the President of Donald Trump has called on the people in the United States because of the Corona-crisis to the Wearing of masks. The Americans should not be observed to draw on a mouth and nose protection, if the distance rules, Trump said on Tuesday in his first Corona-press conference after more than two months. "Whether you like the mask or not, they have an effect," stressed the President. "The masks are going to have an impact," said Trump, who had dismissed in earlier statements, among other things, masks as symbols of weakness.
This u-turn were already evident on Monday, as the Trump, the Wearing of masks as a "Patriotic" referred to. A bit surprising was turnaround: Previously, Trump distanced himself months from the mouth - and nose protection as a means in the fight against the Corona of a pandemic. At the time he slurred them as unhygienic and as a sign of weakness. On Monday, it was suddenly on Twitter: "We are United in our Efforts to defeat the invisible China-a Virus, and many people say it's Patriotic to wear a mask, if you can't distance themselves socially." And further: "There is no one Patriotic than I, your favorite President!" For this, he shared a Black-and-White photo of himself with a mask.
Trump resigned on Tuesday for the first time to the Corona press conference without a Vice-President Mike Pence and the two infection doctors Deborah Birx, and Anthony Fauci in front of the press. In an Interview shortly before trump's press conference Fauci, the leading specialist for infectious diseases of the Nation said that he had not been invited.
Trump under pressure
In the press Briefing Trump also warned of an escalation of the Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. "It will probably be worse before it gets better," he said on Tuesday (local time) in the White house. At present, the situation is especially in the South and West of the country is problematic, but "it could continue to spread."
The Statement of the President selected for Trump in a new tone of voice: most Recently, he was the escalation of the situation in Parts of the country, rather than strictly local Problem down played and to a rapid re-opening of the economy and the schools pushed. The government will help the affected States, he said. The goal is the pandemic not only curb, "but get rid of them," he said.
Date Of Update: 21 July 2020, 20:19
