Donald Trump has told his supporters, many of whom acknowledge that they are hostile to the idea of vaccines, that they still need to be vaccinated against Covid.
‘I would recommend it, “he told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo in one of his first interviews since leaving office. ‘I would recommend it to many people who do not want to get it, and many people honestly vote for me. But once again we have our freedoms, and we must live by them, and I agree with that. ‘
“But it’s an excellent vaccine, it’s a safe vaccine and it’s something that works,” he added.
Mr Trump and former first lady Melania Trump were both vaccinated in January, but only made that known to the public in March after the former president left office. At the CPAC political conference, Mr. Trump said, “Everyone should get your chance,” and The New York Times later confirmed that he had been vaccinated.
Recent polls, however, show that there is a sharp divide between the parties when it comes. According to a recent CBS poll, Republicans were more than three times more likely that Democrats would say they were not going to be vaccinated.
President Biden said the purchase of prominent community members such as doctors and religious leaders is more important than supporting his predecessor.
‘I discussed it with my team, and they say the thing that has more impact than anything Trump would say to the MAGA [Make America Great Again] “People are what the local doctor is, what the local preachers are, what the locals are saying in the community,” he said in the White House on Monday.
The former president has been unusually quiet since the Biden administration began, but during his conversation with Fox he started on a number of issues and turned against the new president’s immigration agenda, not committing to him again in 2024 as president, and insisted: as he often did, that he did not get enough credit for his efforts to develop the coronavirus vaccine.
“It really saves our country and really saves the world,” he said.
He further reiterated his false claim that pharmaceutical companies had waited to announce the development of a Covid vaccine until after the November election, and also argued that a Covid vaccine “would never have happened” without his insistence .
“They wanted to announce it sometime after the election,” he said. Trump said. “I think most people knew we almost had the vaccine.”
The topic of the border and Biden’s immigration agenda was also an important topic. The former president argued that his policies ‘work better than they have ever seen’ at the border, while the immigration agenda of Mr. Biden was responsible for the recent influx of young border crossings.
“They are destroying our country,” he said. Trump said. “They are leaving their homes and coming up because they think it’s going to be so wonderful, but our country can’t handle it.”
The Trump administration, through policies such as asylum cuts, the so-called “Stay in Mexico” protocol and an order closing the coronavirus border, never ended the problems at the US-Mexico border, but many from there to the Mexico side.
The former president, who was a regular contributor to the New York tabloid for decades before entering politics, could not resist commenting on Meghan Markle’s recent interview with Oprah. He said he hopes she’s considering a presidential bid, as some have recently reported, because he believes he could defeat her.
“Well, I hope it happens, because if it does, I think I have a stronger feeling about running,” he said. Trump said.
“I’m not a fan of her,” he added. ‘I think what she’s talking about the royal family and the queen, and I think I know the queen as you know, I’ve met the queen and I think the queen is a great person and I’m not a fan of Meghan. ”