Sure, there is some evidence.  I'm just saying that reporters should evaluate that evidence -- much of which post-dates the initial moment at which most journalists started taking the WH assertion that Trump had COVID as fact.

My point is not that he doesn't have it.  He probably does.  My point is that just because he says something is not _in itself_ a reason to believe that thing is true.  The initial reporting on this should have been "Trump says he has COVID" not "Trump has COVID".

Nothing the man says can be taken at face value.  Lying is not the slightest effort for him -- he's made that perfectly clear over the last four years.  He's earned that complete lack of credibility, and we should give him what he's earned.