Kimberly Guilfoyle latest in Trump's orbit to test positive for coronavirus

Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle, a top fundraising official for the Trump re-election campaign and the girlfriend of President Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., tested positive for the coronavirus Friday after traveling to South Dakota to watch Trump speak prior to an Independence Day fireworks display near Mount Rushmore.

Guilfoyle and Trump Jr. reportedly did not travel with the president aboard Air Force One or meet up with him in South Dakota, and Guilfoyle — who is reportedly asymptomatic at this point — was the only person in her travel group to test positive. She and Trump Jr., who tested negative, never made it to the event, and are reportedly planning to drive back to the East Coast in an attempt to avoid further contact with people.

The New York Times reports Guilfoyle is the third person in possible proximity to the president to test positive, suggesting people's — including Trump's — concerns about the president contracting the virus have some weight to them. But it's worth noting Trump is reportedly tested daily and the White House goes to great lengths to reduce the risk of infection. Read more at NBC News and The New York Times.

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Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.