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President Donald Trump on Friday said that he disagreed with his CDC director about how effective they would be in stopping COVID-19 and that masks "cause problems too", reported NBC News.

Trump's comments came after the country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, urged state and local leaders to be "as forceful as possible" in getting people to wear masks.

According to Dr. Fauci, wearing face coverings is "really important" and "we should be using them, everyone".

Dr. Anthony Fauci said wearing face coverings is "really important". Photo: Reuters

However, Trump does not completely agree with that. “I want people to have a certain freedom and I don’t believe in that, no”, Trump said in an interview with Fox News’s Chris Wallace.

Trump also seemed to express skepticism about the efficacy of masks, noting that public health officials initially said that facial coverings were not necessary for healthy individuals, before later adding that he is a “believer in masks.”

“I don’t agree with the statement that if everyone wore a mask, everything disappears,” Trump said, referring to Wallace’s mention of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) saying that the country could get the virus under control in four to six weeks if everyone wore a mask.

The CDC in April recommended the use of face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus after evidence showed that patients not showing symptoms could still spread COVID-19.

Trump wore a mask for the first time in public over the weekend during a trip to Walter Reed, after resisting doing so for many weeks. When the Trump administration first rolled out the guidance in April, Trump immediately said he wouldn’t wear a face covering, at one point suggesting it would lead to poor optics with foreign leaders.

Donald Trump was seen wearing a face mask in public. Video: NBC News

Donald Trump was seen wearing a face mask in public. Photo: BBC

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