Donald Trump was spotted wearing a face mask for the first time during a tour of a Ford Motor Co plant, after reportedly being persuaded by a political foe.
The American president traveled to the crucial U.S. election battleground state of Michigan on Thursday amid tensions with its Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer during the coronavirus pandemic.
The plant has been recast to produce ventilators and personal protective equipment, with Trump also holding a roundtable discussion with African-American leaders concerning vulnerable populations hit by the virus.
Trump had repeatedly refused to wear a mask during any of his public events at the plant in the city of Ypsilanti even though Ford on Tuesday reiterated its policy that all