Where that was important
Birx says Trump does wear a mask.
White House public health adviser Dr Deborah Birx is appearing on Fox News Sunday and according to Fox News Sunday, she says: “President Trump does wear a mask when he is unable to social distance from others.”
There’s one slight snag though: she also says she doesn’t actually know that, she just assumes it.
“I’m not with him every day and every moment so I don’t know if he can maintain social distance. I’ve asked everybody independently to really make sure you wear a mask if you can’t maintain the six feet,” Birx said.
“I’m assuming that in a majority of cases he’s able to maintain that six feet distance.”
And that he wears a mask the rest of the time, but since that’s the whole issue, assuming isn’t really apropos.
Pressed by host Chris Wallace if she felt Trump should be setting an example to the country by wearing one in public, Birx said: “The president did wear a mask while he was less than six feet… where that was important, while he was travelling last week.”
Whenever he was “less than six feet”? Or just for 30 seconds on one occasion and the rest of the time just breathing all over everyone? Facts this time, not assumptions.
Oh come ON, Ophelia. Leave the man alone.
Ifwhen Trump gets the virus, he will have the best virus ever, one no one had ever seen a virus like this before.“I tell you. And the failing New York Times, the dog spotted fake journalists will have you believe that it is just a virus, that it will go away, all by itself. But it won’t. I will be positively infected by the negative virus and I will bigly wear it as a badge. The failing Governors of Democratic states will be begging me to come visit. And the US Postal service needs to do something about this. Its losing. Jeff Bezos. Nancy bleeding from her. And I’ll tell you, Fox News isn’t doing their job, they’re not helping me. Me. But the virus is just a little flu. China flu. Wu Tang Clang, phlub, Flu Flux Flan”.
And with that Trump expired. And the World lived happily ever after.
Trump thinks he’s reinforcing his image as a real strong-man, tough-guy sort of dude, which, for his base, is probably true: masks are for weaklings and LOSERS. GIMME MY HAIRCUT! For the rest of us, he’s cementing his reputation as a callous, selfish, asshole who cares only for his delusional strong-man self-image and can’t be bothered with modeling behaviour that takes into account the health, safety and wellbeing of his fellow Americans.