"I'm all for masks," Trump told Fox Business Network. "If I were
in a tight situation with people I would absolutely" wear a
mask, he added.
Trump said, however, he did not think mask-wearing needed to be
made mandatory nationwide "because you have many places in the
country where people stay very long distance."
Trump has become increasingly isolated within the Republican
Party for not promoting the use of a mask by Americans against
the virus with the number of infections going up in a number of
states.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who said on Tuesday "we
must have no stigma" about wearing masks, told Fox News Channel
that Trump's remarks were welcome.
"I think it's helpful," he said.
(Reporting by Tim Ahmann, Lisa Lambert and Steve Holland;
Editing by Mohammad Zargham and Lisa Shumaker)
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