WEB DESK – President Donald Trump wore a face mask in public during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday for the first time, finally yielding to intense pressure to set a public health example even as the Coronavirus rampages across America.
Trump flew by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in suburban Washington to meet wounded service members and health care providers caring for COVID-19 patients.
As he left the White House, he told reporters: “When you’re in a hospital, especially … I think it’s a great thing to wear a mask.”
