Living up to his reputation for not paying heed to health officials guidelines such as wearing a mask in public, Donald Trump will not adhere to a new travel advisory in New Jersey, requiring people coming from coronavirus hotspots to self-quarantine when he visits his Bedminster golf club on weekend. Explaining that the President is not a civilian in a statement, White House spokesman Judd Deere clarified that people around him including guests, staff, and press are tested for COVID-19 and only allowed to be close to him if they are confirmed to be negative.

Trump recently visited Arizona, a state deemed as a hotspot by New Jersey, meaning, visitors from the state need to self-quarantine. New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut governors announced that people who had been in those states will be required to quarantine for 14 days or risk facing fines.

Deere said the White House adopted mitigation plans to restrict the spread of the virus during the visit to Arizona. Aside from that, he said people traveling along with the President this weekend will be monitored for symptoms and tested for the deadly disease, which means, they will pose little to no risk to the people in the area.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy responded in an interview with CNN's Erin Burnett on OutFront, noting that there is a carve-out for frontline workers, and the President of the United States isn't an essential worker by any definition. The bigger point, according to Murphy is that people need to be responsible not just for themselves, but also for their families and communities.

The Democratic governor pointed out that New Jersey has beaten the pathogen down to a pulp with a significant loss of life. Justifying the new rule for visitors from hotspot regions to self-quarantine, Murphy said the state has been through a tough time, and they want to go through it again.

Earlier this week, Murphy, along with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont said the travel advisory applies to visitors coming from a state that has a positive test rate of over 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average. The travel advisory will also apply to anyone coming from a state with a 10 percent or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.

Cuomo said they want to ensure the virus doesn't come in on a plane because they have worked hard to bring the virus transmission rate down, and they are bent on ensuring it doesn't go up. The advisory currently applies to Texas, Utah, South Carolina, North Carolina, Florida, Arizona, Arkansas, and Alabama.