Less than a week after meeting with President Trump, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has tested positive for coronavirus, though a second test came back negative. This means our president, and many of our senior government officials, may have been exposed to COVID-19. Trump should be tested immediately, if he has not been tested already, and he should limit in-person contact as much as possible.
Regardless, we do know this: Bolsonaro attended a dinner with Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Mar-a-Lago resort last Saturday. Trump stood directly adjacent to Bolsonaro and was photographed with him multiple times. Clearly, the president’s potential exposure to this virus was not indirect or minor, as the White House argued earlier this week when Bolsonaro’s press secretary tested positive. Trump was within a few inches of Bolsonaro, and given the contagious nature of this virus, the health of our 73-year-old president is now a legitimate concern.
