Trump revealed Sunday night during the final leg of “The History Tour,” a live interview show he’s doing with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly
Former President Donald Trump revealed he received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, smelt from a crowd in Dallas.
Mr Trump made the revelation Sunday night during the final leg of “The History Tour,” a live interview show he’s doing with former Fox News host Bill O’Reilly.
“Both the president and I are waxed,” O’Reilly said at the American Airlines Center, according to a video shared online by O’Reilly’s “No Spin News.” “Did you get the booster?” he asked the former president. “Yes,” replied Mr. Trump. “I got it too,” O’Reilly said, receiving more hectoring.
“No! No! No! No! No!” Mr Trump told the crowd, waving his reaction with his hand.
While Mr Trump has opposed vaccine mandates, he has long taken credit for vaccines developed on his watch. At the same time, he has refused to urge his supporters to take him, even though Republicans are far less likely to be protected than Democrats.
For example, while other world leaders, including former Vice President Mike Pence, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, publicly received their supplements for promoting the life-saving drug, Mr. Trump chose to receive them privately. – Acceptance of unpopularity. Tika with the bulk of his base.
And while he has blamed the Biden administration for the high level of vaccine skepticism, he has repeatedly undermined public health recommendations while in office, encouraged the use of unproven treatments and downplayed the virus’s threat, he said. Tried to prioritize economic recovery and protect each other. Duration.
Mr Trump told the Wall Street Journal in a September interview that he “probably” would not get a booster shot.
“I think I’m in good shape from that point of view,” he told the paper. “I’ll look at stuff later. I’m not against it, but maybe it’s not for me.” The US is urging all eligible Americans to get booster shots as soon as possible as the country faces a surge in the new, highly contagious Omicron variant. Moderna and Pfizer have both said that the booster shots of their COVID-19 vaccines appear to provide protection against the new strain, which suggests preliminary evidence may protect against vaccines better than previous versions.
Mr Trump was hospitalized with COVID-19 in October 2020, weeks before the presidential election, and received experimental monoclonal antibody treatment. His former chief of staff, Mark Meadows, revealed in a book released this month that Mr Trump was sicker than the White House told him at the time.
Before booing, Mr Trump told the audience on Sunday that he should take “credit” for the success of vaccines developed while in office.
“Look, we did something that was historic. We saved millions of lives around the world. We all together, we all – not me, we – we did one vaccine, three vaccines, and tremendous therapeutics,” Trump said.
“It was going to destroy the country more than what it is now. Take credit for it. Take credit for it… don’t let them take it away. Don’t take it off yourself.” “You’re playing right in their hands when you’re like, oh the vaccine,” he said. “If you don’t want to take it, you shouldn’t be forced to take it.” . No mandate,” he said with a cheer. “But take credit because we have saved lakhs of lives. Take credit Don’t let them get away from you.”
Trump aides did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Monday.
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