President Trump misleads public, defies safety measures
Washington, 6th October: US President Donald Trump faces backlash for removing mask on his return to the White House.
According to the report from Reuters, Donald Trump faced backlash on Tuesday for removing his mask when he returned to the White House.
On his return, he urged the Americans not to fear the COVID-19 disease that has killed more than 209,000 people in the country and put him in hospital.
On Monday Trump arrived at the White House in a made-for-television spectacle in which he descended from his Marine One helicopter wearing a white surgical mask only to remove it as he posed, saluting and waving, on the mansion’s South Portico.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
“Don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it,” Trump said in a video after his return from the Walter Reed Medical Center military hospital outside Washington where he was treated for the disease caused by the coronavirus.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
“I’m better, and maybe I’m immune – I don’t know,” he added, flanked by American flags and with the Washington Monument in the background. “Get out there. Be careful.”
Trump, who received an experimental treatment recently and was treated by an army of doctors, has repeatedly played down a disease that has killed more than 1 million people worldwide and left his own country with the highest death toll in the world.
US President had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and rushed to the Walter Reed Hospital on Friday.
He is often observed not following the safety guidelines of wearing a face mask and keeping a safe social distance when in public.
His decision to remove his mask after descending from the stairs of his helicopter horrified some physicians.
“I was aghast when he said COVID should not be feared,” said William Schaffner, a professor of preventive medicine and infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
“This is a disease that is killing around a thousand people a day, has torpedoed the economy, put people out of work. This is a virus that should be both respected and feared,” he added.
But Trump depicts himself as the man who conquered the disease and appears stronger than before.
He wrote on Twitter, “If the President bounces back onto the campaign trail, he will be an invincible hero, who not only survived every dirty trick the Democrats threw at him but the Chinese virus as well.”
Biden quickly hit back on Twitter with side-by-side images of himself donning a mask and Trump removing his. A caption said, “Masks Matter. They save lives.”
Wear a mask. pic.twitter.com/TSuLuzAXEB
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 6, 2020
White House spokesman Judd Deere said that every possible precaution is being taken to protect the president and his family. There would be less physical access to him and protective equipment will be worn by those near him.
Trump has no public events scheduled for Tuesday and it is not clear when he will be able to resume his return to the Oval Office or get back on the campaign trail.
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