President Trump returned to the White House on Monday after spending the weekend at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center battling COVID-19. Upon his return, the president, who is still sick with the virus, walked silently up the steps of the White House. He then turned around for the cameras, took off his mask, gave a thumbs-up, and saluted Marine One, which had just brought him back at around 7 p.m.

Theatrical? Yes. Overly dramatic? Maybe. Tone-deaf? Well, there is certainly an argument there, especially considering the national coronavirus death toll stands at more than 210,000.

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