Donald Trump's refusal to set an example by wearing a face covering, despite growing evidence that it may be one of the most effective ways to slow America's increasingly disastrous pandemic, was always a political statement | Analysis by StCollinson
Now, as the clinical and electoral damage builds from a resurgent virus that is close to racing out of control after another record day for new cases on Wednesday, the President may be edging, very slowly, toward a rethink.By going barefaced when everyone around him masked up, Trump created a false impression that the worst was behind us, that normality was about to come roaring back.
Why intel agencies briefed Trump less on Russian threats 02:12Even the President's campaign manager, Brad Parscale, modeled a Trump-Pence mask at a rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, last month, suggesting as much as anything else a massive marketing opportunity the brander-in-chief may be missing.Some Republicans have been trying to walk back earlier squeamishness about a step that runs counter to conservative talk show dogma by finding ways to make mask wearing more politically palatable.
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