{"id":12466,"date":"2022-01-06T06:37:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T11:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=12466"},"modified":"2022-01-06T06:37:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T11:37:08","slug":"trumps-vaccine-support-may-cost-him-victory-in-2024-rt-op-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/trumps-vaccine-support-may-cost-him-victory-in-2024-rt-op-ed\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s vaccine support may cost him victory in 2024 \u2014 RT Op-ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-ed\/545232-trump-lose-2024-election\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/61d5bcfe2030276b230a459d.jpg\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s vaccine support may cost him victory in 2024\" width=\"540\" height=\"303\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-ed\/545232-trump-lose-2024-election\/\">Trump\u2019s vaccine support may cost him victory in 2024 \u2014 RT Op-ed<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12466-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TrumpViewOnVaccines.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TrumpViewOnVaccines.mp3\">http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/TrumpViewOnVaccines.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Trump\u2019s most ardent supporters are turning against him, publicly ripping into him since he voiced his wholehearted approval of Covid vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>During an appearance at a Bill O\u2019Reilly \u2018History Tour\u2019 event in Dallas, the former president\u00a0 claimed success in expediting the creation of Covid vaccines through Operation Warp Speed, a program he created that provided billions of dollars in government funding and cut the drug\u2019s approval time down from the usual six or seven years to one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe did something that was historic,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/trumpworld-becomes-unglued-over-trumps-praise-of-vaccine-and-booster-shots\">Trump boasted<\/a>\u00a0before the crowd. \u201cWe got a vaccine done.\u201d When he later admitted he had not only been vaccinated twice, but had got a booster, he was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/k7RTp40syro\">booed<\/a>\u00a0by some of his erstwhile supporters.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump tried to play down the booing as representing only a \u201cvery tiny number,\u201d O\u2019Reilly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/bill-oreilly-says-he-had-to-console-trump-after-maga-fans-booed-him-for-getting-vaccine-booster\">\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that the former president called him after the event, and needed consoling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said \u2018This is good for you, this is good that people see another side of you, not a political side,\u2019\u201d the former Fox News anchor said. \u201c\u2018You told the truth, you believe in the vax, your administration did it, and you should take credit for it\u2026\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Trump\u2019s vaccine support may cost him victory in 2024 \u2014 RT Op-ed Trump\u2019s most ardent supporters are turning against him, publicly ripping into him since he voiced his wholehearted approval of Covid vaccines. During an appearance at a Bill O\u2019Reilly \u2018History Tour\u2019 event in Dallas, the former president\u00a0 claimed success in expediting the creation &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/trumps-vaccine-support-may-cost-him-victory-in-2024-rt-op-ed\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Trump\u2019s vaccine support may cost him victory in 2024 \u2014 RT Op-ed<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,29,25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12466"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12469,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12466\/revisions\/12469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}