Trump Mocks Reporter for Wearing a Mask in Oval Office Packed With Maskless WH Officials

[SouthernCal_Dem]

What a fucking asshole...



By Joe DePaolo

Just weeks after a coronavirus outbreak at the White House, President Donald Trump mocked a member of the press corps for adhering to safety guidelines flouted by numerous members of his administration.

During a Friday afternoon Oval Office pool spray announcing a U.S.-brokered normalization deal between Israel and Sudan, Trump chided Reuters’ Jeff Mason for taking safety precautions. Mason was trying to direct a question to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was participating via conference call. Trump relayed the query – citing Mason wearing a mask as the reason Netanyahu could not hear the question.

“This is Jeff Mason,” Trump told Netanyahu. “He’s got a mask on that’s the largest mask I think I’ve ever seen. So I don’t know if you can hear him.”

The line drew laughter from Trump officials and others in the room — many of whom were not wearing masks. According to the White House pool report, there were 40-50 people in the Oval Office altogether.

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https://www.mediaite.com/trump/watch-trump-mocks-reuters-jeff-mason-for-wearing-a-mask-in-oval-office-packed-with-maskless-wh-officials/

[GusBob]

1. Pool spray indeed

smh

[pwb]

2. Just once someone tell him to go fuck himself?

Do it for our country. I would if I had a chance at this point.

[BBG]

3. While Masked hard to know who said it

But damn that would be cool.

[C_U_L8R]

4. The reporters should just start coughing.

[TwilightZone]

5. Trump wouldn't care.

He's had it and "miraculously" recovered and thinks he's immune now. He couldn't care less if anyone else gets it, including his staff and his family.

[LuckyLib]

6. The only person in the entire room with a brain.

[Hekate]

7. I saw a pregnant woman wearing a mask, so there's that

[NewJeffCT]

8. I'd love for him to come back

"Only smart people wear masks"