WATCH: Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams Thinks Trump Was Waiting on Biden to Praise Him Before Promoting Vaccines
Donald Trump is a profoundly insecure man. And when he was president, people were able to take advantage of this. Countless friends of Trump were able to receive pardons for their crimes. And the former president gave out Medals of Freedom like they were Halloween candy.
But Trump’s insecurity also makes the jobs of others harder. Trump was waited for almost a year before encouraging people to get vaccines. He just did so this week, even pushing back on Candace Owens’ anti-vax rhetoric. According to former Surgeon General Jerome Adams, Trump was probably waiting for Joe Biden to praise him before doing so.
Adams told John Berman, “We know the president’s love language is words of affirmation. We know Joe Biden is known for his cooperation. So to me, what was most shocking, what was most telling, wasn’t that Donald Trump came out and supported vaccines. It was that it took Joe Biden 11 months to finally do what he has been known to do for 79 years, and that’s to reach out across the aisle.”
The host responded, “I have to tell you, I’ll take anything that helps getting people out there getting vaccinated and boosted. But I have to say, if it just took a thank you to get Trump to do it several hundred thousand deaths later, it’s pretty pathetic, isn’t it?”
The former Surgeon General responded, “Well, we can say it’s pathetic. We can debate it back and forth. We can also say it’s pathetic that it took this long for a new administration to reach out in any way, shape, or form.”
Watch a clip of the segment below, courtesy of CNN:
Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams: "A single layer cloth mask isn't cutting it against Omicron. We need more testing, better masking." https://t.co/cdX86IMS1u pic.twitter.com/b1AKAoj8dO
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) December 24, 2021
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