Bolsonaro (L) at dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, March 7. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's press secretary tested positive for coronavirus days after taking part in meetings with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago, Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo reports and multipleAmericanoutlets have confirmed.
The latest: Bolsonaro is currently being monitored, according to Brazilian media. Fabio Wajngarten, the aide, was photographed with Trump on Saturday.
Trump told reporters at the White House on Thursday that he's "not concerned" about Wajngarten's diagnosis.
A far-right populist, Bolsonaro had dismissed the alarm around the virus as a "fantasy" spread by the media as recently as Wednesday.
The White House said Wednesday that Trump had not been tested for the virus.
According to CNN, Wajngarten was at dinner with Trump on Saturday and later attended a birthday party for Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Fox News host who is now chair of the Trump campaign's finance committee. Several members of the Trump family attended, including the president.
This is all just so stupid. He will never admit to anything. What we will get is some stupid statement that his doctor has told him there is no reason for him to get tested or self quarantine. This admin will die because of it's own hubris. I don't know, this all just seems so biblical.
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