Trump Finally Goes Public And Recommends People Get The COVID Vaccine

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 02: Flanked by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence (L) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force and pharmaceutical executives in Cabinet Room of the White House on March 2, 2020 in Washington, DC. President Trump and his Coronavirus Task Force team met with pharmaceutical companies representatives who are actively working to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

It took him quite awhile to do so, but former President Trump tonight finally made a public statement coming out in favor of getting vaccinated. He said it during a phone interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News.

"It's a great vaccine. It's a safe vaccine and it's something that works."

Trump recommends to Fox viewers that they get a COVID-19 vaccine, even to people who don't want to get it. pic.twitter.com/OECRqsBHN8
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 16, 2021

Trump of course, has been notably silent as President Biden’s vaccination program has rolled out. It wasn’t even made public until recently that he and Melania Trump were vaccinated in his final days in office. But some Trump defenders have now begun claiming Biden is getting credit for work on the vaccine plan that Trump did.

The former president also did a fair amount of lying during tonight’s interview, including bringing up the lie about election fraud. He also lied when the conversation turned to the situation at the border.