Trevor Noah Wonders What It Might Take To Gets Donald Trump To Wear A Mask – Deadline

Decades ago, a soap actor famously said in a popular ad recommending a brand of cough medicine, Im not a doctor, but I play one on TV. The inherent absurdity of it made the spot a punchline, but history has been repeating during President Donald Trumps coronavirus press briefings.

The leader of the free world has been playing up the potential benefits of a drug used to treat malaria over the mild protests of White House Coronavirus Task Force honcho Dr. Anthony Fauci. Today, Trump made a rare admission, saying, Im not a doctor. He was quick to add, however: But I have common sense.

While Trevor Noah continues to do Comedy Centrals The Daily Showfrom his home, he posted a clip from tonights show that compares the presidents dubious advice to someone going to a checkup and theres some random dude standing behind your doctor giving his opinion, like, If you ask me, it looks like you got some of that AIDS cancer.'

From there, Noah talked about Tiger King natch for a bit before circling back to the press briefing commandeer-er in chief. He noted the Centers for Disease Controls latest guidelines that all Americans should wear face masks when out in public. Well, notallof them: Trump thus far is sticking with the you-can-I-wont approach to facial protection amid the pandemic.

That made Noah wonder if maybe Trump would sport said mouth-and-nose covering if his aides trick him like hes a child.

No, Mr. President, he says they might say, its not a mask its a border wall for your face.

Heres a clip fromThe Daily Social Distancing Show:

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Trevor Noah Wonders What It Might Take To Gets Donald Trump To Wear A Mask - Deadline