Surgeon general told Trump 'you look badass in a face mask' after people in Florida told him to

President again wears mask in public, this time at Red Cross headquarters in Washington

Surgeon General Jerome Adams came back from "Trump Country" with a very important message for Donald Trump, which he eagerly delivered on Thursday.

"You look badass in a facemask," Mr Adams told the president during an event at Red Cross headquarters in Washington.

His comment came after Mr Trump for months declined to wear a mask in public even during two waves of coronavirus.

He since has taken to wearing them in some settings, especially medical facilities like the Red Cross building. The president donned a mask during a tour of the headquarters on Thursday.

Mr Trump once said he preferred to skip a face covering because he did not like how he looked in one.

But in recent weeks, he has at times appeared to take a surge of cases and deaths in the Sun Belt region more seriously – though he still says the coronavirus will "disappear."

On Thursday, he spent most of his time during a roundtable at the Red Cross again listing things his administration already has done to combat the sometimes-lethal bug.

Several of his aides applauded him for embracing and encouraging mask-wearing, including Mr Adams.