Washington, July 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump ruled out a national mandate requiring people to wear face masks despite record rises in new coronavirus infections across the United States.

In an interview with Fox News that will air on Sunday, Trump said: "No, I want people to have a certain freedom and I don't believe in that.  No, and I don't agree with the statement that if everybody wear a mask, everything; suddenly, it all disappears."

He added: "Everybody was saying don't wear a mask and all of a sudden everybody's got to wear a mask and, as you know, masks cause problems, too.  With that being said, I'm a believer in masks, I think masks are good."