The issue is the vaxx, taken voluntarily or forced, does not work! The mandate crap is not an issue among conservatives who are adamantly against people who continue to hype a worthless and dangerous vaxx. Just because you are misguided and trusting enough to inject his dangerous warp speed experimental and its regiment of boosters voluntarily doesn’t make it any less wrong.
He wants voluntary vaccination. The more informed consent on vaccination there is, the more doctors get to make their own decisions without fear, the less willing people are to take them. That works to benefit the public and against so called public health which is anything but under Covid.
Second, Trump is only one man. He is a businessman, executive, and administrator. He is not a scientist or savior. For four years, the primary goal of most of the Federal government was to undermine him at every turn. He could not have known every way things could have gone wrong and fought it all by himself, especially now that he is out of office.
In my view, his taking the middle position makes the most sense long term.