Coronavirus: "Wearing a mask has become a political marker in the United States"

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Trump supporters around the hospital where the president is staying in Bethesda, Maryland on October 4, 2020. REUTERS / Cheriss May

By: Florent Guignard

7 min

The United States has been following the state of health of President Donald Trump, positive for Covid-19, for three days, who hopes to be able to leave the hospital and return to the White House on Monday.

With 29 days of the presidential election in the United States, this could mark a semblance of a return to normal as the outcome of the election against Democrat Joe Biden looks tight.

Analysis by Laurence Nardon, head of the United States program at the French Institute of International Relations (Ifri). 

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