It’s amazing how the narrative shifts.  Or maybe I should say, how the science evolves.

This article from Politico is a trip into bizarro world, where the political left is now trying to blame Donald Trump for pressuring the FDA to authorize the COVID vaccines on an accelerated timeline.

Should we laugh or cry at this news?

Perhaps this is a test to see if anything here sticks.  It’s like when politicians want to enact some draconian edict, so they push out a few rumors to see what kind of reaction they get.  This tells them whether they are pushing too hard and too fast.

I think a slim majority of Americans see the COVID vaccines as mostly a disaster.  They fully understand just by being awake in their lives that these “vaccines” do not stop infection or transmission of the thing they are supposed to prevent.  The best that can be said now is that they lessen the illness if you do get COVID, but that is highly disputable at this point too.

At this point, these are still the original vaccines that were supposedly designed to stop the original COVID.  They are completely worthless at best at this point, and they are harmful to some.  Of course, they are not worthless to those who are profiting and gaining power from their widespread use.

While a majority of Americans see that they aren’t effective, there is a small but significant percentage who are realizing that they aren’t safe either.  Most people seem to know someone who had a significant adverse reaction to the jab.  The question is whether they actually noticed or acknowledged that it coincided with the jab.

When talking about investments and speculations like Bitcoin, there are HODLers.  They HODL (hold on for dear life).  The same goes for the COVID jabs, except this is more of a religion than an attempt to make money.  No matter how much evidence is before their eyes, they continue to repeat the official narrative that they are safe and effective.

Now that the political left is trying to push a narrative that Trump rushed the vaccines, we have to wonder if they are going to try to blame Trump for what is to come.  Are they worried about more and more people coming to the conclusion that these so-called vaccines are a complete disaster?  Or are they just accusing Trump of anything that could possibly stick, as they have done for the last 7 years?

There is also the possibility that this is an attempt to divide Trump supporters.  Trump supporters are accused of being some kind of cult, yet about half of Trump supporters are against the COVID jabs.  That isn’t much a cult.

Candace Owens has questioned Trump’s devotion to the vaccines.  Alex Jones is now saying that he is inclined to favor DeSantis for president because DeSantis is speaking out against the vaccines (up to a point).  Jones is warning Trump to get out in front of this and to own up to his mistake.

Is Trump Evil, or Was He Duped?

For those who aren’t happy with Trump’s stance on the COVID vaccines, there is some disagreement about his intentions.  Was Trump simply duped by the establishment (much like he was duped about COVID in general)?  Is Trump aware that the vaccines are bad but doesn’t really care?  Or is Trump recognizing that the vaccines may not be so good but has too much of an ego to admit any wrongdoing?

Personally, I lean towards the last option.  He has had a lot of pushback from his supporters, so he can’t claim ignorance any longer.  I don’t think he wants to ever admit he was wrong on anything, as he sees it as a sign of weakness that will only help his enemies.

In this case, I think he needs to admit he was wrong.  At the very least, he needs to acknowledge that many of his supporters are not supportive of the COVID vaccines and that everyone should have the right to make their own personal decision.  If he does that last part, it may or may not be enough to keep his supporters.

I think Trump does bear some responsibility for the vaccines, even if he was duped.  This is what happens when you lack principles.  If he were a libertarian, he would have opposed government intervention.

Instead, Trump pushed to fund the pharmaceutical companies, and it is probably true that he did put political pressure on the FDA to authorize them quickly.  Incidentally, this didn’t even work, as the FDA waited until just a few days after the election to announce the wonderful COVID vaccines.

After that, Trump touted the vaccines and how his Operation Warp Speed gave them to us.  Trump wanted credit for the vaccines.  But be careful what you wish for.

Changing Realities

With all of that said, it is a joke that anyone from the political left is accusing Trump of rushing through the COVID vaccines.  I suppose they are trying to walk a fine line and say that Trump pressured the FDA, but thankfully our professional experts went through all of the proper protocols despite his pressure.

These people count on the American people to have extremely short memories.  In some cases, they are right to count on this.

It reminds me of 2020 when these people were cheering on the riots (sorry, mostly peaceful protests) in cities across America.  Once they settled down and the election was getting closer, they talked about how Trump was not upholding law and order.

There are also massive contradictions everywhere that you aren’t supposed to notice.  The CDC has changed its guidelines to say that the vaccinated and unvaccinated should not be treated differently at this point, yet there are still mandates all over the place.  This includes a mandate that prevents non-U.S. citizens/ residents from entering the country unless they are vaccinated.

This latest attempt to blame Trump for any shortcomings of the vaccines will hopefully just make more people mad.  I remember when Biden said that if you get the vaccine you can’t get COVID.  I remember when he said that if you are vaccinated that you can’t die.  (He literally said this.  It wasn’t that you couldn’t die of COVID, which is also a lie.  He said you couldn’t die.)

I remember Biden telling America that his/ their (speaking on behalf of the vaccinated, apparently) patience was wearing thin.  And I certainly remember the day when Biden announced that most of America would face the choice of getting the shot or losing their ability to make a living.

These people are truly the scum of the earth.  I don’t think there is one single politician in DC on the left who opposed these totalitarian vaccine mandates.  Yet, they now have the gall to blame Trump and say that he pressured the FDA to rush them through?

These are truly evil people.  I don’t say the same about Trump.  Maybe Trump is evil, but I really don’t know.  He doesn’t seem to hate my guts, but maybe he’s a good actor.

The people who wanted to mandate vaccines on the population are seriously deranged and evil people.  I have no sympathy for them.  Even for the ones who were simply duped, they should never have any position of authority or power ever again.  It was immoral to try to mandate anything, even if you truly believed it was safe and effective.

Anyway, I am happy to make this an issue.  Trump does bear some responsibility.  But those on the left who are calling out Trump bear even more.  I want the COVID shots to be an issue that people don’t forget about.  It exposes the evil of these people in power.