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What Trump's COVID-19 Condition Means For The Office, Campaign & Election

A split image of former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump both wearing dark masks at summer campaign events.
Patrick Semansky
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Associated Press
Former Vice President Biden, left, at a June 2020 campaign event; President Trump, right, in a July 2020 visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. This hour, what Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis means a month before the election.

President Trump announcedhe'd tested positive for COVID-19 Friday. His doctors say his health continues to improve and hecould bedischargedas soon as Monday. This hour, we discuss what the president's condition means for his job as commander in chief, for the campaign and for the coming election. We also examine the implications of a growing number of U.S. senators testing positive for COVID-19 on the confirmation process for a new Supreme Court nominee. And we hear from a Middlebury College senior working on tracking the White House COVID-19 outbreak.

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Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.
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