President Donald Trump's fundraiser at his Bedminster golf club hours before he announced he had contracted the coronavirus was wrong and "put lives at risk", New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said on Monday.
Murphy called the trip the "wrong decision at every level" and said it should have been cancelled.
The state is trying to keep tabs on the 206 attendees and 19 workers in an effort to thwart a potential outbreak stemming from the large gathering on Thursday, which included an indoor roundtable with the president that one attendee said lasted 45 minutes or more, he said.
![Golfers at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, where the president held a fundraiser hours before confirming he had tested positive for Covid. AP Photo / Seth Wenig](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/F5LSBOQLSG4KTEWR3P4QUMRFMI.jpg?auth=c05ff7a515d347d55f47c53435eba870d630d691f66952bc25f6b77dbe4c8cfa&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)