MIAMI – Less than two hours after US President Donald Trump returned to the White House after three days in hospital, challenger Joe Biden criticized the president anew for downplaying the seriousness of the virus.
“I would hope that the president, having gone through what he went through – and I’m glad he seems to be coming along pretty well – would communicate the right lesson to the American people: Masks matter,” Biden said.
But in a video released shortly after leaving hospital, Trump urged Americans to “get out there” and not to be afraid of the virus. Trump left hospital wearing a mask but took it off to enter the White House.
Biden’s NBC primetime appearance capped a day of campaigning in the crucial state of Florida, widely seen as a must-win for Trump’s re-election campaign ahead of the Nov. 3 election.(Reuters)
