Would Trump blame the Chinese? Would he thumb his nose at his critics and enemies by breezing
through the quarantine without serious symptoms, tweeting away from the White House? Would
he become gravely ill, or worse, and, if he did, what would that mean for the U.S. election, one of
the most contentious in recent history?

While the uncertainty seemed palpable on a scroll through various nations' social media, many of
the comments seemed to revel in the announcement.

“Here comes a chance for him to actually try out his idea of injecting disinfectant into himself and
fighting back (against allegations that) it was fake news!” tweeted Hiroyuki Nishimura, a
Japanese internet entrepreneur, referring to an idea Trump floated earlier this year for treatment.

Keio University economics professor Masaru Kaneko tweeted that populist leaders, like the U.K.'s
Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, "got infected because they tended not to take the
coronavirus seriously. The two other leaders seriously tackled (the virus) after they get infected
themselves. Will the United States follow their examples?”

And the satirical Australian news site, the Betoota Advocate, posted a story with this headline:
"Trump Family Records More Cases Of Community Transmission Than Entire State Of
Queensland."

Associated Press writers Nassser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, Ashok Sharma in New Delhi, Ken
Moritsugu in Beijing, Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, Mari Yamaguchi and Elaine Kurtenbach in
Tokyo, contributed to this report.

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