White House acknowledges Trump's condition had been worse than revealed


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  • Sunday, 04 Oct 2020

FILE PHOTO: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speaks to reporters about U.S. President Donald Trump's health after the president was hospitalized for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., October 3, 2020. REUTERS/Ken Cedeno/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows revealed that President Donald Trump's condition on Friday was far worse than officials had made public, saying doctors recommended the president go to the hospital after seeing he had a fever and his blood oxygen level dropped rapidly.

Meadows made the comments in an interview with Fox News broadcast Saturday night that capped two days of conflicting and opaque assessments of the 74-year-old president's health.

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