⁍ Doctors treating President Donald Trump for COVID-19 sent conflicting signals about the severity of his condition on Sunday.

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⁍ It was Trump’s first appearance in public since he was evacuated to the hospital on Friday.

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⁍ ‘It’s a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about COVID,’ he said in a video posted on Twitter shortly beforehand.

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– President Trump surprised supporters Sunday by riding in the back seat of an SUV as it crawled through the parking lot of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Reuters reports. “It’s a very interesting journey. I learned a lot about COVID,’ he said in a video posted on Twitter shortly beforehand. “I’m feeling very good and I’m looking forward to getting back to the White House as soon as possible.” The motorcade was Trump’s first appearance in public since he was admitted to the hospital Friday for testing positive for the virus that has killed more than 200,000 Americans. Trump, 74, wore a mask as he waved from the back seat of a black SUV that crawled in a caravan of vehicles in front of the hospital outside Washington, DC. Dr. Sean P. Conley, the president’s doctor, said Trump’s condition has been worse than he had admitted. Conley said Trump’s blood oxygen levels had dropped in prior days and that he had run a high fever on Friday morning. Asked what tests had revealed about the condition of Trump’s lungs, Conley replied: “There’s some expected findings, but nothing of any major clinical concern.” Conley’s response suggested the X-rays revealed some signs of pneumonia, said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University. “The expected finding is that he has evidence of pneumonia in the X-ray. If it was normal, they would just say it is normal.” Trump is being treated with intravenous antiviral drugs and an experimental antibody.