SIEGEL: More on vaccines.
I’m concerned about vaccine compliance in this country. Thirty percent of people have said they wouldn’t even take this vaccine.
TRUMP: Right.
SIEGEL: As Commander-in-Chief and leader of the free world, would you consider being one of the first to take this vaccine to send a message to the American public?
TRUMP: Well, you know the way it works.
If I’m the first one, they will say, he’s so selfish, he wanted to get the vaccine first. And then other people would say, hey, that’s a very brave thing to do.
I would absolutely — if they wanted me to, if they thought it was right, I would take it first or I would take it last, Marc, because you know that if I take it first, I will be — either way, I lose on that one, right?
If I take it first, and if I take it — if I don’t take it, they will say, he doesn’t believe in the program.
But whatever I think is best, whatever we all agree is best, I would certainly do that.
SIEGEL: I will make you a deal. I will take it, and then you…
TRUMP: We will take it together, OK?
SIEGEL: That’s right.
TRUMP: Good.
Trump: If I Am First One To Take Vaccine They Will Complain, If I Don’t Take It They Will Say I Don’t Believe | Video
President Donald Trump on how people would see him if he was the first to take the coronavirus vaccine, and how he would be viewed if he didn’t immediately take it. From his interview with FNC’s Marc Siegel:
