Trump Denies Reports He Contacted Alex Rodriguez For Coronavirus Advice
On Friday, ABC News’ John Santucci tweeted out that President Donald Trump had reached out to former Baseball star Alex Rodriguez to get advice on how to handle the coronavirus pandemic. The tweet read, “During marathon day of meetings earlier this week, President Trump continued outreach across the country regarding coronavirus & phoned former Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez. Multiple sources tell ABC, the president spoke to ARod from the Oval Office via me & @KFaulders.”
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Santucci said in another tweet, “A source close to Rodriguez told @ABC the call with Trump was “pleasant,” adding that ”Trump was seeking thoughts from ARod about the coronavirus response. Sources say there was no discussion of AROD or his fiancé Jennifer Lopez taking on any official effort.”
A source close to Rodriguez told @ABC the call with Trump was “pleasant” adding that Trump was seeking thoughts from ARod about the coronavirus response. Sources say there was no discussion of AROD or his fiancé Jennifer Lopez taking on any official effort.
— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 28, 2020
Almost immediately, Trump took heat over these reports and started even getting clowned! However, just less than 24 hours after it was posted, Trump responded on Twitter to react to the news. In Donald Trump-style, he simply quoted the post and said: “More Fake News!”
More Fake News! https://t.co/URewvfAUDl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
The former Yankees player did not comment on these tweets. Meanwhile, Trump has been praising himself for doing a good job with handling the coronavirus pandemic. A recent poll even showed that Americans believe he has been doing a pretty good job.
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