President Biden appeared to make light of a positive COVID-19 test at a fundraiser aimed at tech billionaire Elon Musk.
“I’m sick,” the president said in a post on social platform X Wednesday, after the White House said Wednesday night that the president had tested positive for COVID-19.
“Of Elon Musk and his rich friends trying to buy this election,” Biden said in a reply to his post after a two-minute delay, next to a link to a fundraising web page. “And if you agree, contribute here.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement that Biden is “experiencing mild symptoms” and “will return to Delaware, where he will self-isolate and continue to perform all duties in full during this time.”
“The President presented upper respiratory symptoms this afternoon, including rhinorrhea (runny nose) and unproductive cough, with general malaise. He felt well for the first event of the day, but because he was not feeling better, point-of-care testing for COVID-19 was performed and the results were positive for the COVID-19 virus,” the president’s doctor said in a communicated. declaration.
Biden’s goal toward Musk comes after the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week that Musk said he will donate $45 million a month to a pro-Trump super PAC. The tech billionaire supported former President Trump after he survived an assassination attempt at one of his rallies in Pennsylvania last weekend.
“I fully support President Trump and hope for his speedy recovery,” Musk he said in a post on X, which you own.
The Hill reached out to Musk.
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