PRESIDENT Donald Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center… and wore a mask. The President was seen with his face covered in a blue mask as he visited the facility on Saturday, video shared by The Hill showed. #BREAKING: President Trump visits Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He is wearing a mask. pic.twitter.com/uZOzM4Lpvs […]
PRESIDENT Donald Trump visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center… and wore a mask.
The President was seen with his face covered in a blue mask as he visited the facility on Saturday, video shared by The Hill showed.
Saturday was the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic gained a foothold in the US that Trump has been pictured wearing a face covering in public.
As he left the hospital, Trump told reporters: “When you’re in a hospital, especially … I think it’s expected to wear a mask,” the Associated Press reported.
Trump flew by helicopter to the facility.
He was there to meet with wounded service members and healthcare workers treating coronavirus patients.
Trump has only been pictured wearing a face mask once before, during a private part of a tour at Ford factory in Michigan in May.
The president said in April he would not wear a mask – despite CDC recommendations that everyone wear a face covering when they are unable to maintain social distancing.
During an interview with Fox News earlier this month, however, Trump said he is “all for masks” and encouraged everyone to wear one.
“I’m all for masks. if I were in a group of people and I was close…oh I would wear one, I have,” he told reporter Blake Burman.
“Usually I’m not in that position. If I were in a tight situation with people, absolutely,” he added.
He then said he wears a “dark black” mask from time to time, and that it made it him look “sort of like The Lone Ranger.”
Trump wearing the mask on Saturday came as COVID-19 cases in the US continued to climb past 3.23million.
More than 134,000 Americans have died from the virus.
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