I dont think he believes that for a second. But by saying it, he gives the left two equally bad choices:
If they accuse him of making absurd claims to pat himself on the back, then they undermine their own insistence that COVID is absolutely deadly, and implicitly admit that the lockdowns and other draconian measures that theyve been subjecting their states and cities to for months, were completely unjustified. If they dont challenge it, they allow Trump to take credit for saving all of those lives.
I dont think the left likes either of those options.
Yup. Their game is tiddly winks, his, 3-D chess.
I agree.