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Business Matters: Trump leaves hospital

Trump leaves hospital

06/10/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Trump leaves hospital

The President expects to be back on the campaign trail "soon"

US President Donald Trump has left hospital, three days after being admitted with Covid-19, vowing to be back on the campaign trail soon.

President Trump flew for the short trip back to the White House on the presidential helicopter Marine One. "Feeling really good!" Mr Trump tweeted earlier. "Don't be afraid of Covid. Don't let it dominate your life." More than 7.4 million cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the US. The virus has killed nearly 210,000 Americans. 

We talk to Peter Morici, Professor Emeritus of International Business at the R.H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and Sushma Ramachandran, financial and economics columnist in Delhi. 

Meanwhile, cinema chain Cineworld announces it will temporarily close its doors, putting as many as 45,000 jobs around the globe at risk. We hear from the company's CEO Moshe Greidinger and Jonathan Handel, entertainment lawyer at Troy Gould in Los Angeles.

Also in the programme, one of America's largest philanthropic organisations has announced a project to "reimagine" public monuments around the country. Elizabeth Alexander, the director of The Andrew W Mellon Foundation, said they would spend $250m over five years to build monuments, add context to existing ones and relocate others. The project aims to "celebrate and affirm America's diverse histories". It comes amid fierce public debate about monuments in the US, sparked by the Black Lives Matter movement. 

Plus - how fashion designers have rubber-stamped comfort as a key trend started by lockdowns and video calls.

(Photo by Win McNamee/ Getty Images)

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