It took months for Donald Trump to wear a face mask during the coronavirus pandemic after being constantly advised by experts to do so. Now, after seeing that his polling numbers are as bad as ever, Trump has decided that he will finally encourage people to wear a mask.
On Monday, Trump shared a photo of himself wearing a mask and called it the most “patriotic” thing a person can do.
He tweeted the photo with the following caption:
“We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President!”
We are United in our effort to defeat the Invisible China Virus, and many people say that it is Patriotic to wear a face mask when you can’t socially distance. There is nobody more Patriotic than me, your favorite President! pic.twitter.com/iQOd1whktN
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 20, 2020
Of course, people reminded Trump that the outbreak began months ago and it would have saved thousands of lives if he had just encouraged this behavior from the beginning.
Take a look at some of the responses below:
And the name of the virus is Coronavirus, not “China Virus,” or any of your other xenophobic names. Just take responsibility for your screw up and apologize to America.
— Mrs. Krassenstein (@HKrassenstein) July 20, 2020
1) It's not the "China Virus" you racist jackass.
2) You're months late to the mask party.
3) You're only wearing one now because your poll numbers collapsed.
4 )You'll need a mask when you lose and try to flee the country in disguise.
5) You're no one's favorite President.
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) July 20, 2020
Furthermore, when Joe Biden wore an almost identical looking black mask, Trump and his Republican cronies made fun of him for being weak. Now when Trump finally catches on and follows Biden’s lead, he wants to be seen as a hero. Trump is just a loser, unoriginal racist demagogue.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) July 20, 2020
oh please, who tweeted this for you, just yesterday you were taking the exact opposite stance and yammering about how masks have their own dangers. also, my favorite president isn't a lazy old duffer who watches himself on television all day long when he isn't whining like a baby
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) July 20, 2020
BREAKING: 5 time draft dodger claims he’s more patriotic than anyone else.
— Big Dweeby (@judderbud11) July 20, 2020
They told him it was ivanka’s underwear
— Fudgesmommy (@ejvmommy) July 20, 2020
I'm Irish and it's quite clear that I care more about your country than 45 does. I can state this unequivocally for 45 has aptly proven himself to be a clear and present threat to your country by his acts of treason and his war crimes.
— Frances Boyton ☘️ (@FrancesBoyton) July 20, 2020
Which means….we were all more patriotic than him and his peeps the whole time. 🙂
— Josh Stamps (@custamps) July 20, 2020
Yep, he has to be in the spot light. This is obviously a lame attempt to try to get a handle on the pandemic after he lied and played it down. Trump needs to go, the sooner the better.
— Joe Bean (@24sales2U) July 20, 2020
True patriots don’t allow Russians to put bounty’s on American soldiers heads
— Irishrygirl (@irishrygirl) July 20, 2020
Hey Trump
Republicans that YOU HIRED to work in White House tell us that you only comprehend at 5th grade level, so I will keep this simple.
America's favorite President is Barack Obama. You have 85 million people following you. Obama has 120 million.
Have a nice day pic.twitter.com/Mzq09IkVqn
— Tomi T Ahonen (@tomiahonen) July 20, 2020
