CV and mad panic behaviour

[Mav]

How do his supporters, rationalise his actions against the public blurb / ideology?

I recall a George Conway interview in which he said that Trump was great at reading the anger of his supporters and playing to it and Trump knew he had to be careful about going against the flow. If Trump were to come out now and tell his supporters that they were crazy if they didn't get vaccinated and they should also wear masks, he'd become the enemy.

Whenever he admits he has been jabbed, he quickly assures his supporters that no one should challenge their decisions not to do the same. Why he doesn't just lie about it as he does about everything else is harder to figure out. Maybe he's trying to get ahead of the story in case it leaks or maybe he wants to claim the credit for the vaccine program (and if it's the latter, surely he realises his supporters don't think anyone deserves any credit for the vaccine program).

I'd probably add a gloss to Conway's analysis though. He did influence his supporters to buy into conspiracy theories by telling them Covid was a hoax or nothing to worry about or that HCQ would protect them against the Democrat disease. But once that train started rolling, he realised he'd be run over by it if he tried to stand in its way.