Trump's national security adviser tests positive for Covid-19,
President Donald Trump's National Security Advisor Robert O. Bryan has tested positive for Kovid-1, an official familiar with the matter said.
O'Brien's diagnosis has been found to be a highly placed official in the Trump administration, which has been tested positive. It is unclear how O'Brien finally met Trump. His last public appearance was two weeks ago during a July 10 visit to the US Southern Command in Miami.
An anonymous White House press statement said O'Brien was experiencing "mild symptoms" and was "working in a safe place, keeping himself away from the site." That statement confirmed the results of the test before giving formal information to O'Brien's staff. Several National Security Council employees told CNN that O'Brien takes a positive test and does not report that he receives news from the media.
O'Brien, a top aide of Trump, recently returned from Europe, where he and his deputy met with officials in Britain, France, Germany and Italy.
A senior administration official told CNN that O'Brien has been working from home since last week. An familiar source said that O'Brien was in office last Thursday, when he suddenly left the White House. The White House said in a statement that "there is no danger of approaching the President or Vice President."
White House Chief Financial Advisor Larry Kudlow told reporters that one of O'Brien's daughters had also signed a Kovid-1 contract and was confident she would meet.
The head of the National Security Council, Secret Service agents, staff and many journalists traveled to Europe. Several photographs released from the trip show O'Brien practicing without wearing masks or without social distance.
A foreign official told CNN that French President Eliasson was shaken by the news of ON Brian's positive test results. O'Brien met with Emmanuel Bonn, the top foreign policy adviser to French President Emmanuel Macron, on 14 July. Bon informed the French President several times a day.
A few days later Macron and Bon traveled to Brussels for talks at the European Council.
On Thursday, O'Brien returned to Washington, canceling a surprise meeting with another European official, saying "for personal reasons."
While the epidemic is spreading, the president has defended not wearing masks or social distance, with many of his top officials and White House staffers saying it is not necessary because they are tested daily. O'Brien's positive test underscores the West Wing and the president's unique challenge of keeping the virus out of the immediate orbit.
Last week, administration officials were warned that cafeteria staff tested positive for White House reasons. The president's son and one of the top campaign fundraisers, Kimberly Gilofil, tested positive before traveling to the mountain. Rushmore earlier this month. In June, several intelligence agents and campaign personnel tested positive for the president's Tulsa front in connection with the outbreak. Katie Miller, vice president of communications for Vice President Mike Pence, tested positive for coronavirus in May and the president's personal wallet tested positive earlier that week.
Trump's fourth national security adviser, O'Brien Coronavirus, has been widely reported for an epidemic in the country. Earlier, CNN reported that instead of helping lead the administration's response, it had tasked with postponing meetings of top aides as well as the Coronavirus task force.
In September 2012, former lawyer and hostage negotiator O'Brien was fired by Trump in September 2012 due to differences over foreign policy issues to John Bolton.
