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While the visit was met with delight by the crowd, members of the medical community have complained that Mr Trump's outing broke his government's public health guidelines.

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Inside the car, Mr Trump was seen wearing a cloth mask and no gloves, while the secret service bodyguard was seen wearing a medical-grade mask (N95), face screen and protective scrubs.

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They were approximately 6 feet away from each other.

"Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary presidential drive-by just now has to be quarantined for 14 days," said @DrPhillipsMD, the chief of disaster medicine at George Washington University Image
White House spokesman Judd Deere said Mr Trump's drive-by was "cleared by the medical team as safe to do".

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