Trump did wear a mask at the Ford plant, and somebody took a picture

President Trump visited a Ford factory in Ypsilanti, Michigan, on Thursday and, despite a request from Ford's chairman and Michigan's attorney general, he declined to wear a face mask for most of his tour. But he did wear one for at least a few minutes. "I wore one in this back area, but I didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it," Trump told reporters, showing off the mask he said he'd worn. "I think I look better in the mask," he added later. Well, now you can judge for yourself.> President Trump wears a mask during his tour of the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, where ventilators, masks and other medical supplies are being manufactured. https://t.co/UCqBVUEuBZ> > Anonymous pic.twitter.com/eiIFVNPVIh> > — NBC News (@NBCNews) May 22, 2020With smartphone cameras everywhere, it was bound to happen eventually.It isn't entirely clear why Trump refuses to wear a mask in front of the cameras, but his aides and advisers have told reporters the president thinks he looks ridiculous in a mask and believes it contradicts his messaging about the safety of reopening stores and other public places. A study from Hong Kong released Sunday found that wearing masks can lower the rate of transmitting the coronavirus through its primary mechanism, airborne saliva, by as much as 75 percent.More stories from theweek.com The FBI will investigate its investigation of Michael Flynn D.C. now has the highest coronavirus positivity rate in the country Coronavirus is spiking disproportionately in counties that voted for Trump in 2016

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