Seem to remember him saying that too. But given his treatment and this Covid stuff, it might be his best course at present.
If there are any positives to be gained from this crisis it may be that silly government laws and busybodies will be noticed and curtailed.
They have always been parasites and the host body has always been strong and robust enough to endure them.
But where businesses are struggling or failing and everyone is attempting to get back to a semblance of reality the last thing they want or need is a code enforcement officer or some EPA snoop wasting their time and achieving less than nothing.