Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, saw the white prototypes and asked if they could be made in a neutral tone. But when Kadlec’s boss, HHS Secretary Alex Azar, began to pitch it at a White House task force meeting in March, there was sharp dissent. “He felt it was a loser message,” said one senior administration official with knowledge of Meadows’s thinking. First lady Melania Trump inspects the official 2020 White House Christmas tree as it arrives at the North Portico of the White House on Nov. 23. At least one worker who got infected never heard from anyone in the White House about the illness.

Source: Washington Post December 19, 2020 18:59 UTC