ok, so let's isolate this for a minute, since we've seen them obfuscate on this one for several days. obviously they don't want to disclose the answer. but why? here are the options:
1. because there might be earlier positive tests, which indicate he had it longer than people acknowledge (possibly during the debate), which would show (even more) reckless and harmful behavior to those around him
2. because it would show that the president doesn't get tested nearly as often as they would have us believe
while i wouldn't put it past them for it to be #1, i'm almost sure it's #2. he says he gets tested daily, and tests keep you safe, so he's safe. that's always been their story. as an aside, i'm fine if the president never gets tested. why would he ever have to? if everyone who comes within 25 feet of him is tested and retested 2-3x a day and he's essentially living in a protected sphere, then sure, he doesn't need to get tested. but that's not what's happening.
he's bouncing around all over the place, campaigning included. and staffers aren't even being tested in any discernable or organized pattern. they're back and forth from the white house to the eeob and the oeob and the hill and who knows where else (makes you feel really sorry for the families of the staffers/aides). therefore, the president must get tested daily, and wear a mask, and socially-distance.
and even if the new test doesn't involve the swab up into the brain, it's still seen as "an imposition", or at least it is to someone like trump. and i'm sure there's someone around whose job it is to say, mr president, it's time for your test. and that person has no recourse when the president says, "nah, not now, i feel fine, i'll do it later." if he's even that nice. i would assume half the time he just ignores him.
so now we're left with a president who doesn't feel like taking the test, so he doesn't. and thus, there aren't many test results, at least not recent ones, even if they are/were in fact, negative, which is what my gut is telling me. i think the correct answer is "he tested positive on thursday oct 1st, and his last test of any kind was back on sept 19th, and it was negative. the absence of a negative test doesn't tell me there was an earlier positive, it tells me this president doesn't care about others, or rules, or protocols, and certainly doesn't care about putting his spokespeople into awkward situations where they're forced to lie for him.
and once again, we have a situation where the press and the public is now inclined to believe the bigger lie (that trump had earlier positive tests) because they won't ever admit to the smaller lie (that the president just doesn't get tested very often). this is how a child behaves. this is how trump behaves. and now this is how everyone in his orbit behaves. deny deny deny all the way to the end of time. it's like telling your parents that you've never snuck out of your bedroom window, and now they think you're off shooting heroin, when you were really playing video games with your neighbor in his garage.
and the idiocy continues.