Trump ‘suggested Covid-19 might stop him shaking hands with disgusting people’

President Donald Trump (AP)

A former adviser to US vice president Mike Pence has said Donald Trump once suggested that Covid-19 might be a good thing because it would stop him from having to shake hands with “disgusting people”.

Olivia Troye, who served on the White House coronavirus task force, is the latest former member of the Trump administration to speak out against the president and urge US voters to deny him a second term.