US President Donald Trump has again shown his stance against wearing of a face mask after ignoring signs requiring a mask be worn when he toured a mask factory in Arizona on Tuesday afternoon.
The President was only seen wearing only safety goggles to protect his eyes even as he was surrounded by workers in face coverings.
In the portion of the factory President Trump toured, there was a clear instruction which reads: “Attention, face mask is required in this area,’Â ‘Please wear your mask at all times’.
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Trump who has always say he will never wear a mask was seen observing the workers.
However, a White House official said that the facility said officials were not required to wear masks but to take all precautions.
The president was non-committal about wearing a mask before he left on his trip, telling reporters at the White House that he might ‘wear’ one.
The tour happened before Trump sat down with ABC News’ David Muir for an interview. In the interview, he said as states reopen, “there’ll be more death, than the virus will pass, with or without a vaccine’.
‘It’s possible there will be some because you won’t be locked into an apartment or a house or whatever it is,’ the president said. ‘But at the same time, we’re going to practice social distancing, we’re going to be washing hands, we’re going to be doing a lot of the things that we’ve learned to do over the last period of time.’
The president toured an Arizona factory that was expanded to make N95 masks in response to the coronavirus epidemic.
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During the tour, given by Honeywell International Inc. CEO Darius Adamczyk and Honeywell International Inc. Vice President Tony Stallings, the president was surrounded by workers wearing face coverings as they produced masks to be sent to health care workers on the frontline of the pandemic.
‘I just want to thank all the people at this incredible company, this incredible plant,’ Trump told workers after his tour. ‘This pandemic has underscored the vital importance of restoring our supply chains and constructing a powerful domestic manufacturing base.’
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