CORONAVIRUS/COVID-19/RALLY: [Michael C. Bender: “So it’s okay if your supporters wear masks at the rally?”] “Absolutely. They can wear them or not. I want them to be happy. We’re gonna have a good time. Yeah, I want them to be happy.”
[Michael C. Bender: “What happens if your supporters get sick at one of these rallies?”]
“Well, people have to know that, yes, you do. But it’s tiny. You know, it’s a very small percentage.
We did the right thing. We closed it down. We closed it down. Expensive. But you can’t put a price on saving millions of lives. We saved millions of lives. You know, a lot of people say herd. Well how did herd work for Sweden? No good. How did herd work for Brazil? No good.”
-Donald Trump in a June 17, 2020 interview as quoted by WSJ Staff, “Transcript of President Trump’s Interview With The Wall Street Journal,” wsj.com, June 18, 2020