The American website, The Intercept, said that after months of rejection and mockery, President Donald Trump decided to act as a natural person and put an end to the "absurd drama" that he was her hero, after he finally decided to wear a muzzle in the context of preventive measures to prevent the outbreak of the new Corona epidemic.
On his way to Walter Reed Military Medical Center in Maryland, where he first appeared in a muzzle last Saturday, Trump stopped to tell reporters that he was not in favor of this type of "routine" that pleads state governors and city mayors. Citizens have to commit to it to contain the virus that has so far killed more than 135,000 Americans.
Before leaving the White House towards the military health center, Trump said, "The masks have a specific place and time ... when you are in a hospital, for example ... and when talking to a lot of soldiers and people who have just got out of the operating rooms."
And the site confirms that Trump, through his statements, made no effort to confirm that wearing masks is an uncomfortable but necessary measure in places without a medical character, such as shops, groceries, and restaurants, where his supporters are photographed daily while they refuse to cover their faces, at a time always repeated and loudly Health directives aimed at fighting the epidemic are a kind of "democratic trick".
Trump has also mocked Joe Biden, his Democratic opponent in the upcoming presidential election, as he mocked wearing a "huge muzzle" during one of the occasions he attended in Pennsylvania, but it is interesting that the mask that Trump ridiculed was about the same size as the one he wore before. days.
Biden believes that - unlike Trump - he was responsible and set an example in seriously committing to wearing masks publicly, and urged Americans to do so in frequent posts on his accounts on social media.
Aversion to gags
The site notes that Trump's successful efforts - in making muzzles part of a broader cultural war within the United States - have benefited from the support of some who are regularly hosted by American Fox News, such as Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham ( Laura Ingraham).
These two regular guests of the channel and a number of their colleagues have criticized the wearing of masks and their promoters, despite evidence accumulating that it is one of the most effective precautions against the Corona virus.
The site stated that viewers of "Fox News" were told that the use of masks is not only ineffective, but is part of a "conspiracy" by Democrats and other media "to intimidate the Americans and bring them under control."
Trump supporters - including anti-vaccine activists - in several states run by democratic rulers - have organized angry protests against orders to wear masks.
In recent weeks, which have seen a significant increase in the number of HIV infections in several states, such as Texas, Arizona and Florida, after he obeyed Trump's advice to loosen restrictions before the epidemic was eradicated, some local Republican officials and states violated the president's directives and decided to require citizens to wear masks.
While others refused to take a decision in the same direction, such as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who declined to issue directives to wear masks in public and private places, despite the state setting a national record in the number of injuries amounted to about 15,300 cases in 24 hours.