Many White House staffers were caught off guard, learning from news reports that a senior adviser who works in the West Wing had tested positive, sources say.
"I haven’t seen him lately. I heard he -- he tested. Yeah. I have not seen him. I’m calling him later," Trump told reporters.President Donald Trump arriving at Miami International Airport on July 10, 2020 in Miami, Florida.It comes as new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations surge across the American South and West.
O'Brien was last seen at the White House on Thursday, multiple sources told ABC News. However, it's still unclear as to when he was last with the president. It's also not clear when O'Brien first tested positive. National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien attends a briefing on Enhanced Narcotics Operations at the US Southern Command in Doral, Florida, on July 10, 2020.O'Brien's National Security Council office in the White House is near the Oval Office and Vice President Mike Pence's West Wing office.
Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is dating the president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., tested positive for the coronavirus while in South Dakota ahead of Trump's Mount Rushmore event in early July.
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