WASHINGTON:
Donald Trump
‘s America will look death in the eye and resume economic activities in the face of apprehension in many quarters about rising coronavirus infections and death if the lockdown is ended too quickly.
The United States President conveyed this message of a quick go back to normalcy both in words and deed on Tuesday as he toured a Honeywell center that produces N95 masks in
Arizona
He himself did not wear a mask– although everyone around him did and there were notices all around encouraging using one– choosing just industrial protective goggles as the PA system incongruously blasted a Guns n Roses variation of Live and Let Pass away, the theme song of a James Bond movie.
In pow-wows with the media prior to and throughout the trip, Trump kept it was important for the
United States
to re-open for business even at the risk of a higher death toll, arguing that not doing so will likewise