Tens Of Thousands of Americans Died So That Donald Trump's Makeup Would Look Better

May 14: On This Day In 2020

Trump seemed unwilling to wear a Covid mask, and his stance encouraged other Americans to reject them too. Since scientists were pretty adamant that masks help inhibit the spread of Covid, Trump’s signals to his MAGA base again turned a biology issue into a culture issue.

Heated arguments, or worse, over masking mandates were already being reported across the nation, usually along political lines. Trump made it very clear which side he stood on. OTDI 2020 he even refused to wear a mask when touring a factory which makes…masks.  

Trump, here speaking at the mask factory, refused to wear one throughout his speech, tour, and meetings there

The schemes which Trump fans invented to avoid masking were extreme. “Some crafty Trump lovers have even started to circulate official-looking fake documents that read, ‘I am exempt from the Governor's regulation mandating face mask usage in public,’ …and (using) them to bully hapless workers at supermarkets or big-box stores,” Salon reported.

So, it lead to more deaths. A study from Harvard University “estimates that as many as 12,000 COVID-related deaths can be attributed to Trump’s negative or false assertions about face masks.” And that was published in October 2020, still in the early stages of Covid; it seems reasonable to assume that the total number who died from this cause over the pandemic's years is multiples of that early figure.

And here’s the truly pitiful part you may have missed: GOPers swore that masks infringed on their liberties. Because Trump told them so. But in reality? The part which tells you all you need to know about Donald J. Trump the human being?...

The REAL reason he didn’t wear a mask—and therefore millions of GOPers didn’t—and thus the US was among the hardest-hit industrialized nations? It’s so…unbelievable, so embarrassing…

The reason is because, as aide Cassidy Hutchinson wrote, Trump didn’t like that masks smeared his bronzer makeup.

And for that, tens of thousands of American died. 

Dive Deeper

• The Hill reports on Trump’s maskless visit to the mask factory

• Salon has the story on the Trump-MAGA war on masks

• Harvard Gazette reports on estimate of 12,000 excess Covid deaths just within the first few months due to mask misinformation

• Cassidy Hutchison’s book revealed why he hated masks, as reported on Yahoo News

• For those who just can’t get “Enough,” may we suggest Amazon

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Summary: Trump refuses to wear a mask even in a mask factory because...it smudges his makeup