Mark Meadows defends Trump's motorcade ride after White House aides reportedly call it 'selfish'
White House aides are blaming Chief of Staff Mark Meadows for "a weekend of horrible decisions," Axios reports.
President Trump spent the weekend in Walter Reed Medical Center, closing out Sunday with a ride in his motorcade to wave to supporters gathered outside. White House aides had a big problem with how Trump's masked ride put the Secret Service agents driving him at risk, reportedly calling the move "selfish."
But Meadows seemed surprised at the criticism when talking to Fox & Friends on Monday. "How do we think he got here?" Meadows said, suggesting because Secret Service agents were already onboard Trump's Marine One flight to Walter Reed, they were already exposed to COVID-19.
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Meadows, who sat with Trump in the hospital all weekend, meanwhile put more than Secret Service agents at risk when he handed out chocolate to supporters gathered on the street Saturday — something Fox News' Laura Ingraham praised him for.
Meadows also delivered an update on Trump's condition on Monday, saying Trump "is ready to get back to a normal working schedule" and could be discharged on Monday. Trump's team hasn't been very forthcoming about the details of his illness, saying he's been getting treatments physicians counter are too intense for the light symptoms the Trump team has reported.
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