And masks are fast becoming a sort of shorthand for self-branding: a highly visible and easy-to-read identifier of self for the world. So, for his visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, what did he go for? Not a generic white or blue mask, the kind that subsumes the personal to the community. Not one with the sort of gold “TRUMP” logo famous from so many of his real estate ventures. It’s rare to consider the president restrained in his messaging, but in comparison to Stone, his mask looked positively understated.

Source: bd News24 July 13, 2020 04:30 UTC