Trump was reportedly saved from tweeting Tom Hanks had died from coronavirus after officials misunderstood what being 'discharged' from hospital means

President Donald Trump was saved from mistakenly tweeting that Tom Hanks had died from the novel coronavirus after his diplomatic staff misunderstand reports about the actor being "discharged" from an Australian hospital, according to the newspaper The Courier-Mail.

Hanks last week announced that both he and his wife, Rita Wilson, had contracted COVID-19 while he was in Australia filming Baz Luhrmann's coming movie about Elvis Presley.

There was apparently confusion in the White House, however, when officials informed Trump that the actor had been "discharged" from the hospital.

According to The Courier-Mail, officials feared Trump was preparing to tweet about Hanks' health before Australia-based US Embassy officials contacted the Australian health authorities and confirmed that the actor was in fact still alive.

A health official in Queensland, Australia, reportedly assured US officials that Hanks was alive and recovering from COVID-19.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-trump-almost-tweeted-that-tom-hanks-died-from-covid-19-2020-3?op=1

>>8619347

No, I did a search on duckduck after I saw that Hanks may have died

>>8619308

How an Australian hospital worker 'stopped Donald Trump from tweeting out that Tom Hanks had DIED from coronavirus in hospital'

Australian-based US Embassy officials had to frantically seek assurances from health officials that Mr Hanks was in fact alive.

They urgently contacted the Gold Coast hospital where the couple had been in isolation to confirm his condition and clear up the confusion.

The US embassy was assured the actor and his wife were both alive and their conditions had improved.

Mr Hanks has been in Australia filming an untitled Baz Luhrmann-directed Elvis Presley film produced by Warner Bros when he and his wife experienced symptoms including the common cold, body aches and chills before they decided to get tested.

Before their diagnosis, the couple had visited crowded Australian hotspots including Bondi Beach and the Sydney Opera House - raising fears that others were infected.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8123499/Australian-health-official-averted-Donald-Trump-wrongly-announcing-Tom-Hanks-died.html

>>8619539

And, we also say "we've discharged a weapon."

Anons, think Hanks was put in front of a firing squad?