Trump COVID-19 updates: Top Trump aide Stephen Miller tests positive

Miller's married to the VP's communications director, who tested positive in May

ByJon Haworth, Emily Shapiro, Meredith Deliso, and Lauren King
Last Updated: October 8, 2020, 6:56 PM EDT

President Donald Trump is back in the White House and back on Twitter as he fights a coronavirus infection.

The president left Walter Reed Medical Center on Monday evening, landing at the White House shortly before 7 p.m.

After Marine One landed on the White House South Lawn, Trump walked up the steps of White House, faced the cameras and took off his mask. Trump gave a thumbs up and an extended salute to Marine One, before walking inside the residence.

Trump, who tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday and spent several days in the hospital, tweeted Tuesday morning, "FEELING GREAT!"

The president is returning to a White House plagued by COVID-19 as 20 people in Trump's orbit have reported testing positive since last week. Questions remain about how many more people at the highest levels of government had been exposed to the virus after a week of events involving the president where social distancing and mask-wearing were lax.

Melania Trump, who has been at the White House since she tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, "continues to rest and is doing well," the first lady's chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham, said Tuesday.

Vice President Mike Pence and his wife tested negative for the coronavirus again on Tuesday morning, the vice president's office said, while Sen. Kamala Harris tested negative for COVID-19 on Monday, according to an aide. Pence and Harris are in Utah ahead of Wednesday night's vice presidential debate.

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Oct 06, 2020, 5:02 AM EDT

Trump campaign fundraising off president’s exit from Walter Reed

The Trump campaign is already fundraising off of President Trump's exit from Walter Reed Medical Center Monday night, urging supporters not to be, "afraid of Covid," which has killed over 200,000 Americans.

The subject of a fundraising email sent Monday night said: "I'M BACK" -- even though his doctors said earlier in the day that he's not out of the woods yet.

The email goes on to argue "under the Trump Administration, we have developed some really great drugs and knowledge," but since testing positive the president has received some of the best treatment in the world -- which most Americans don't have access to.

"This is it...I need you to step up to the front lines during this critical time," the email urges supporters.

ABC News' Will Steakin contributed to this report.

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