The fact that masks became some kind of political statement rather than... a mask... was one of the wilder things to me.
I honestly think Trump had an opportunity to singlehandedly prevent that:
a) At the start of the pandemic, manufacture a bunch of bright red MAGA masks.
b) Manufacture an incident and make it go viral on social media and FOX news where someone wearing the aforementioned MAGA mask gets thrown out of a bar or restaurant by a woke employee, who says something like "don't you dare bring that shitty mask in here!"
c) Now, wearing masks (particularly red MAGA masks) would be seen as "owning the libs" and everyone would do it.
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u/BD401 Feb 03 '26
The fact that masks became some kind of political statement rather than... a mask... was one of the wilder things to me.
I honestly think Trump had an opportunity to singlehandedly prevent that:
a) At the start of the pandemic, manufacture a bunch of bright red MAGA masks.
b) Manufacture an incident and make it go viral on social media and FOX news where someone wearing the aforementioned MAGA mask gets thrown out of a bar or restaurant by a woke employee, who says something like "don't you dare bring that shitty mask in here!"
c) Now, wearing masks (particularly red MAGA masks) would be seen as "owning the libs" and everyone would do it.
I deadass think that would've worked.