President Donald Trump is again set to tour the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta on Friday after the planned trip was briefly canceled.
that turned out to be negative, according to White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham.
"I would prefer going...now that the test came out negative," he told reporters at the White House."They’re trying to work it out that I do go.”The president revealed the reason behind the trip's cancellation at a signing ceremony for theCoronavirus updates:“We’ve signed the $8.3 billion. I asked for two and half and I got $8.3 and i'll take it," he told reporters.
Earlier on Friday the White House said the president's visit had been canceled because he didn't want to interfere with the center's battle against the rapid spread of coronavirus.
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