The President issued an executive “do-as-I-say, not-as-I-do” order
to dogwhistle to his devoted followers that wearing a mask to taper the spread of this vicious disease was only something for sissies.,” Trump said during Friday's news briefing. “I don’t think I’m gonna’ be doing it,” he added.
With the added shrug of an annoyed child told to finish his cauliflower, the Commander in Chief continued, “I’m feeling good. I just don’t wanna’ be doing — I dunno somehow sitting in the Oval Office behind that beautiful Resolute desk…the great Resolute desk…I think, uh, wearing a face mask as I greet presidents, prime ministers, dictators, kings, queens…I dunno, somehow, I don’t see it for myself.
There’s a lot that’s baffling about this. Firstly, there’s the fact that Donald Trump is, in fact, the President of the United States, and, as such, though it may baffle many, there are still some who look toward that office for leadership.
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