'Pleading' from aides led to Trump agreeing -- after months -- to wear a mask

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The President is expected to be photographed wearing a mask during an upcoming visit to Walter Reed National Medical Center. Some aides practically begged him to agree to the photo op and hope it'll encourage skeptical Trump supporters to wear a mask.

On Saturday, the man who has stood in the way of those efforts is finally expected to join them.President Donald Trump -- who has stubbornly refused to wear a mask in public, ridiculed those who have and done little to encourage his supporters to embrace the common sense public health measure -- has said he will wear a mask during a visit to Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday.

CNN analyst on New York Times poll: This is huge 03:13But as Trump's poll numbers sink, some of his advisers have intensified their arguments to him about wearing a mask, suggesting it would be an easy step that is well-received by the vast majority of Americans. A Quinnipiac University poll in May found 67% of respondents said Trump should be wearing a mask when he is in public, while 27% said he should not.

 

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Too little to late.

He waited too late to wear a mask do you Think because she wore to that hospital he hasn’t changed a bit he’s a liar and the truth is not inhim🤡😈🤠😺

Good way to go. Lead by example.

Ya Allah, degilnye dia ni

Now that Trump's finally worn a mask (badly, since his nose was sticking out!), he's going to...WAIT FOR IT...pretend masks were *his* idea anyway, and it's 'fake news' to say he was ever against mask-wearing 😈 Seriously, how stupid are MAGAts, who regularly fall for his BS?

“wEaRiNg A mAsK iS nOt PoLiTiCaL!!!1”

He’s also expected to shit in a toilet instead of his pants, and yet. . . adderallinducedincontinence

when he remove the mask it will have trace of an orange asshole

Finally.

Got he's such a flip-flopper. Want to bet Walter Reed said wear it or you're not coming in?

Pathetic news.

Visiting vets? No way. He is going to slink in another visit with his neurologist and or cardiologist. Where was he for the missing hrs recently? Checked back into the WH at 4:30 am or so. Hmm

It's amazing how Trump refuses to do the most basic of things that would have helped control this pandemic. Being a leader and setting a good example is simply BEYOND him.

This is truly the very least he could do to help this country. The fact that people have to plead with him to do the literal bare minimum says it all. He is truly a heinous person. The worst of them all.

“Interesting how the media reports cases going up but not deaths going down” -all Trumpers🤪 Weeeel.... maybe that’s because deaths are not going down! ImpeachTrumpAgain

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It’s sad that this is where we are. Why should this be news? The president is an a$&hole.

At this point I don't give shit what this idiot does. What is Joe Biden saying right now. What is Joe Biden doing right now.

This is news. Sad.

I'm hoping one of the patriots tells trump to get the fvck out of my room.

Dream13Gemini Ridiculous 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This is what is considered NEWS IN AMERICA! Not Technology, Not Medicine, Not Physics, Not Literature or Art Not Science but The “President” of the United States is WEARING A MASK to a HOSPITAL!

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OH, sorry, I thought his face was a mask. 😂😂😂

Mask my ass. He’ll wear for 5 minutes and rip it off. Why is he going to Walter Reed for? He wouldn’t recognize a hero even if it came up and slapped him in the face. (Que subliminal music montage)

What type of mask. Clown...?

So he is going to wear a mask for a photo op? Does that mean he does not intend to wear a mask the whole time he is in or near the hospital buildings?

So? I wore a mask today. I saw hundreds wearing masks today and it’s not mandated riveting reporting there

Trump should not be going any where near military members! This family of veterans will never vote for a 5x draft dodger who has 135,000 dead Americans from COVID__19 TrumpVirus on his watch!

Why is this a story? A regular person would just know to wear a mask.

A photo op. Of course...a photo op.

Frightening that this is news.

How dear you ask him to wear mask, will mess up his makeup 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I hope that bloated yo

The American people are getting really tired of Donald and his people.

meganamram

There’s some big effing news. Potus plans, in the future, for the very first time, to partially model a useful precautionary measure. Li’l felon should just release his taxes and retire.

Why bother now?

I could care less what the idiot does!!

Why do you report this bullshit? Who cares if he puts underwear over his head! It doesn’t matter, he’s done and WeThePeople are done with him!! Start giving the time and attention to the person who looks more like a president JoeBiden!

And he will change his mind before the shot is taken

Who cares?

Mr. President Trump you won't look good wearing a face mask. Is not your style. 🗽😷👌

But, his orange face will smear...

Trump MIGHT be getting into election mode

His followers will still refuse to mask.

Fake news

He should not be allowed in without a mask the entire visit! Seriously, is he trying to collect a bounty from Putin to kill soldiers?

He’ll wear it. And then tweet about how he didn’t really need to, and how nobody can tell him what to do, and how people are right to refuse to wear masks.

What an idiot. Seriously. Can’t wear a mask to TRY to kinda lead, at some point. God I hate him

'Photo Op'. That is all it is. Trump couldn't care less about what is appropriate in a hospital setting or the wounded that are there. WalterReed Trump

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I will not comply.

Trending this clown is going to wear a mask! Think about that👀

The idea that people have to beg Trump to wear a mask during a growing pandemic is reason 9,483,210 why he should NOT be president. incompetent

It’s gonna peel off the spray.

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE!

Haven’t those veterans suffered enough? Why should they also have to be subjected to a visit from someone who continues to allow Putin to put bounties on our troops? No one wants a visit from that traitor.

Will it be an orange one?

Sew it on like his hair.

Where would you get a fcuktrump facemask

'Practically begging him' to do a simple, correct thing. And he thrust out his Mussolini-like jaw and proclaimed, 'I am willing to make this sacrifice even though it's bullshit.' Someday this moment will be taught to children in our government schools.

For a photo opp, not a policy shift. Because for this White House it’s always about the show, not the substance.

trump is “expected” to have a soul. Proven wrong, sooooooo many times.

A 'visit' to see veterans, or to do more neurological testing?

No one cares if he doesn't wear a mask...I would prefer if he didn't at this point... Move on to November 3rd folks... .

Begged him to be a leader ! Yeah that is what it takes .. unreal

Yeah, maybe a bit of duct tape would be better.

Remember when he went to facility that was producing Covid19 tests and refused to wear a mask? They threw that entire days production away.

Kind of too little too late. In any case, I firmly believe trump will revert to his anti-mask pseudo political (dangerous) fight at rallies and fundraisers this weekend. And tweets. Lots of tweets.

Knowing those skeptical supporters, I bet a good deal of them will turn on Trump and accuse him of spreading some government control propaganda. Trump supporter or no, crazy people will be crazy.

Trump wearing his mask at Walter Reed.

They’ve got to beg him to wear a mask. Come on now, be for real now. To little to late. What a joke.

To late!

What a ridiculous story

Good picture. Perfect lip, jaw, eye stare.

Finally some common sense

It will be as unmeaningful,, insincere & hypocritical as his photo-op with a Bible. Why not just wear his pillowcase..a white one..the Bible & a mask Have these servicemen been prepped, told the proper response expected during this visit..like the auto union workers to a meeting

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joncoopertweets It would be unforgivable to visit our vets with no PPE.

I am going to bet there will be no pictures allowed of Trump except at the very beginning. This has always been about his makeup.

That's sure big of him. I wonder what they will think of Benedict Donald

FFS he's going to see hospitalized veterans? Haven't those people been through enough?

I bet history book photos will show him wearing it under the nose 💀

how has he not gotten corona yet im sh00k

His whole going there is a photo OP, a sad attempt to show he cares, which we all know, he does not. A poor excuse for a President, a Commander-in Chief, a human.

Way to report the news XiNN. 🙄

Hahahahaha

It’ll make him look defeated/caved/weak ... he’ll never do it bc he doesn’t want the media to get a “picture” of that!

How pitiful....

For a station that hates trump they sure dont mind the money they get to play his campaign ads on cnn 🤣

And if—IF—he does, his handlers and followers will act as though Jesus Christ himself in all his glory now walks among us.

I hope he gets it(covid). He probably does have it & is a super spreader. He already made children into biological warfare. We are exactly what the native slaughtering forefathers tried to escape from. A country ruled by a tyrant & the Church & not the people as intended.

Why do we need to plead, beg for common sense? Isn’t 45 the stable genius? It is a no brainer if the whole world is saying the same thing WearTheDamnMask. Ask Sweden?

He should respect the patients in the hospital enough to wear the mask the entire time he is in the hospital. He doesn’t respect anyone except his dictator boyfriends!!!

Sad that he has to be begged

He thinks because he hasn’t gotten the virus that he is invincible so he is tempting fate for himself and his followers. What kind of example is this?

Oh please.... Trump hasn’t worn a mask for the entire pandemic. A staged photo is ridiculous. Trumps advisers aren’t just a dumb as he is.

NY Democrat mayor Deblasio not wearing a mask in public.

I like this photo:

Mask=

I don’t care if he ever wears a mask. Let him catch the virus and then maybe he’ll understand other people suffering!

Will it be covering his eyes? Lone Ranger style?

I stand with Dr Fauci!!! Why doesn’t Trump shut his mouth, no one trust him to say anything accurate!!

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Have people noticed the HUGE PROFIT some people are making on these masks? It's ridiculous, up to $30.00 for a single mask, a 'new improved' piece of material that probably took pennies to make! Avaricious people out there feeding off people's fear!

2 Chronicles 7:14. If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. - Bible Offline

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Watch the Mob Bosses from the Jersey Shore Documentaries and you might just see Trump on one those show with the Mobs, I did. This is also a President who slept with Hookers.🆘🆘🆘

So are we supposed to clap and forget everything else he's said and done.

He waited far too long. He’s only doing it because they know he’s losing. He doesn’t care about people.

dancindoti He’s way beyond help! Needs to be escorted out of WH right now!

A warped idea of toughness! Putin, Stone, Manafort, Flint, Epstein, Kim, creepy references to his daughter’s beauty, fixation on police chokehold, fixation on Nazi (Fine people), fixation on racist ideology, unkind to a POW McCain... The CRUELTY is the point!!!!!!!

If this clown did this 3 months ago like he should have, we’d have an open country and no restrictions

He’s been photographed wearing one before, still my body, my choice

I wonder how many people he's gonna tear gas for his dumb photo-op this time

I'll believe it when I see it.

Let him catch Covid-19! Asshole!

The prime minister of Canada has no problem wearing a mask and encourages everyone to do so when appropriate, interestingly, the virus is now well under control there. Currently at 0.56% positive. Promoting not wearing a mask, virus out of control. Might there be a correlation?

It took a week of pleading during the highest levels of infection rate in the US for him to agree to wear a piece of cloth over his face....to visit wounded soldiers TrumpIsLosing

Too late. Where were these geniuses 130 bodies ago? Did they bribe him with chocolate cake & 10 burgers?

This is not and never should have been an option!! Wear a mask in a pandemic - people are dying and morbidity is not even discussed - that number will be huge! Chronic lung disease, strokes, debilitating .... do we care about each other anymore?!? Covid_19 WearADamnMask

Vocês deveriam falar da baboseira que é a OMS e não esse mantra que não funciona contra Trump e Bolsonaro 24hs ...conhece a expressão 'vira o disco' então...

The Lone Ranger rides again!

Seeing trump wear a mask won’t help trump he has always down played mask and denied virus calling it a hoax.trump has not been a leader and refused to address the country’s needs

This is the problem....Walter Reed should have laid down the requirement of a mask if he wanted to visit. No mask no visit. Why are critical exception made for this man-boy?

He doesn’t wear a mask because he considers that a defeat. People who don’t believe in science are morons and can’t be dealt with regular conversations.

Wait for it.

You Gops needed to begged trump to wear a mask 😷 but not us and it’s his own life he chose it. What a bad leader we have in the whole planet 🌍 he’s a Trumpvirus .

He’s visiting a hospital. That is the one place it would be proper. He’s strong, not stupid.

Great after 130,000 people dead he now decides to put one on just for a photo op ,maybe he should hold the bible again.

Yes can somebody please put some tape over his lips to and if he has a Bible with him take that from them too never read it and he may be trying to use it as a weapon

He’s worn them before, no big deal

Smh...for a photo op just makes it another LIE

What are the chances he will wear a MAGA one?

He should WANT to protect the heroes at Walter Reed! And, what a simple thing to do. His staff should not have to beg him. It's beyond ridiculous.

The ConMan is up to something he lives for poll numbers. Don’t be surprised when it happens.

Vanity over country

HAAAAAAAA good luck!!!! TheRealDonaldTrump CNN coronavirus

He won’t do it... He’s incapable of doing the right thing. A mask is a symbol of his extreme incompetence and failure.

Yes please. Cover that disgusting ugly face.

That's about as true as his photo op in front of a church holding a bible encourages them to attend church and become Christians. 🤣

IS IT A TRICK Donald? Chloroformed? Don’t be fooled ? Who do you trust Donald ?

4 months too late.

He's worn a mask, remember, 'Some people have seen me wear a mask' yet again not one of these 'some people' raised their hands as witnesses. He always uses the line, 'people- some people- a lot of people' I've never heard one of these so called people step up to confirm anything!

Absolutely pathetic

It’s just a photo op big deal

Let's wait till he does. That will be breaking news.

WHY is he visiting? The staff has too much to do, without having to sanitize and seal off a bathroom for him to use.

Eat your broccoli please, baby. No!

Ohhhhh we're gonna get some good video out of this....

Too little, extremely late

Now throw a mask 😷 party 🎊

So just wondering? Is CNN running low on Reporters? Because as an avid watcher, noticing lots of Covid coverage in Fl,AZ,Fl, but nothing in Ca.? Mmm. Wonder Why? Oh maybe because they gave a Dem Gov.? Don’t you’re viewers deserve a full picture of spiking States?

What will Trumpsupporters do with this obvious contradiction. You guys have to be dizzy! You really only have Judges, Your rich and got something from the tax break, or racist. Some can be all 3

What Seriously 🤡

Lets make spoiled rotten morons rich and powerful!!!

And you know this howReally 'pleading '

Never in hisotry has anyone been less qualified to serve as president of this countryl. Never.

Per every study on the CDC website regarding masks:

Can you imagine Trump saying this?.... Media Armageddon to the Max!!

Don't let him in if he isn't wearing one. Simple.

What will three time loser Bingo Bango Bongino dbongino think?

I was Born White and Free! I won't be wearing your mask but I will be voting for President Trump again in November. KAG 🇺🇸

Yep, another photo op.

Don’t wear a mask trump just Breath Deeply.

Better skip the orange paint today

Charlatan! 'The horse has already left the barn'

He probably won't even actually wear it but instead just hold it up to his face a couple times

his makeup is gonna run like a whore from the cops

Far too little far too late. His brainwashed followers are too far gone.

Trump supporters will not

Six months (or more) after the virus arrived in the US and we are close to getting the President to wear a mask in public. No wonder we are ground zero for coronavirus.

why do i have to plead tho

Why isn’t he wearing one anyway? Just for a photo shoot?

Why is Joe Biden look 's like GOOFY when he wear's a mask

Ole feeble thin-skinned cant muster up the pride to put on a mask but wants to be the leader of the free world because reasons. Clown

without mask Trumps strength .With mask Biden weak.

realDrBirx 'pleading' why is it so hard- it shouldn't be and you know it. FIRST DO NO HARM

It's trump. . He lives for photo ops

You realize writing stuff like this is going to make him NOT wear it. We NEED this idiot to tell his cult it’s ok to wear masks don’t antagonize him on this one. Not a game

Too little too late asshat!

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