nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Trump Is Still Running Against The City And Idea Of Washington, D.C.||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Issues of vanity aside, the mask has become an emblem of submission to experts, to officialdom — to Washington. By the same token, the refusal to wear a mask becomes another badge of defiance.

Washington, D.C.'s most famous resident, President Donald Trump, is basing his re-election around the idea that he remains an outsider from the country's political establishment.



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Trump Is Still Running Against The City And Idea Of Washington, D.C.

Issues of vanity aside, the mask has become an emblem of submission to experts, to officialdom — to Washington. By the same token, the refusal to wear a mask becomes another badge of defiance.