![]() ![]() ![]() But it was news.Īnd it was a type of news that is, more than three years into the Trump era, all too familiar. The belated development could not qualify as good news. Changing Trump’s mind-the result, reportedly, of ne gotiation and “pleading” on the part of his aides-wasn’t just an exercise in optics it would save lives. After months of resistance-the seeming result of vanity and spite and stubbornness-Donald Trump, on Saturday, had finally deigned to model the simple public-health protocol proven to halt the spread of a virus that has killed more than 129, 000 Americans. But the sad truth was that the bit of news, for all its absurdity, also deserved the designation. Breaking news is typically the stuff of shock, its revelations suggesting a rupture in the assumed order of things-and this was, after all, an update about face fabric. The announcement would not seem, at first glance, to merit the urgency. H ere is part of an email alert that The New York Times sent to its readers over the weekend: “Breaking News: President Trump wore a mask publicly for the first time.” ![]()
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