Moreover, it is reported that the former president has announced his willingness to star in a commercial where he would communicate the safety and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Speaking in an hour-long interview with Sean Hannity, Trump, who had a stay in hospital last October after contracting coronavirus, revealed that he has been vaccinated. When then asked by Hannity if he would encourage other US citizens to do the same, the former president replied: “I encourage them to take it,” and added: “Because I believe”.
Donald Trump then revealed that drug companies “all want me to do a commercial because a lot of our people don’t want to take the vaccine”, but said that he was put off after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) paused rollout of the Johnson & Johnson jab last week.
Trump says that he was "asked to do a commercial saying take the vaccine" because"a lot of our people don’t want to take the vaccine," but he isn't too keen on it because of the Johnson & Johnson pause, which he seemingly attributes to the FDA being in bed with Pfizer. pic.twitter.com/LNAKzM4GOb
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“I call them and I say ‘let me ask you a question. You just did something six people out of 8 million people. Somebody said that Tylenol, women’s birth control cause far more,’” Trump said on Monday.
He was referring to the pause of the Johnson & Johnson jab, which was approved by the FDA and backed by the Biden administration after six people out of 6.8 million who had the vaccine reported blood clots, with one dying.
The Fox News host, Sean Hannity, was seen dragging the former president towards the right public messaging here, and the ex-president was kind of coming along, and maybe he will actually do the commercial.