Donald Trump Jnr’s wife taken to hospital after being exposed to ‘white powder’
Vanessa Trump said she was coughing and nauseous after opening envelope addressed to her husband, the president’s son
Donald Trump Jnr’s wife was taken to a New York City hospital on Monday as a precaution after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained an unidentified white powder, though police later said the substance wasn’t dangerous, authorities said.
The episode happened after 10am when Trump, 40, opened the letter addressed to the president’s son at her mother’s midtown Manhattan flat, investigators said. She called emergency services and said she was coughing and felt nauseous, police said.
“Thankful that Vanessa & my children are safe and unharmed after the incredibly scary situation that occurred this morning,” Donald Trump Jnr wrote on Twitter. “Truly disgusting that certain individuals choose to express their opposing views with such disturbing behaviour.”
The New York Fire Department said it treated three patients who were then taken to a hospital for evaluation.
Police said the envelope contained a letter but provided no other details.
