President Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre in suburban Washington to meet wounded service-members and health care providers caring for Covid-19 patients. Most prominent Republicans, including Vice President Mike Pence, endorsed wearing masks as coronavirus gained ground this summer. President Trump, however, has declined to wear a mask at news conferences, coronavirus task force updates, rallies and other public events. Few masks were seen at recent Trump campaign events in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Phoenix and South Dakota’s Mount Rushmore. The only time Trump has been known to wear a mask was during a private part of a tour of a Ford plant in Michigan.

Source: Irish Independent July 11, 2020 21:56 UTC