I knew the whole thing was nothing more than massive public hysteria. So did he. He even said at the start that it was likely to be comparable to a bad flu season.
But once the media-driven idiocy started, he totally lost control of the narrative -- through no fault of his own. As I said before, there was no stronger evidence of that than the constant scolding I got from pathetic, cowardly losers right here on Free Republic for refusing to shut down my business and hide under my bed.
Precisely why COVID was released. Trump was riding sky-high, cruising to re-election, then COVID came like Manna from Heaven for the Democrats.