Early on he called it a "democratic hoax". Precious time was wasted while the virus spread. We didn't have to have vaccines to control the virus. The Japanese did it by taking it seriously early after their first case on January 16th of 2020. They installed a mask mandate, social distancing, checking of temperatures at airports and quarantining those with fevers. They never shut down their economy or schools. They never spent the trillions of dollars we did because they took it seriously EARLY on. With a population of 162 million they lost virtually the same number of people as were lost in the state of Indiana that has a population of 6.8 million! That is even after Japan hosted the summer Olympics. So in reality, we did a shit job of handling this virus. It is not even debatable. The facts are clear.