Trump Hospital Stay Renews Focus on Transfer of Power Rules
- Process invoked three times when presidents had anesthesia
- White House physician says Trump may be released on Monday
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The White House said that President Donald Trump remains in charge of the U.S. government despite his coronavirus diagnosis, but his admission to a Washington-area military hospital raises the question of what would happen if his condition worsens significantly.
Doctors treating the president said Sunday that he may be discharged from the hospital as soon as Monday to continue recuperating at the White House. White House physician Sean Conley said Sunday that “he’s “extremely happy” with the president’s condition and that a “mild cough,” nasal congestion and fatigue were “resolving and improving.” But he added that “as with any illness there are frequent ups and downs.”