00:00:29.000We will not embrace the ideas that have destroyed countries, destroyed lives, and we are going to fight for freedom on campuses across the country.
00:00:52.000And I usually turn my phone on airplane mode, but my phone was just buzzing relentlessly.
00:00:58.000And I checked it, and my worst suspicions right before I went to bed were confirmed.
00:01:04.000As soon as I saw Hope Hicks, a friend of mine, test positive for the Chinese coronavirus, that was one of the last things I read before I went to bed.
00:01:13.000I said, something here is not adding up.
00:01:17.000Everyone in the White House has to be tested before they see the president.
00:01:21.000Anyone that goes into the Oval Office has to be tested.
00:01:25.000And anyone that goes on Air Force One has to be tested.
00:01:28.000And the president also has to be tested every couple days.
00:01:32.000So if Hope Hicks tested positive, I could only guess that there was more to this story.
00:01:38.000And as you have seen the news, a couple hours later, President Trump tweeted that he has the Chinese coronavirus, and he has tested positive.
00:01:47.000And he said, we are, quote, all in this together.
00:01:50.000It is hard to put into words the significance of this.
00:01:53.000In some ways, it is almost the fitting final chapter in what has been one of the most eventful, unpredictable, consequential years in American history.
00:02:08.000First of all, I just want to say a prayer for the president and that we pray for his health and his safety and his healing.
00:02:16.000It's hard to even put into words the severity of this moment.
00:02:23.000And I am confident that he will be able to recover and get the best treatment on the planet and get the best medical help available.
00:02:32.000Mortality rates have dropped 85% since April.
00:02:38.000However, in just the 90 minutes that we have now known that the president has the Chinese coronavirus, on CNN, they already have a physician who has said that President Trump has a 25% chance of dying.
00:02:52.000Linda Sarsour, the far left-wing activist, has said, quote, seems like someone doesn't want to go back on the debate stage with an emoji of a thinking face.
00:03:02.000It is nothing new, presidents being threatened or presidents being under attack.
00:03:08.000Gerald Ford was shot at in the streets of San Francisco.
00:03:12.000Ronald Reagan was shot and hospitalized just a couple years into his presidency.
00:03:18.000Of course, John F. Kennedy was shot in the streets of Dallas.
00:03:21.000His brother, Bobby Kennedy, killed in the streets.
00:03:24.000It's nothing new that presidents are under attack.
00:03:27.000William McKinley was killed, and Teddy Roosevelt, then vice president, took over as president of the United States.
00:03:34.000And so presidents sometimes get put under duress.
00:03:38.000Rarely are they 32 days out from an election.
00:03:42.000And this is going to change almost everything.
00:03:47.000This is now going to be the news story.
00:03:49.000This will be the most consequential news story since the Chinese coronavirus really started to pick up pace in March and April.
00:03:58.000Political prognosticators and pundits will start to say that Donald Trump failed to protect the country and he couldn't even protect himself.
00:04:07.000In fact, as I say that, I just received a text of a tweet from George Conway, who runs the Never Trump organization Lincoln Project, who says this: He failed to protect the country.
00:04:20.000I could write these tweets for these people.
00:04:22.000So instead of wishing the president well, instead of praying for his health, instead of trying to make this a non-political moment, they are wishing death and trying to turn this into a political divide in the country.
00:04:36.000This is of no surprise to those of us that know the American left and know the base of the Democrat Party.
00:04:43.000And I hate to put it in that kind of political terms, but I am just watching tweet after tweet after tweet come in and wish that the president dies.
00:04:54.000The Washington Post just published an op-ed that says, Imagine what it will be like to never have to think about Trump again.
00:06:15.000And let's just not forget, a week and a half ago, Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away.
00:06:21.000So in this one year, we've had impeachment, the Chinese coronavirus, almost going to war with Iran, shutting down our country, losing 200,000 Americans, BLM Incorporated, race riots, and now President Donald Trump coming down with the Chinese coronavirus.
00:06:41.000Andrew Yang, who is supposed to be a decent voice on the Democrat Party, says, geez, I hope Joe is nowhere near him on Tuesday.
00:08:40.000I do know that this is the ultimate stress test for our country.
00:08:43.000And the reason why I am recording this at nearly 3:30 Eastern, why a lot of you are sleeping and you're going to wake up to this news, because I want you to take away one big thing from this.
00:08:55.000No matter what the Chinese or the bad guys throw at us, we are going to get through it.
00:09:00.000We are stronger than anyone can ever imagine.
00:09:04.000The American spirit is a spirit that will not be broken.
00:09:09.000And so if you wake up today and you say, what hope is there for our country?
00:09:13.000Or you're confused, hold fast and stay focused on the rugged, gritty American spirit.
00:09:20.000We get stronger the more that we get pushed.
00:09:23.000The harsher the trial, the stronger that we become as a country.
00:09:42.000But it's more important than ever for those of us decent Americans that love our country to stand behind our president regardless of political affiliation, where we actually look at this as a moment where we all come together.
00:09:57.000That it's not the president that was infected, the presidency was infected.
00:10:02.000And the Chinese Communist Party must be held accountable for this.
00:11:31.000Do something to defend your country, communicate our values.
00:11:36.000And if I could be very honest with you guys, this is the most 2020 thing that could have possibly happened.
00:11:42.000Supreme Court vacancy, Iran, impeachment, race riots, virus, lockdowns, and the leader of the free world of the greatest country ever to exist, infected with the Chinese coronavirus, 32 days out from the election.