Former WH Aide: Trump Avoided Face Masks Because They Smudged His Makeup

A new book from Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide to Donald Trump, reveals why the Donald refused to wear face masks during the COVID pandemic. The reason had to do with messing up his makeup. https://twitter.com/maddenifico/status/1705288374712496387 In the book, Hutchinson describes a visit to a mask manufacturer in Phoenix in May 2020. From The Guardian:

Trump told reporters he tried a mask but did not wear it after consulting the company chief executive. Hutchinson writes that, in fact, Trump “decided on a white mask”, and then asked staffers what they thought.

“I slowly shook my head,” she writes. “The president pulled the mask off and asked why I thought he should not wear it.

“I pointed at the straps of the N95 I was holding. When he looked at the straps of his mask, he saw they were covered in bronzer.”

Trump’s reliance on heavy makeup is well documented.

“Why did no one else tell me that,” he snapped. “I’m not wearing this thing.”

“The press would criticize him for not wearing a mask,” Hutchinson writes, “not knowing that the depth of his vanity had caused him to reject masks – and then millions of his fans followed suit.”

Trump wouldn’t wear a mask because it smudged his bronzer. https://t.co/1tDgTiPqmK

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) September 22, 2023