Trump's children support 'warrior' dad after backlash over COVID-19 diagnosis

President Donald Trump's children have shared their love and support for their "warrior" father after he tested positive for coronavirus this week.

Reports of the US president contracting COVID-19 exploded across the internet on Friday, the President himself confirming the news on Twitter.

"Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!" he tweeted.

It sparked an outpouring of tweets from fans and critics alike, the former wishing him a speedy recovery while the latter suggested the President should have taken the pandemic more seriously.

Now two of his eldest children, Eric and Ivanka, have shared messages of support on social media.

"You are a warrior and will beat this," Ivanka Trump tweeted yesterday. "I love you dad."

The President's second son Eric also shared his words of support on Twitter.

"He will fight through this with the same strength and conviction that he uses to fight for America each and every day," Eric wrote.

Since President Trump tested positive for the virus on Friday there have been mounting concerns for his health.

According to his chief of staff, the US President faces a "critical" next two days in his fight against COVID-19 at a military hospital.

He also revealed that Trump went through a "very concerning" period on Friday while officials were giving calm, upbeat reports.

Meanwhile, social media site Twitter has had to ban tweets wishing for the president's death.

On Friday night the platform reminded users about its policy against wishing harm or death to someone in light of the President's diagnosis.

"Tweets that wish or hope for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against *anyone* are not allowed and will need to be removed," a verified account run by Twitter's spokespeople tweeted.

However, many Twitter users have asked where this policy was when BIPOPC, transgendered people and other minorities have faced death threats and threats of harm on the site.

President Trump and his family have faced ongoing criticism throughout his presidency, especially in recent months as he campaigns for a second term.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton also spoke out against the president recently, saying she ended her friendship with Ivanka Trump over her father's "corrupt" policies.

"I have no interest in being friends with someone who is not only complicit but actively taking part in this administration's everyday collision of cruelty and incompetence," Clinton said on US talk show Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.

She also accused President Trump of "trafficking in racism and sexism and antisemitism and Islamophobia and homophobia and transphobia and conspiracy theories and lies and [being] so fundamentally corrupt."