Christian NFL kicker appears to troll Biden by wearing pro-life tie to White House



The man who drilled the go-ahead field goal that won Super Bowl LVII for the Kansas City Chiefs last February has just notched another win, this time for his faith and the cause of the unborn. During a visit to the White House to celebrate the team's win, kicker Harrison Butker wore a tie emblazoned with a pro-life message.

On Monday, the Chiefs, including some players and staff who have moved on to other teams or other phases of their lives, visited President Joe Biden at the White House to commemorate their second Super Bowl win in four years. While standing behind Biden, who made remarks at the podium, Butker wore a gray tie with the phrase "Vulnerari Praesidio" stitched into it in white. Vulnerari Praesidio is Latin for "protect the vulnerable."

\u201cJoe Biden hosted The Chiefs at the White House today after winning the Super Bowl\n\nTwo-time Catholic Super Bowl champ @buttkicker7 savagely photo-bombed Joe with a BASED pro-life message stitched right into his custom tie.\n\nIn Latin it reads: \u201cVulnerari Praesidio\u201d\n\n\u201cPROTECT THE\u2026\u201d
— Danny De Urbina (@Danny De Urbina) 1686020044

Butker, 27, has been outspoken about his Catholic faith. Shortly after the Super Bowl in February, he gave an interview with EWTN, a Catholic outlet, to discuss the role that his religion plays in his life.

"I’m not just making kicks so that I can make money and I can puff myself up as this great person that people want to be like one day," he explained. "I’m making kicks because God wants me to have a platform, at least for right now, to share this message of faith, of growing in virtue, of growing closer to the sacraments and of being a saint."

"I envision my life with my wife and having lots of children and being saints," he added. "That’s what I envision. I don’t really envision myself being in the Hall of Fame, winning more Super Bowls, getting x, y, and z records, getting that contract. It’s just not something I really think about. … All of my fantasies, you could say, are all for my family and for my children."

Butker, who was once an altar server and who regularly attends the traditional Latin mass, stated that his faith keeps him grounded and focused on Jesus. "I don’t allow [the fame] to get to my head and change the way I view myself because I’m a child of God," he claimed. "I’m a sinner. I need a savior, I need Jesus, I need the sacraments, and prayer grounds me. And then, again, always coming back to my vocation and knowing that that job is way more important than kicking a football."

In wearing a tie advocating for the protection of "the vulnerable," which often refers to the unborn as well as the aged and infirm, Butker promoted Catholic moral teaching, which claims that "human life must be respected and protected absolutely from the moment of conception" and calls any "formal cooperation" in abortion "a grave offense." It also claims that "intentional euthanasia ... is murder."

With the tie, Butker may have even been chastising Biden, a fellow Catholic, for his public support for abortion. While Wilton Cardinal Gregory, the archbishop of the diocese of Washington, D.C., has agreed that Biden "is not demonstrating Catholic teaching" with his pro-abortion stance, the cardinal has opted not to formally excommunicate the president. Formal excommunication would mean Biden could not present himself to receive communion at mass until he made a full confession and publicly renounced his support for abortion.

During his speech at the White House on Monday, Biden praised the Chiefs for their work off the field by "speaking out for racial justice, honoring veterans as you do, supporting tutors and mentors for local schools." He did not, however, mention Butker's tireless efforts to promote the Catholic faith, traditional marriage, and the pro-life cause.

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'How absolutely humiliating': AOC dances to protesters' chant — who wants to tell her what they're saying?



A video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) making a smug fool of herself by dancing as protesters chant "AOC has got to go" is making the rounds on social media.

At a town hall event in Queens Wednesday night, AOC grinned and grooved while sitting on the edge of a stage as her angry constituents called for her removal from office.

\u201cAOC dances to protesters chanting \u201cAOC has got to go\u201d at an event in her district tonight\n\nHow absolutely humiliating.\n\nWatch.\u201d
— Danny De Urbina (@Danny De Urbina) 1666238069

Then there was this:

\u201cIs AOC ok?\u201d
— End Wokeness (@End Wokeness) 1666233986

Remind you of anything?

\u201cSame energy. \ud83e\udd74\u201d
— Benny Johnson (@Benny Johnson) 1666237591

Apparently, it reminded Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) of something else:

\u201c.@AOC\u2019s tantrums always reminded me of someone.\n\nFinally put my finger on it.\u201d
— Lauren Boebert (@Lauren Boebert) 1666277069

Just last week, Ocasio-Cortez was confronted by protesters over her voting record on sending weapons and aid to Ukraine during a different town hall event in New York City.

\u201cAOC humiliated at a Town Hall:\n\n"You ran as an outsider yet you voted to start this war in Ukraine. You're voting to start a nuclear war with Russia and China" \n\nhttps://t.co/dSldpyKVLT\u201d
— Citizen Free Press (@Citizen Free Press) 1665631587

Catch more of the video below:


Teens beat 73-year-old man to death with traffic cone; two of them grin as they take off from scene



A group of teenagers were caught on video beating a 73-year-old man with a traffic cone late last month — and the victim died the following day, WCAU-TV reported.

What are the details?

Philadelphia police said James Lambert was walking across Cecil B. Moore Avenue near North 21st Street just after 2:30 a.m. June 24 when he was ambushed, the station reported.

Police on Friday released video of the attack, the station said, adding that the culprits appear to be three girls and four boys believed to be in their early to mid teens.

The first attacker is seen in the clip striking Lambert — who's blurred in the video — with a traffic cone as the victim tries to cross the street and get away from the group.

Image source: WCAU-TV video screenshot

After Lambert lands on the sidewalk, another teen appears to use a cellphone to take a photo or video of Lambert.

Image source: WCAU-TV video screenshot

A third teen is seen picking up the same traffic cone and throwing it at the victim.

Image source: WCAU-TV video screenshot

"The teens struck the victim several times with objects, knocking the victim to the ground causing injuries to his head," police said in a news blotter. "The victim was transported to the hospital where he died of his injuries the following day."

\u201cThis is James \u201cSimmie\u201d Lambert, the man who was killed. \n\nHis family tells me they\u2019re heart broken and they saw him just hours before he was attacked.\n\nThey\u2019re in disbelief a group of kids did this.\n\n@NBCPhiladelphia\u201d
— Danny Freeman (@Danny Freeman) 1657298402

What happened next?

The video also shows the suspects leaving the scene — and two of them appear to be smiling:

Image source: Philadelphia police

The teens apparently gathered after the attack, and one was seen acting out what appeared to be a "stumbling person," the station said.

Police said they hope video of the attack — and a $20,000 reward — will help locate those responsible, WCAU reported.

If you spot the teens from the video or accompanying images, the station said to call 911 immediately. Those with information about the attack can submit anonymous tips by phone or text to 215-686-(8477) or online, WCAU said.

The following are additional images from the police department's video:

Image source: Philadelphia police

Image source: Philadelphia police

Pete Buttigieg tries to take DeSantis down on 'The View' but it backfires SPECTACULARLY



Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg joined Joy Behar, Sara Haines, and Ana Navarro on 'The View" this week to talk about Florida’s new “Parental Rights in Education” law — which he absurdly claimed "will kill kids" — before going on to add inflation and high gas prices to his list of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' faults.

"Your husband, Chasten, is a teacher and he's been a vocal critic of what's going on in my state of Florida when the, with the so-called 'don't say gay' law, which he says will kill kids. Do you agree?" Navarro asked Buttigieg.

"Yeah, he's right," Buttigieg answered. "And I think every law to be judged for the effect it's going to have on real people in real life, and I get the political reasons why they're doing this. By the way, some of those political reasons (laughs), they don't have a plan on anything else, right? I mean, they don't have a plan on dealing with inflation or dealing with gas prices or dealing with the issues."


Pete Buttigieg says that prohibiting classroom instruction of sex and gender theory in kindergarten classes will \u201cKILL KIDS.\u201d \n\nThen he blames Ron DeSantis for inflation and gas prices.pic.twitter.com/t1VM0OR96L
— RNC Research (@RNC Research) 1649435421

Buttigieg's bizarre claims immediately drew harsh criticism on Twitter.

\u201cThey don\u2019t have a plan for dealing with inflation, or dealing with high gas prices\u2026.\u201d says the Secretary of Transportation.\n\nOh there\u2019s a plan. The voters have noticed that these problems became problems when your administration arrived. That\u2019s fixable.\n\nNovember is coming.
— Ken Catmull (@Ken Catmull) 1649500508
\u201cThat\u2019s correct. Kids will die unless we let teachers talk to 5, 6, and 7 year olds about sex behind their parents\u2019 backs.\u201dpic.twitter.com/LM5SZs2LAa
— Danny Dyer (@Danny Dyer) 1649445192
Wait\u2026was he just accusing DeSantis of \u201cnot having a plan to deal with inflation and high gas prices?\u201d
— Sara Gonzales (@Sara Gonzales) 1649460503
Wow Pete!! THEY have no plan??? Joking, right? Is there ANYTHING you are willing to take responsibility for?
— mario martino (@mario martino) 1649453999
\u201cThey don\u2019t have a plan on inflation or gas prices\u201d\u2026..Siri, who is Secretary of Transportation???
— RSP1971 (@RSP1971) 1649440106
From the same people that pushed forced lockdowns & school closures, causing sharp increases in adolescent depression, suicide rates, not to mention learning loss.
— JJ Giddyup \ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udfff (@JJ Giddyup \ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udfff) 1649436423
So Pete has just as much knowledge of the FL law as he does of Transportation then?
— Question Everything (@Question Everything) 1649444335


‘What a f**king embarrassment’: Twitter savages Biden after he wanders from podium, appears to need help getting off the stage



Following a speech announcing plans to relaunch the White House's "Cancer Moonshot" initiative on Wednesday, President Joe Biden seemed to lose his way as he left the podium, first wandering in the wrong direction, then turning back to shake hands with several officials before apparently being reminded by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) to put on his mask. Ultimately, Biden was led away from the podium with a little help from first lady Jill Biden.

What has been the response?

As always, the folks on Twitter can be counted on to call out the president's failings. First, Biden did that creepy whisper thing again. Why doesn't anyone tell him to stop doing that?

WHAT is this creep talking about?pic.twitter.com/UIH6LfmNVK
— Danny De Urbina (@Danny De Urbina) 1643830544

After he finished his thrilling speech, the president wandered away from the podium, in the wrong direction, then turned back to to do a bit of maskless handshaking before being reminded by Sen. Klobuchar to put his mask on.

Joe Brandon forgets his mask, roams around the White House\u2014 breathing on people and shaking their hands.\n\nSen. Klobuchar is caught on camera seemingly reminding him.\n\nWATCH.pic.twitter.com/FUmJMMxwr3
— Benny (@Benny) 1643831168

Finally, the first lady came to the rescue and led him off the stage, holding his hand as he shuffled and appeared to be on the verge of losing his balance. "So much strength communicated here," a video posted on Twitter was captioned.

So much strength being communicated here...pic.twitter.com/yfY5dCuEcm
— Danny De Urbina (@Danny De Urbina) 1643831293

The replies on Twitter were less-than-favorable:

Putin is raising the white flag after this display of power.pic.twitter.com/OlU80PQAhJ
— Unicorn Spit (@Unicorn Spit) 1643836311


WTF man. This is the leader of the free world, lovely.
— The Girl That Wasn\u2019t There (@The Girl That Wasn\u2019t There) 1643835047


This is honestly what is doing the most damage to this regime. If they won't even be honest about something so utterly blatant, then how can you trust them about anything else
— George Floyd's Half-Eaten Speedball (@George Floyd's Half-Eaten Speedball) 1643833162

Looks like at least one person attempted to come to the president's defense with what another Twitter user called an "unnecessary Trump reference."

pic.twitter.com/ujgUJ2SoGZ
— Brian Brewer (@Brian Brewer) 1643839862


Jen Psaki unable to defend president's 'week from hell.' Peter Doocy asks what happened to Biden's 'decades of DC experience?'​



The Biden administration suffered a nightmare week as key agenda items were derailed.

The Supreme Court stopped President Joe Biden's vaccine mandate for large businesses dead in its tracks, Arizona Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema declared that she would never vote with her party to end the Senate's 60-vote filibuster requirement, his Build Back Better and voting rights plan are at congressional dead ends, the consumer price index surged by a whopping 7% over a one-year period — the largest 12-month increase in nearly 40 years — and his approval rating hit a new low of 33%.

Left-leaning legacy media outlets are turning on Biden. Even CNN said Biden had a "week from hell."

CNN says Biden has had a \u201cweek from hell.\u201d\n\n\u201cBiden has had a very tough week with setbacks for his agenda, COVID complications, the Supreme Court blocking his vaccine mandate, inflation, and international turmoil.\u201dpic.twitter.com/jiQgwxBPir
— RNC Research (@RNC Research) 1642172677

Biden himself acknowledged that a lot needs to be done.

“There's a lot of talk about disappointments and things we haven't gotten done,” Biden said on Friday. "We're gonna get a lot of them done, I might add."

White House press secretary Jen Psaki attempted to defend Biden's stalled agenda this week by pivoting to "what we were able to accomplish."

On Thursday, Bloomberg’s White House correspondent Justin Sink listed all of the recent shortcomings of the Biden administration.

"I mean, frankly, things just seem like they’re going pretty poorly right now for the White House," Sink said. "You know, Build Back Better is being blocked. Voting rights is being blocked. Diplomatic talks with Russia doesn’t seem to have brought us back from the brink of war. Inflation is at a 40-year high. The virus is setting records for infection."

Sink said the administration is in "pretty rough shape."

"I’m wondering, at what point do you take stock and say that things need to change internally, whether it’s your outreach with the Hill, whether it’s the leadership within the White House," Sink told Psaki. "You seem to be stymied on an incredible number of fronts right now."

Psaki dodged the laundry list of issues plaguing the Biden administration.

"Well, let me give you a little bit of a different take on this," Psaki pivoted. "More than 200 million people are vaccinated. We’ve had record job growth, record low unemployment rates — historically, in this country, over the last year."

Psaki said the U.S. is working with allies on the situation with Russia, and threatened Vladimir Putin with "crippling economic sanctions."

She then blamed a "small margin and threshold in the Senate" for why Biden hasn't been able to get legislation passed.

Sink then took Psaki's positive messaging and used it against her.

He asked Psaki, "So, the sense is things are going well; there’s no need for change right now?"

Psaki responded, "I think that having worked in a White House before, you do hard things in White Houses. You have every challenge at your feet — laid at your feet, whether it’s global or domestically."

Psaki then sneered, "And we could certainly propose legislation to see if people support bunny rabbits and ice cream, but that wouldn’t be very rewarding to the American people."

Please enjoy this reporter just SAVAGING Biden with this BRUTAL question listing Biden's utter failures for over a minute STRAIGHT as Psaki is forced to listen while she awkwardly smirks\n\nWATCH THIS.pic.twitter.com/sXEFH1LNKN
— Danny De Urbina (@Danny De Urbina) 1642108150

Friday's White House press conference was also no picnic for Psaki as Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy fired off a list of recent Biden administration failures. Doocy also questioned why Biden's "decades of D.C. experience" had yet to pay dividends one year into his presidency.

"President Biden promised to bring decades of D.C. experience to the Oval Office, but Build Back Better has not passed, voting rights apparently not going to pass, and vaccine requirements that he likes are apparently illegal," Doocey said. "What happened?"

Psaki once again was unable to defend Biden's flurry of major setbacks and sidestepped the question.

"Well, first, Peter, I would say if you look back at last year and what we were able to accomplish — that includes getting the American Rescue Plan passed — a package that has contributed to cutting childhood poverty by 40%; has helped ensure we are moving at a faster pace toward economic growth, toward a record-low unemployment rate; helped ensure schools — more than 95 percent — are open across the country," Psaki deviated.

"He also pressed, despite skeptics, to get a Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill passed — one that we have just — we’re just announcing today," Psaki continued. "The fact that 15,000 bridges are going to be repaired — that was despite many skeptics. And because of his efforts, 200 million Americans are now vaccinated."

DOOCY TIME, part 2: "Biden promised to bring decades of D.C. experience to the office, but Build Back Better has not passed, voting rights apparently not gonna pass, and vaccine requirements that he likes are, apparently, illegal. What happened?"pic.twitter.com/wwybN71tv5
— Curtis Houck (@Curtis Houck) 1642181775

Elon Musk rails against big government, bashes Biden's Build Back Better bill: 'There's a lot of accounting trickery in this bill'



Tesla CEO Elon Musk railed against President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act – despite the bill offering incentives for electric vehicles and funding to expand electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Musk is deeply concerned about how the multitrillion-dollar bill would increase the national debt.

At this week’s Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit, Musk urged Congress not to pass the Build Back Better Act.

When asked about federal funding to expand the electric vehicle charging network, Musk proclaimed it was "unnecessary."

"Do we need support for gas stations? We don’t," Musk shot back. "There’s no need for this support for a charging network. I would delete it. Delete. I’m literally saying, get rid of all subsidies, but also for oil and gas."

Regarding the Build Back Better Act, Musk advised that "it might be better if the bill doesn’t pass" because of the federal budget deficit.

"We’ve spent so much money ... the federal budget deficit is insane," he stated. "Federal expenditures are $7 trillion. Federal revenue is $4 trillion. ... If it was a company, it would be a $3 trillion dollar loss. So I don’t know if we should be adding to that loss. That seems pretty crazy. Something's gotta give. You can’t just spend $3 trillion more than you earn every year and don’t expect something bad to happen. This is not good."

.@elonmusk FLAMES Biden's bloated Build Back Broke Bill:\n\n"Honestly, it might be better if the bill doesn't get passed... The federal budget deficit is insane."pic.twitter.com/YLGQqOqDiE
— Danny De Urbina (@Danny De Urbina) 1638899651

"We don’t need the $7,500 tax credit. Honestly, I would just can this whole bill," Musk said. "Don’t pass it, that’s my recommendation."

Under the Build Back Better bill, the proposed electric vehicle incentive includes a $7,500 tax credit to purchase a plug-in electric vehicle and another $500 if the vehicle's battery is made in the United States. There is also a $4,500 tax credit if the EV is assembled in the U.S. at a factory with union labor. Tesla doesn't have union workers.

On Oct. 31, Musk accused President Biden of being a "puppet" for the United Auto Workers labor union.

Biden is a UAW puppet
— Elon Musk (@Elon Musk) 1635716564

Musk blasted Biden in September when Tesla was not invited to a White House meeting regarding electric vehicles. The Biden administration invited Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. However, Tesla – the largest EV maker in the world – was not invited.

Musk reacted to the snub by saying, "Biden held this EV summit. Didn’t invite Tesla. Invited GM, Ford, Chrysler, and UAW. EV summit at the White House, didn’t mention Tesla once and praised GM and Ford for leading the EV revolution. Doesn’t it sound a little biased?"

The billionaire Tesla CEO slammed the Biden administration, "It’s not the friendliest of administrations. Seems to be controlled by the unions."

As of October, Tesla had the top two best-selling electric vehicles in the United States in 2021 by a vast quantity, according to Car and Driver. Tesla also had four of the top 11 best-selling EVs in the U.S.

During the WSJ event, Musk took aim at big government, saying it is inefficient.

"It does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people with a demonstrated great skill in capital allocation and give it to an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation," the world's second-richest person in the world said.

"The government is simply the biggest corporation, with a monopoly on violence and where you have no recourse," the SpaceX founder said.

"We should minimize what the government does," he continued.

"The role of government should be that of like a referee, but not a player on the field," Musk stated. "Government should try to get out of the way and not impede progress."

"Rules and regulations are immortal, they don't die. Occasionally you see some law with a sunset provision, but really, otherwise, the vast majority of rules and regulations live forever," he said. "Eventually it just takes longer and longer and it's harder to do things. There's not really an effective garbage collection system for removing rules and regulations. And so gradually this hardens the arteries of civilization, where you're able to do less and less over time."

Musk suggested, "So I think government should be trying really hard to get rid of rules and regulations that perhaps had merit at some time but don't have merit currently."

On Twitter, Musk continued to trash big government and the Build Back Better Act. Musk cited analysis from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School — Musk's alma mater — that found that if the temporary provisions in Biden's Build Back Better plan are made permanent, then the U.S. federal debt would increase by 24.4% and "GDP would fall by 2.9% relative to current law."

"There is a lot of accounting trickery in this bill that isn’t being disclosed to the public," Musk tweeted on Wednesday.

The entrepreneur with a net worth of $151 billion then quoted Nobel Prize-winning economist and free-market advocate Milton Friedman, "Nothing is more permanent than a 'temporary' government program."

Analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget arrived at a similar conclusion that the Build Back Better Act could end up being shockingly more expensive to American taxpayers than advertised.

"If the plan's temporary policies were made permanent, we find the cost would increase by as much as $2.5 trillion," the CRFB analysis stated. "As a result, the gross cost of the bill would more than double from $2.4 trillion to $4.9 trillion."

'Tesla as the World’s Biggest Robot Company:' Elon Musk on AI and U.S. Innovation | WSJ www.youtube.com

Liberals pounce after Dr. Scott Atlas resigns as special coronavirus adviser to the president



Dr. Scott Atlas resigned as the special adviser to President Donald Trump on the coronavirus pandemic and liberal critics pounced on the news to criticize him and the president.

Atlas was seen as a controversial voice on the pandemic because he went against the grain and questioned the validity of many social distancing guidelines, including face masks, overly restrictive lockdowns, and the closing of schools.

On Monday, Atlas said that he was resigning from his post just ahead of the expiration of his 130-day assignment to the coronavirus task force.

"I worked hard with a singular focus — to save lives and help Americans through this pandemic," Atlas said.

"I always relied on the latest science and evidence, without any political consideration or influence. As time went on, like all scientists and health policy scholars, I learned new information and synthesized the latest data from around the world, all in an effort to provide you with the best information to serve the greater public good," he added.

"But, perhaps more than anything," Atlas continued, "my advice was always focused on minimizing all the harms from both the pandemic and the structural policies themselves, especially to the working class and the poor."

Liberals attack

Liberals and other critics of Atlas mocked him as he resigned and made jokes at his expense, and some blamed him for the coronavirus deaths.

"Scott Atlas resigns to spend more time infecting his family," ABC producer Danny Zuker tweeted.

Scott Atlas resigns to spend more time infecting his family.
— Danny Zuker (@Danny Zuker)1606783799.0

"Scott Atlas is quitting to spend more time with the virus," Vox journalist Aaron Rupar tweeted.

"And with a whimper, after contributing to over 100,000 deaths, Scott Atlas is out! Possibly the most deadly voice in the US response to #COVID19," Dr. Rob Davidson tweeted.

Others said that Atlas should lose his medical license over his advocacy.

"Scott Atlas should lose his medical license," one user said.

"Will someone permanently remove him from the medical profession now???" Grant Stern, a progressive editor, tweeted.

Scott Atlas just resigned his position as Trump's accessory to mass murder by #coronavirus.Will someone permanent… https://t.co/B5uGdo4wUe
— Grant Stern (@Grant Stern)1606781855.0

"I really hope @Stanford fires him immediately. What university wants a mass murderer on their faculty?" writer Don Winslow tweeted.

Some noted that Atlas appeared to accept the results of the election in his statement, which referenced the "new team" picked by former Vice President Joe Biden.

"I sincerely wish the new team all the best as they guide the nation through these trying, polarized times," Atlas said in his statement.

Here's more about Atlas' resignation:

Dr. Scott Atlas resigns as special adviser to Trump on coronaviruswww.youtube.com

Trump says he would 'love' to donate his plasma after bout with COVID-19, declares he's off coronavirus medication



In his first on-camera interview since being diagnosed with COVID-19, President Donald Trump proclaimed that he is no longer taking coronavirus medication. Trump divulged details about his battle with COVID-19 during an interview and "medical evaluation" with Dr. Marc Siegel, a medical contributor to Fox News and associate professor of medicine at New York University since 1988.

During Siegel's interview with the president that aired on Friday's episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Trump gave an update on his health and said he is off coronavirus medication.

Siegel first asked Trump how he feels. "I feel really good. I feel very strong," Trump replied. "I know a lot of people that have had the COVID or the China virus as I call it because it came from China. But I feel really, really strong and a lot of people don't feel that way sometimes for awhile afterwards but are very good."

DR. SIEGEL: “How are you feeling now?”TRUMP: “I feel really good. I feel very strong.” https://t.co/dHiM6oYPcj
— Danny De Urbina (@Danny De Urbina)1602289508.0

Trump said he had either beat COVID-19 or the respiratory disease is in remission. "I haven't found out numbers or anything yet, but I have been retested and I know that I am at either of the bottom of the scale or free," Trump said

"Right now, I am medication free," Trump said during the interview. "I'm not taking any medications as of probably eight hours ago. I'm medication free which, frankly, makes me feel good. I don't like medication."

"We pretty much finished and now we'll see how things go," Trump continued. "Pretty much nothing. We've had our final doses of just about everything."

Trump praised the experimental coronavirus antibody treatment manufactured by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which he was given while he was hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center.

"Actually, the original transfusion, that's supposed to last for about four months, you know that?" Trump said. "The antibodies? And I think you're supposed to be protected anywhere from two to four months and maybe longer than that, I don't know."

"They tested the lungs ... with different machinery ... and it tested good," Trump explained. "Initially, I think they had some congestion in there, but ultimately it tested good, and with each day it got better, and I think that's why they wanted me to stay frankly."

Siegel asked the president how he thought he contracted coronavirus, Trump answered, "I don't know. They had some big events at the White House and perhaps there."

"Nobody really knows for sure. Numerous people have contracted it, but, you know, people have contracted it all over the world," President Trump added. "It's highly contagious. That's one thing you learn. This is a contagious disease."

Trump told Siegel that he would "love" to donate his convalescent plasma to help other COVID-19 patients.

When asked by Siegel if he would donate his plasma, Trump responded, "I will. Nobody's asked me that question, actually, but I will. If that's if they want me to do it, I'd love to do it."

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration states:

"Convalescent refers to anyone recovering from a disease. Plasma is the yellow, liquid part of blood that contains antibodies. Antibodies are proteins made by the body in response to infections. Convalescent plasma from patients who have already recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may contain antibodies against COVID-19. Giving this convalescent plasma to hospitalized people currently fighting COVID-19 may help them recover."

In August, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for "investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19."

On Thursday, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley gave Trump the green light to "return to public engagements" as soon as Saturday.

President Trump will hold an in-person event at the White House on Saturday, then return to the campaign trail with a rally in Florida on Monday, his first campaign event since he was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to treat the virus.