Some 7,500 people are expected – and social distancing is not on the agenda. FMTNews US Politics Health
Law enforcement officers set up at the entrance of Mount Rushmore to screen visitors yesterday.
The billionaire real estate mogul-turned-president, who has seemingly turned a blind eye to the shocking increase in the number of virus cases in many US states, has been openly exuberant about the Rushmore event.“We’re going to have a tremendous evening. It’s going to be a fireworks display like few people have seen. It’s going to be very exciting,” he said Thursday.
So will Trump wear a face mask, setting an example for the nation after resisting for months, as many politicians and others, even in his own camp, have asked him to do? But in contrast with Europe, infection rates and daily case totals are increasing in the US, and some states are beating their own grim records nearly every day.
“Those who want to come and join us, we’ll be giving out free face masks, if they choose to wear one. But we will not be social distancing.”Trump has long expressed his fascination for the imposing monument, which was sculpted in the Black Hills from 1927 to 1941.
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