The Latest on the President’s Health

<p>On Saturday morning, the doctors treating President Trump for the coronavirus held a news conference outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — a show of strength, aimed at reassuring the American public that he was in capable hands.</p><p>But instead of allaying concern, it raised questions, casting doubt on the timeline of the president’s illness and the seriousness of his condition. </p><p>We speak to Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker, White House correspondents for The Times, about the efforts to control the narrative, and pick through what is known about the president’s condition a month before the election.</p><p>Guest:<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/maggie-haberman" target="_blank">Maggie Haberman</a> and<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/peter-baker" target="_blank"> Peter Baker</a>, White House correspondents for The New York Times.</p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>The president made a surprise outing from the hospital in an effort to show his improvement, but the murky and shifting narrative of his illness was<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/trump-virus.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage" target="_blank"> rewritten again with grim new details</a>.</li><li>Dr. Sean P. Conley, who acknowledged that he had<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/politics/trump-doctor-conley.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article" target="_blank"> misled the public about the president’s treatment</a>, has lost credibility with some colleagues.</li><li>We have<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/04/us/trump-covid-symptoms-timeline.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article" target="_blank"> a timeline</a> of the president’s symptoms and treatment.</li></ul>