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TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:32 PM Jun 2020

Trump says some Americans wear coronavirus masks 'to signal disapproval of him'

Source: CNBC

President Donald Trump said some Americans might wear face masks not as a way to prevent the spread of coronavirus but as a way to "signal disapproval of him."

In a wide-ranging interview with the Wall Street Journal that published Thursday, Trump also said a big issue he has with masks is that people fidget with them.

"They put their finger on the mask, and they take them off, and then they start touching their eyes and touching their nose and their mouth," he told the Journal. "And then they don't know how they caught it?"

Trump has often been seen without a mask despite recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization that people wear them as a way to slow the spread of the virus. Scientists say the virus can spread through respiratory droplets that pass when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Studies suggest the masks may serve as a helpful barrier.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/18/trump-says-some-wear-coronavirus-masks-to-signal-disapproval-of-him.html



it is almost like they want more people to die.
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Trump says some Americans wear coronavirus masks 'to signal disapproval of him' (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2020 OP
He's an idiot soothsayer Jun 2020 #1
+1,000 Exactly what I was going to say chia Jun 2020 #12
These Lincoln project ads write themselves dont they? GusBob Jun 2020 #2
Mr. "President "...the mask helps OTHER PEOPLE not to get infected from You ashredux Jun 2020 #3
It is all about the egomaniac olddad65 Jun 2020 #4
Everything is about trump Demovictory9 Jun 2020 #44
Says the guy MFM008 Jun 2020 #5
I'm REALLY glad he thinks that! FakeNoose Jun 2020 #6
Get over yourself, donnie. sheshe2 Jun 2020 #7
ME ME ME ME ME ME bluestarone Jun 2020 #8
Dupe jpak Jun 2020 #9
And therefore, I'm supposed to take off my mask to prove that I don't hate him? no_hypocrisy Jun 2020 #10
Flipping the bird Marthe48 Jun 2020 #11
+1 Crowman2009 Jun 2020 #18
Not at all . . . Journeyman Jun 2020 #13
Especially... luv2fly Jun 2020 #32
Trump signaling his thugs Miguelito Loveless Jun 2020 #14
+1 n/t area51 Jun 2020 #43
Okay, Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #15
Yeah. It's ALL about you, Shitler. inanna Jun 2020 #16
I guess I'll be wearing a mask for a while then...... TechNerd Jun 2020 #17
I sure don't know HOW Trump got that impression... FailureToCommunicate Jun 2020 #19
Of course connecticut yankee Jun 2020 #20
Ego-maniac snobbery and arrogance almost Roc2020 Jun 2020 #21
I wear mine for safety, denvine Jun 2020 #22
Cough, cough.... NotAPuppet Jun 2020 #23
No Moron, that's just an additional benefit. sarge43 Jun 2020 #24
Trump has often been seen without a mask Nevilledog Jun 2020 #25
He's seriously trying to kill his supporters. rogue emissary Jun 2020 #26
I've got better reasons for wearing a mask than boosting trump's ego. Paladin Jun 2020 #27
No matter what, it is always about the donald, in his own mind. pazzyanne Jun 2020 #28
Trump says some Americans wear coronavirus masks 'to signal disapproval of him' LudwigPastorius Jun 2020 #29
Did he say coronavirus or Wuhan Flu.. that would be a change LiberalArkie Jun 2020 #30
It's always about him.We believe scientists & doctors and wear masks to protect ourselves/others. nt iluvtennis Jun 2020 #31
I got a clear signal for him Hip2bSquare Jun 2020 #33
I wonder why? My mask with a red slash through his name BigmanPigman Jun 2020 #34
this is another dangerous an impeachable statement. nt yaesu Jun 2020 #35
Mojo Nixon signals his disapproval of Trump this way Zorro Jun 2020 #36
No, my FUCK TRUMP tee shirt does that. Dave Starsky Jun 2020 #37
now I've gotta look for a "Fuck Trump" mask... dhill926 Jun 2020 #38
Here it is... LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2020 #40
What a Jackass!!! CRK7376 Jun 2020 #39
Would he allow a surgeon to operate kskiska Jun 2020 #41
Pence? keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #42
Dude ... You flatter yourself. We don't consider you worth the trouble. nt eppur_se_muova Jun 2020 #45
Yet, Watch the Reopen/Anti-Mask Protests TomCADem Jun 2020 #49
This is as ..."as stupid"....as it comes...or as "stupid as anything Trump has ever said" Stuart G Jun 2020 #46
I don't think of Trump when I put on my mask. I think Politicub Jun 2020 #47
That's really funny from him now duforsure Jun 2020 #48
I think that's called CRK7376 Jul 2020 #50

no_hypocrisy

(46,083 posts)
10. And therefore, I'm supposed to take off my mask to prove that I don't hate him?
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:37 PM
Jun 2020

What is this supposed to be? Reverse psychology?

Marthe48

(16,936 posts)
11. Flipping the bird
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:39 PM
Jun 2020

for disapproval of the impeached traitor. I wear the mask to stay healthy. So I can vote him out of office,

TechNerd

(13 posts)
17. I guess I'll be wearing a mask for a while then......
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:49 PM
Jun 2020

......until Cheetohlini leaves office in Jan. and Joe gets sworn in. Even then, I'm in one of the at risk categories so I have no problem wearing a mask when I go out.

Roc2020

(1,615 posts)
21. Ego-maniac snobbery and arrogance almost
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:03 PM
Jun 2020

always in the end destroys whatever they touch. And they touched America through Trump. And just look at it.

denvine

(799 posts)
22. I wear mine for safety,
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:06 PM
Jun 2020

but if it signals disapproval of him, yay, that's two birds with one stone! What a bonus!

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
24. No Moron, that's just an additional benefit.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:08 PM
Jun 2020

Unlike your idiot Maga clowns, I'm doing everything I can to stay alive, so I can vote on 3 Nov.

Nevilledog

(51,080 posts)
25. Trump has often been seen without a mask
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:11 PM
Jun 2020

I hate this type of fucking reporting.

He's been seen ONCE with a mask which he got caught briefly wearing. All he talks about is NOT WEARING A MASK.

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
26. He's seriously trying to kill his supporters.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:12 PM
Jun 2020

Framing wearing a mask as anti-Donnie. Which means not wearing one is pro-Donnie. He going to kill more of his supporters.

Paladin

(28,252 posts)
27. I've got better reasons for wearing a mask than boosting trump's ego.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:12 PM
Jun 2020

Christ, what a stupid, pathetic, diseased, hollow husk of a man. He's siphoned off and perverted everything that once made this nation great. God damn him and the rest of his crime family to hell.

LudwigPastorius

(9,137 posts)
29. Trump says some Americans wear coronavirus masks 'to signal disapproval of him'
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:14 PM
Jun 2020

Terminal malignant narcissism...

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
34. I wonder why? My mask with a red slash through his name
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:48 PM
Jun 2020

in a red circle isn't political at all. ,

Besides, I used big, fat red and black Sharpies to write/draw my message so he should be honored to be copied.

CRK7376

(2,199 posts)
39. What a Jackass!!!
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 08:11 PM
Jun 2020

My wife and I wear ours to protect others and ourselves. Now if that makes you, the orange turd, think we hate your spineless guts, you would be absolutely correct. Because not only will it make you stupid in the eyes of the rest of the world it proves yet again what a miserable COWARD you are. Just go back to your bunker and stay there until January 2021 when you will no longer be anything other than "President Failure"!!!!!

kskiska

(27,045 posts)
41. Would he allow a surgeon to operate
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 12:30 AM
Jun 2020

on him without a mask? How about a dentist without a mask and rubber gloves?

TomCADem

(17,387 posts)
49. Yet, Watch the Reopen/Anti-Mask Protests
Tue Jun 30, 2020, 11:26 PM
Jun 2020

Trump's supporters are taking Trump's statements to hear and refusing to wear masks in order to demonstrate the loyalty that he demands.

Stuart G

(38,419 posts)
46. This is as ..."as stupid"....as it comes...or as "stupid as anything Trump has ever said"
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:58 AM
Jun 2020

I myself is in charge of ...."stupid things that get said"....cause I say & write some stupid things..


But nothing Trump has said, is as stupid, self centered as this.
The stupid police will be out to track this one down...?

Politicub

(12,165 posts)
47. I don't think of Trump when I put on my mask. I think
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 11:15 AM
Jun 2020

about protecting the ones I love by protecting myself.

This is such a strange article. I knew that the republicans were making mask wearing a partisan issue, but now they’re treating masks as a symbol of disapproval of Trump?

What a trashy narcissist.

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
48. That's really funny from him now
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 12:22 PM
Jun 2020

His medical experts including Dr Fauci have told us t helps prevent the spread of this still very active and deadly virus . So trumps saying don't wear a mask, help spread this virus for me, because that's exactly what he's doing . He wants you to risk yours and everyone around you and family and friends lives for his political gathering , which his medical experts were completely against, but he didn't listen to them. REALLY! You got to be kidding right. You want to risk your life to see and hear him lie to you like this?

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