Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus.
Climate activist Luisa Neubauer takes the news mockingly - but then reacts seriously.
A corona test by US President Donald Trump * was positive.
Luisa Neubauer responded jokingly on Twitter - that didn't go down so well.
Then she rowed back and made it clear that, in
her opinion,
Trump
lacked acceptance of science and human rights.
Munich - A message dominated the news landscape on Friday morning and also many Twitter discussions:
Donald Trump
tested positive for the corona virus *.
The
Fridays For Future activist
Luisa Neubauer apparently had to smile at first when she heard this.
Donald Trump tested positive for Corona: Luisa Neubauer first scoffs - then she rows back
“And the corners of the mouth are twitching all over the world.
But of course he'll get out safely, there shouldn't be a shortage of disinfectants in the White House, ”she tweeted.
Neubauer was alluding
to a statement by
Donald Trump
.
At the beginning of the pandemic, Trump had given the tip to inject disinfectants as a prevention against corona infection.
He later claimed he meant the statement ironically.
The Guardian, for example, has researched fact checks.
Regardless of this: You don't want anyone to suffer from a virus.
It helps when presidents accept science and universal human rights.
https://t.co/o6wEPpyjTq
- Luisa Neubauer (@Luisamneubauer) October 2, 2020
The hashtag #TrumpHasCovid collected a lot of
tweets
on Friday
, over 544,000 posts (as of
October 2
, 13:05).
Neubauer's comment was also taken up in the debate.
The 23-year-old was accused of a lack of humanity, after all, it was about Donald Trump's health.
Corona: Trump is positive - Neubauer makes it clear: "You don't want anyone ..."
Shortly after her first tweet, the
climate activist
reacted
again and made it clear: “Nobody wants to suffer from a virus.
It helps when presidents accept science and universal human rights. ”Donald Trump initially did not take the corona pandemic seriously.
“We have it completely under control.
It is a person who is from China and we are in control of it.
Everything will be fine, "Trump said on
January 22nd
in a CNB interview.
The day before, the first corona case in the USA became known.
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“They know that April supposedly dies with the hotter weather.
And that's a wonderful date to look forward to, ”he said
in a Fox Business interview
on
February 10th
.
Then
Trump
suddenly turned around and claimed in a press briefing on March 17 that he had recognized the danger early on: “I always knew that this was a pandemic.
I felt it was a pandemic long before it was called a pandemic. "
Trump also did not consider wearing masks to be necessary.
In the
TV debate
against competitor Joe Biden * - two days before his positive test result - he mocked Biden and wearing a mask.
In view of these statements by Trump on the corona pandemic, Neubauer seems to have canceled the tweet.
However, it should not be forgotten that it is definitely not clear whether Trump will "get out safely" - especially in view of the fact that Donald Trump is 74 years old and belongs to the corona risk group *.
It
is still open
whether
Joe Biden
could also be infected through the contact in the TV duel.
It also
remains to be seen
how this will change the further
election campaign
*.
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