Trumps Wende zu Gesichtsmasken im Jahr 2020 veränderte das Verhalten der Republikaner, nicht jedoch ihre medizinischen Überzeugungen. Eine Studie untersuchte die Reaktionen auf die unerwartete Befürwortung von Gesichtsmasken durch Präsident Donald Trump im Jahr 2020 und ergab, dass seine Anhänger dieses Verhalten bereitwillig übernahmen, ohne ihre persönlichen Überzeugungen zu ändern.

**Trump’s 2020 pivot on face masks changed Republican behavior but not their medical beliefs**

When public health crises occur, government officials assume that educating the exact population about a threat will naturally encourage safe habits. The common expectation is that people must first be persuaded that a medical intervention works before they will actually use it. A large study evaluating the political response to the coronavirus pandemic challenges this assumption. By tracking reactions to former President Donald Trump’s unexpected endorsement of face masks in 2020, a researcher found that his supporters readily adopted the behavior without altering their private beliefs. These findings were published in the [*American Sociological Review*](https://doi.org/10.1177/00031224251415372).

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00031224251415372

This is some minions level imitation

So they were willing to go against their own beliefs because he said so?

There’s only one word that comes to mind when I think about a situation where one person’s word dictates everyone else’s actions, regardless of internal belief – Cult.

They only wear them when they knowingly committee government sponsored terrorism. To inflict harm and not reduce it.

Party over personal politics every time. „The boss is telling me what I have to do so I’m gonna do it even if I think it’s really stupid.“