4 Oct 2020

Trump is in hospital with Covid-19. What's next?

From Sunday Morning, 7:11 am on 4 October 2020

American president Donald Trump is in hospital after he, his wife Melania, and one of their top aides contracted Covid-19. The fallout has already seen US stock futures plummet, and with the country's election only a month away there is an air of uncertainty swirling. It all adds up to the most tumultuous year in American politics in recent history, perhaps ever. Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks joins the show to give us an update.

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, October 1, 2020,

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