这段视频刷屏了！首次！特朗普终于还是戴上了……
当地时间11日下午(北京时间12日清晨)美国总统特朗普在马里兰州一家军方医疗机构看望伤兵和一线医护人员时，戴上了口罩。
美国媒体报道称，这是自新冠肺炎疫情在美国暴发以来，特朗普首次公开佩戴口罩。
president donald trump donned a mask for the first time in public saturday. he was visiting walter reed military medical center。
美国有线电视新闻网(cnn)报道称，该段视频迅速刷屏社交媒体平台。
据路透社报道，这是一次精心安排的媒体拍照活动，特朗普戴着一个印有总统印章的深蓝色口罩。
it was a carefully staged photo op. he sported a navy blue mask bearing the presidential seal。
在访问沃尔特里德国家军事医疗中心之前，特朗普专门向记者解释了自己为何将会在星期六戴口罩。他表示：“我认为，当你在医院里，尤其是在那种特殊的环境下，你要和很多士兵以及刚从手术台上下来的人交谈，我认为戴上口罩非常棒。”
"i think when you are in a hospital, especially in that particular setting when you are talking to a lot of soldiers, people that in some cases just got off the operating table, i think it's a great thing to wear a mask."
cnn报道称，特朗普同意在公共场合戴口罩是其助手和顾问强烈“恳求”的结果，他们敦促总统为仍抵触戴口罩的人树立榜样。
cnn reported that white house aides and advisers have been begging the president to wear a face covering publicly for weeks in order to encourage those who are defiantly skeptical of mask wearing。
此前，特朗普拒绝戴口罩，称这是个人选择。批评人士曾说，他拒绝戴口罩，表明他缺乏领导力。
he had previously refused to wear a mask and wouldn't ask other americans to do so, saying it was a personal choice. critics had said his refusal to wear one showed a lack of leadership。
据央视新闻报道，在呼吸道传染病防控中，口罩的作用非常关键。但相当一部分美国民众对戴口罩有比较大的抵触情绪，这也是导致美国疫情曲线不降反升的重要原因之一。据统计，目前全美已经有20多个州外加华盛顿哥伦比亚特区的地方政府强制要求民众在公共场所佩戴口罩。但作为美国总统，特朗普却始终坚持公开露面时不戴口罩——这引起不少公共卫生专家的批评，不少美国政界人士也多次呼吁特朗普“以身作则”戴口罩。
据cnn报道，这是疫情以来，白宫记者团首次看到特朗普戴着口罩。在5月底，特朗普在密歇根州视察一家福特工厂时也曾戴上口罩，但在面对镜头时他又摘掉了。当被问及原因时，他的回答让人哭笑不得，“我就是不想让媒体开心”。他表示，自己不想屈服于媒体的批评和压力。
"i didn't want to give the press the pleasure of seeing it," trump said during a may visit to a ford plant in michigan, where he refused to wear a mask in view of the press in defiance of ford rules。
其实在7月初，特朗普就突然改口称：“我很喜欢戴口罩，感觉自己就像‘独行侠’。” 10多天后，终于首次公开戴上了口罩。
“it was a dark, black mask, and i thought it looked ok. looked like the lone ranger. but, no, i have no problem with that. i think -- and if people feel good about it, they should do it。”
路透社评论认为，特朗普周六首度公开佩戴口罩是在美国新冠确诊病例不断创历史新高之际做出的。
trump made the move as new coronavirus cases keep hitting record highs。
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