Why do you think Trump decided to start wearing a mask?

Why can't it be for all those reasons?

Washington Post reporter Ashley Parker is getting a harsh backlash for tweeting she thought Cheeto Mussolini looked “presidential.” I unfollowed her so that’s been my contribution to cancel culture tonight.

Because he was at Walter Reed. You might not see him in a mask again.

I'll wait to see if he continues wearing the mask, OP, before I start speculating. Today was a photo op and I'm sure the hospital staff required him to wear one.

[quote]Washington Post reporter Ashley Parker is getting a harsh backlash for tweeting she thought Cheeto Mussolini looked “presidential.” I unfollowed her so that’s been my contribution to cancel culture tonight.

How very Maggie Haberman of her.

I'm so fucking tired of the standards getting lower and lower and lower so that if he so much as spreads feces on a wall, they'd say "How presidential that he stayed within the lines!"

You know what, at this point if it takes stroking his fucking ego to save lives I'll cut her some slack. Too many people are getting sick and dying because he's been a complete infant about the mask issue so far.

We know the game now don’t we? It’s a DISTRACTION. Even after 4 years, the media plays along. He needed to distract from his pardon of Roger Stone - so he does something stupid like actually wearing a mask. The top story on the news? NOT Roger Stone - but the goddamn mask. Journalism is dead. Along with democracy.

As many pointed out: To call it "presidential" is ridiculous because a mask isn't even supposed to be politicized. He's finally doing what even CHILDREN have been doing. Why so desperate to credit him for doing what he should've done before 135K people died?

CNN’s Jeremy Diamond:

Trump agreeing to wear a mask came after a quiet lobbying campaign by some WH aides & political advisers who urged Trump to set an example for his supporters.

One adviser described it as "lots of negotiation" & repeated "pleading.”

He's a sack of shit but at least he FINALLY did the right thing

As R3 says, it's because he was at Walter Reed, and now that he's done it once he won't do it again - he'll just keep saying "But I HAVE worn a mask" as if once was enough.

Well, NOW I will vote for him!

It was because somebody designed a mask with an ADORABLE Presidential insignia on it.

Your tax dollars at work.

But was it aDOWable?

Someone probably convinced him his poll #'s would rise if he did it.

You watch his signature mask line will be for sale shortly. Trump is only motivated by greed.

He wants to win this election. Right now the polls are clear, his terrible handling of covid has made him very unpopular. Especially with seniors, and seniors vote.

Maybe he just ran out of orange bronzer.

It won’t last

"Come amd get 'em here folks the BRAND NEW MAGA 2020 FACE MASKS- Available only for a limited time while supplies last!"

I don't know why he is, but social media is full of his supporters now lauding him for doing so as if it were a revolutionary new concept he just came up with. Fucking sickening.

Walter Reed does not mess around. They probably made it clear that he either wear one or stay the fuck away. Reed once saved my dad's life with an all night miraculous open heart surgery many eons ago.

A bit off topic, but I was always curious: Do doctors and nurses working at Walter Reed get paid more, less or the same as a private or public hospital?

The only ones I ever knew were in the military. They get military salary and whatever bonuses they are entitled to like extra monthly allowance for living in the DC area.

Too bad the dumb shit sprayed on the orange tan before he wore the mask.

Because from here on out, he will do anything to be re-elected. Even if it means pretending to be normal for 4 months.

I hear these are really popular with deplorables.

So the medical staff are all active duty military, R24? I didn't know that. Quite the sacrifice to give up so much income to work at a military hospital.

[quote]He wants to win this election.

No he doesn't, he wants to retire to Mra-a-lago. He NEEDS to to win this election. He knows he will be indicted for tax fraud.

Trump and his allies have put people working for him and his inner circle in jeopardy for COVID. Members of the Secret Service have become ill with this disease having to attend his rallies. He's probably afraid of catching it from them.

He wore a mask ONE time for a bizarre photo op. Not presidential in any way. More like lipstick on a pig.

It's like praising a toddler for taking a dump in his pants and not smearing it on the wall.

Yeah, somebody laid down the law. So he did the photo op and surrounded himself with fully decked out officers and others in dark formal clothes so the photo would be as flattering as possible. It was probably the only reason he was there.

So y’all are right. He did it for the election. And it was sold to him that since he was in a hospital, it was less likely to look like he capitulated.

And deplorables will completely forget that he’s been against wearing a mask and setting an examples as over 135000 Americans have died

At first I wanted to think he finally went up against a hospital administrator or board who had the balls to tell him "you come in here, YOU WEAR A FUCKING MASK".

But then I decided someone on his team scared him into wearing a mask so he wouldn't get any disease from those scummy sick people".

[quote]He's a sack of shit but at least he FINALLY did the right thing

David Frum: “Look at me, locking the barn door,” says farmer who lost every horse in the tri-state area.

I think McConnell told him to do it or else. He's really the only one who has any real sway with Trump. The rest of them are just lap dogs.

You've seen Mitch wearing a mask lately. Now Trump is down in Texas polls today. It's time for Mitch to dump Trump.

Good point about Mitch. Especially since turtle boy is up against the ropes in his re-election. Schiff was on some show this morning and when asked about a second impeachment over pardon-gate he scoffed. Why bother when the republicans in the senate are complicit in this breakdown of the rule of law.

Once again reminding us that taking back the senate is just as important as the presidency. If not more so.

OP: Trump did not “start” to wear a mask. He wore it on day and only while he was visiting Walter Reed Army Hospital; otherwise, he would not have been permitted to enter. By the way, after he left the hospital, he went golfing—not back to the office to work. He went golfing. With no mask.

Trump is lying, fraudulent, incompetent piece of shit. He has no intention of leading by example or working to solve this pandemic.

I agree with r7 this was all about distracting from his commuting the prison term of Roger Stone . . .

"Daddy!!! I want you to wear a mask!!!"

"Daddy, please!!! We are going to lose the election!!!"

"Daddy!!! Please!!!! Please!!!! Please!!!!"

"I am not going to sit in your lap anymore if you don't wear a mask"

"I am serious Daddy!! You need to wear one!! Now!! Now! Now!!!!"

"Mask! Mask! Mask! I can't hear you!!!!"

"Look-- we even got you one with the presidential seal on it. You'll look so handsome in it!!"

"Daddy!!! Daddy!!! Are you listening to me!!!"

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"If I wear the fucking mask will you stop whining like your mother Ivanka??"

"Oh, you are the best Daddy ever!! Isn't he the best Daddy ever, Jared?"

"Okay, But just this once."

I hate him so much. But I don’t think we should make fun of his mask wearing. We should support it. The idiots who worship him might follow his lead, and then we can contain this virus.

Trump will finally realize he has bad breath wearing a mask.

He did it for precisely this kind of "pivot" "presidential" "comeback" coverage he knows the media is salivating to give him:

And he still couldn't keep the fucking thing on right for those few short minutes:

[quote]Once again reminding us that taking back the senate is just as important as the presidency. If not more so.

I've said this before: While it's appalling that 3M more people voted for Hillary than Trump and she couldn't become president, it is far more sickening that in 2018, 12M more people voted for Dems than a Rep for the Senate and the latter controls it. We really do have a very screwed up system when the "will of the people" does not apply to this country. And worse? Theses smaller populated RED states aren't even self-sufficient. We actually pay for the upkeep so that these regressive states can continue to destroy us. KY has fewer people than NYC alone and can't pay for anything themselves, yet that pile of excrement McConnell has all of the power. THAT'S "Affirmative Action." Literally contribute nothing and only take out of the pot and small population...and you get to control Supreme Court justices and despicable laws which benefit the wealthiest alone.

R28, not everyone at military hospitals or at Reed is military. I know they have civilian nurses and other positions for civilians especially these days. Just not sure which other positions. There is always a shortage of nurses at all levels. But back when my father was in Reed twice all the doctors and nurses I interacted with were military. It's a great learning environment. I remember an intern/resident from Georgetown or GW med school was rotating through Reed during my dad's stay and he wasn't military. Reliving those events can still bring tears to my eyes. Yes I am a sap. They were so wonderful to us. They even called in a nurse (Major Someone) to be the family liaison to go keep us informed throughout my dad's operation and after. She'd go into the OR and come back with reports (like he took the anesthesia well) throughout the 12 hours he was in there - 7pm to 7am. The surgeon who operated on him didn't leave his side from when he came out of surgery Saturday morning until until Sunday morning when he walked over from my dad's bed to the family waiting room about 20 feet away where he told me he thought my dad was going to make it. Sorry for hijacking this thread. I'm verklempt.

[quote]Once again reminding us that taking back the senate is just as important as the presidency. If not more so.

Taking back the Senate is important, but we'll never get the 2/3 majority needed for any kind of important things like removing a president.

Fuck Trump is fat. Jesus.

He looks SO much better with his face covered up!!!

No, R49, removing a president needs to be done by the democratic process- get off your knees and fucking vote.

Lol R44.

Speaking from experience?

With his face covered you focus on the rest of his look and he does look morbidly obese.

He wore a mask for a photo op. That’s it!

Everything about Corona in 15 minutes

“Daddy, if you want to fuck my tight little pussy tonight I need you to wear the mask. Please, Daddy! You can cum on my titties!”

[quote]Hold me, David!

Lose 50 pounds and we'll talk about it.

The media has its own version of QAnon where they're waiting breathlessly for the moment when Donnie tears off his mask of incompetence and corruption and reveals that he's actually an ingenious hero who's saved us all.

The real story is that Mother Pence has a serious queefing problem, and Agent Orange is desperately trying to block the odor.

Because he’s worried he’ll lose in November.

OP, your theory is stupid in the extreme. Covid *is* a scary virus.