Convictions can obviously change over time. After having long displayed an ambiguous position on the question of the mask, Donald Trump seems to have now chosen his camp. The President of the United States thus supported the wearing of this protection against the coronavirus on Monday.
We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can't socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President! pic.twitter.com/iQOd1whktN
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2020"No one is as patriotic as me"
“A lot of people say it's patriotic to wear a mask when you can't exercise social distancing. And no one is as patriotic as I am, your favorite president, ”he wrote in a tweet illustrated with a photo of himself wearing a mask. “We are united in our effort to defeat the invisible Chinese virus,” he added, using a name he loves to blame China for the disease.
The White House tenant appeared in public with a mask for the first time only on July 11, several months after the start of the pandemic that has claimed more than 140,000 lives in the United States. Its refusal, until then, to display itself with this protection now recommended by experts has been widely criticized, and has contributed to politicizing the debate in a country where the decision whether or not to impose its wearing depends on each State, even of each county or municipality.
Another speech a few days before
Also on Sunday, Donald Trump said he did not plan to request the wearing of the mask at the national level to stem the pandemic, while the number of new daily cases of contamination has exploded and deaths have also started to rise . "I want people to have some freedom (...) and I do not agree with the statement that if everyone puts on a mask everything will disappear," he explained on Fox News. .
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