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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) The Trump campaign is rolling out Operation MAGA to keep the campaign moving forward after the president tested positive for COVID-19 last week.

WCCOs Esme Murphy spoke with the presidents eldest son earlier Monday. Donald Trump Jr. says his father is doing really well, and hes not stopped working.

When I spoke to him over the weekend, thats what he was doing. He was working, he was negotiating deals. You know, I couldnt even get through initially because he was busy doing other things! Trump Jr. said.

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He admits his fathers COVID-19 diagnosis is a major blow to the campaign.

Its less than ideal, Trump Jr. said. Hopefully people like myself can, you know, pick up at least a little bit of that slack.

He dismisses reports that claim he and other family members are concerned about the presidents mental state after his controversial drive outside Walter Reed Medical Center, and an unusually large number of tweets mostly in capital letters.

Those reports are 100% false. I saw that on Twitter myself and I laughed, he said. Thats one of those, you know, left wing folks trying to create a controversy.

Trump Jr. denies what critics are claiming: The presidents diagnosis, and that of so many around him, shows he has wrongly and even dangerously downplayed the pandemic.

I think its ridiculous. The reality is, you know, Ive seen the protocols that go through for him. Its still a virus, just like we cant stop the flu entirely. We can take precautions, but we cant shut down the whole country again, like Joe Biden would do.

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And Trump Jr. expects to see his father back on the campaign trail soon, including possible stops in Minnesota.

Its a very important state. You know, Ive been there a bunch myself, he said. Theres obviously nothing quite like a Donald Trump in-person rally, you know, to get people going.

The president is expected to be released from the hospital and return to the White House Monday at about 6:30 p.m. CST.

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