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now President Trump says he is prepared to go ahead next week with the second televised debate against his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, despite his treatment for Cove it on ongoing questions about the true state of his health, President returned to the White House from hospital last night on his Doctors insist that he is, in fact, doing extremely well, our North America editor, John So Paul, has the latest.

When Donald Trump left the White House last Friday, he appeared dejected, fearful.

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But wow, His return last night couldn't have been more different.

The thief, former reality TV star, knows how to make an entrance on DSO.

Had the White House turned it into a made for television spectacular, all deliberately times so it could be taken live by the network news teams who were on air at the time.

On after striding off Marine one, he walked up to the South Portico on there.

He very deliberately removed his mask, even though he still infectious co vid.

We have the best medicines, all developed recently, and you're gonna beat it.

Two days ago, I felt great, like better than I have in a long time, I said just recently, better than 20 years ago.

Although 210,000 Americans have died in over seven million have been infected.

This was Donald Trump, presenting himself as the warrior president who'd seen off the hidden enemy.

I lead nobody that's a leader would not do what I did.

Is the president of the time without a mask interacted with staff?

And in Swing state, Pennsylvania, there are some pretty entrenched views.

President Trump has not taken Covitz seriously from Day one, and if he did take it seriously as I said, we would not be in this situation.

If as a country we addressed it, I think it's tried not to scare the people.

I just don't understand how he could contracting Cove it and then get released and come right out and get right on stage and take his mask right off and start talking to people.

His Democratic rival, meanwhile, was campaigning in Florida.

He said he was glad to see the president back, but added this.

Anybody who contracted the virus by essentially saying mass don't matter.

Social distancing doesn't matter, I think is responsible for what happens to them.

The latest medical bulletin issued by the president's physician says that he had a rest ful night was reporting no symptoms on his vitals were stable.

But yesterday evening, after climbing the stairs, he was clearly gasping for breath it.

Maybe there's a gap between the image he wants to project Onda more fragile reality.

It's fair to say in the past few days we haven't wanted for surprise developments, but Donald Trump has delivered another.

This afternoon he's unilaterally collapsed the talks that were going on between congressional leaders on a new co vid stimulus package that would help the poor, the unemployed, small businesses, he did it To the surprise of Democrats and Republicans, the stock market has fallen sharply.

 Many thanks again, John Sobel there for us with the latest at the White House. 

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