Trump visits masks factory in Arizona but declines to wear one
White House medical experts promote masks as a crucial tool in fighting the viral spread
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1/15
US President Donald Trump visited a mask-making factory in his first major trip since the coronavirus lockdown began - but again refused to wear a face covering himself.
AFP
2/15
U.S. President Donald Trump points at a face mask being shown to him by Honeywell's Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain Tony Stallings.
Reuters
3/15
US President Donald Trump tours a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks in Phoenix, Arizona.
AFP
4/15
Trump flew all the way to Phoenix, Arizona, to celebrate the workers at a Honeywell plant churning out masks for healthcare workers during the pandemic that has killed about 70,000 Americans so far.
AFP
5/15
His audience sat masked in compliance with US government recommendations and their own company rule, which was clearly displayed on a sign in the facility reading: "Please wear your mask at all times."
AFP
6/15
Trump had teased as he left Washington that he might finally cover his face, as long as it was what he called a "mask environment."
Reuters
7/15
Instead, in a short speech given against a backdrop of boxes filled with new masks, Trump kept to his new focus of playing down the dangers from COVID-19 and building up his push to reopen the economy.
AFP
8/15
A worker at a Honeywell International Inc. factory producing N95 masks in Phoenix, Arizona.
AFP
9/15
White House medical experts and even First Lady Melania Trump promote masks as a crucial tool in fighting the viral spread. But the president, tuned closely into his loyal right-wing base, has used his massive visibility to downplay the need.
AFP
10/15
US President Donald Trump speaks to people at a Honeywell International Inc. factory during his first trip since widespread COVID-19 related lockdowns went into effect in Phoenix, Arizona
AFP
11/15
Trump looks at an assembly line machine manufacturing protective masks being shown to him by Honeywell's Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain Tony Stallings.
Reuters
12/15
Trump watches masks being made as he participates in a tour of a Honeywell International plant in Phoenix, Arizona.
AP
13/15
Trump points as he watches workers on the assembly line manufacturing protective masks for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.
Reuters
14/15
Donald Trump and Tony Stallings listens to a worker during a tour of a Honeywell International plant.
AP
15/15
Donald Trump watches manufacturing workers create protective face masks in an assembly line during his visit in Phoenix, Arizona.
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