That is a lot more than in 2020 when he was getting a few dozen people, many of them staffers.
The 6 foot circle era.
This was not a COVID-19 superspreader event, by any means. Not that anybody is particularly concerned about contagion any longer, but most of them could probably “socially distance” with little or no effort.
But when you’re hot, you’re hot.
When you’re not, you’re not.
“Tepid” is the word that comes to mind.