The Insider reports:
President Donald Trump apparently called former Yankee’s player Alex Rodriguez for his thoughts on the administration’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, ABC News reported Friday evening. Rodriguez is not a medical or public health expert.
Source told ABC that neither Rodriguez or his fiancé Jennifer Lopez will have any official role in the effort, but one source close to the baseball star reportedly said the call with the president was “pleasant.”
A-Rod has been #1 on Twitter since the report.
During marathon day of meetings earlier this week, President Trump continued outreach across the country regarding coronavirus & phoned former Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez. Multiple sources tell ABC, the president spoke to ARod from the Oval Office via me & @KFaulders
— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 28, 2020
A source close to Rodriguez told @ABC the call with Trump was “pleasant” adding that Trump was seeking thoughts from ARod about the coronavirus response. Sources say there was no discussion of AROD or his fiancé Jennifer Lopez taking on any official effort.
— John Santucci (@Santucci) March 28, 2020
I just hope that @JLo was home when he called. I’m sure her medical, public health and economic insights would be invaluable to handling a global pandemic.
— Leslie McCarthy (@LeslieM3355) March 28, 2020
“Roids? They might work. They might not. Who knows? But I have a good feeling about them. Once ARod works out the cycling schedule, we’ll start clinical tests.”
— Marty Niland (@martyball98) March 28, 2020
More Fake News! https://t.co/URewvfAUDl
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 28, 2020
I mean, we can laugh, but I would still trust ARod’s judgment magnitudes more in this situation than Trump, that’s for damn sure.
— Charlotte Clymer ?️? (@cmclymer) March 28, 2020
Druggie @AROD is now scheming to sue the @Yankees. He will go down as the biggest sports embarrassment of all time.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2013
The @Yankees should immediately stop paying A-Rod—he signed his contract without telling them he was a druggie.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 1, 2013
Druggie A-Rod, @MLB’s biggest fraud, is lucky George Steinbrenner is no longer with us. @Yankees would have voided his contract.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 17, 2013