evidence: Trump reportedly recently told his advisers that wearing a mask would "look ridiculous" and "send the wrong message" to prospective voters – presumably that he is prioritizing public health over the economy, even though the disease is on the upswing in America. So he alone is exempt from a new White House policy that West Wing employees wear masks. Nor would he don a mask in public when he visited a Honeywell plant in Arizona that has converted to protective gear production (he briefly wore one behind the scenes, but removed it for the photo opportunity). [...] Moreover, real men don’t wear masks – at least, that’s the message Trump sends through his behavior. Like all authoritarians, the President cultivates an aura of masculine invincibility. In December 2015, during his electoral campaign, Trump had tweeted that "I have instructed my longtime doctor to issue, within two weeks, a full medical report – it will show perfection." Dr. Harold Bornstein had obliged this fantasy, writing, in five minutes, while Trump’s limousine waited, a statement that Trump’s "physical strength and stamina are extraordinary."