Vic… seriously?
You’re really out here lamenting that Trump missed the chance to benefit from a lie? That he was somehow cheated because Pfizer didn’t rush out an announcement declaring the vaccine was a miracle cure just in time to give him an electoral boost?
Let’s cut the fog.
You’re arguing that Trump was denied a “win” because the vaccine news dropped a few days too late. But the “win” you’re talking about wasn’t just premature—it was built on overhyped efficacy numbers that didn’t hold up. The same vaccine you claim Trump deserved credit for has since been walked back, recontextualized, and even weaponized politically against the people who initially pushed it hardest.
Remember “You won’t get COVID if you’re vaccinated”? That line aged like milk—and Biden paid the price for parroting it. He caught COVID—twice—despite multiple shots and boosters. So did countless others. The public trust took a nosedive, not because Trump didn’t get credit, but because the whole damn thing was sold with the enthusiasm of a marketing campaign, not the caution of medical science.
And that’s the narrative you think Trump should’ve owned? You want to retroactively paint him as the guy who should have gotten more credit for the very vaccine that his own supporters now treat with suspicion or outright hostility?
Be careful what you wish for.
If Pfizer had announced early, and Trump had run hard on “we beat COVID,” he’d be the one left holding the bag when the breakthrough infections started piling up. When the boosters kept coming. When the mandates sparked outrage. He wouldn’t just be “the guy who got us a vaccine.” He’d be “the guy who promised salvation and delivered a revolving door of variants.”
And that’s why your whole premise falls apart.
It’s not just that Trump didn’t get a PR boost—it’s that the boost itself was a mirage. You’re not mourning lost truth; you’re mourning lost propaganda. And worse, you’re trying to rewrite history to make it sound like the only problem with 2020 was that Trump wasn’t allowed to sell a claim that turned out to be—let’s call it what it was—bullshit.
So sure, Pfizer’s timing was suspect. The laptop story was buried. Social media wasn’t clean. There are real conversations to be had about manipulation and narrative control.
But don’t insult everyone’s intelligence by acting like Trump was the aggrieved hero because he didn’t get to claim a “miracle” that blew up in everyone’s face six months later.
If anything, history did him a favor.