Donald Trump has called a reporter who insisted on wearing a face mask while asking a question “politically correct” as his clash with Joe Biden over whether to wear one escalated. The US president denied he was mocking Mr Biden, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, for wearing a mask at a recent memorial event after sharing a photo of him doing so on Twitter. Mr Biden also pushed back against Mr Trump, who has been reluctant to wear a mask when seen in public, calling the president an “absolute fool” for failing to do so. The stand-off was seen as a new poll found that only half of Americans say they will definitely take a coronavirus vaccine if it is developed. A poll for the Associated Press found that 49 per cent of respondents said they would get vaccinated, 31 per cent said they were not sure and 20 per cent said they would not.
