Donald Trump (file photo) The headline for the New York Times’ Coronavirus Update says it all: “C.D.C. Recommends Wearing Masks in Public, but Trump Says: ‘I’m Choosing Not to Do It’.” Trump made the remark during his daily White House briefing on the state of the COVID-19 epidemic today (Friday, April 3) after noting that the CDC recommends everyone use basic “nonmedical cloth” masks, the Times reports. “You can do it.