When in a mask factory, do as the mask factory... makes?
President Trump has yet to be spotted wearing a mask to prevent the spread of COVID-19 despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommending everyone do so. But Trump might don one on Tuesday if he happens to be visiting a mask factory, he said. He wasn't quite sure of where Air Force One was taking him.
Trump is scheduled to visit a mask factory in Arizona, for the record.
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