Yes, you are right. It could very well just be a one-off snarky comment from Psaki. The thing to watch for is if the administration and their stenographers (aka the media) start linking Trump to the vaccine more often in their rhetoric. If they do, it could be a harbinger of serious trouble with the vaccine.
But still, it is very strange to me that Psaki would give Trump any credit at all for the vaccine, even sarcastically. The truth is that Trump has always been pro-vaccine and was one of the first in line to get the jab. The Biden administration and the media's blaming (or crediting) of Trump for the anti-vax groundswell was always 100% fake news fabricated from whole cloth. Trump is not now, nor has he ever been, opposed to the vaccine. Psaki reminding people of the truth, even in jest, threatens to unravel the media's false narrative that Trump is behind the anti-vax movement.
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Date: 2021-09-12 04:35 am (UTC)But still, it is very strange to me that Psaki would give Trump any credit at all for the vaccine, even sarcastically. The truth is that Trump has always been pro-vaccine and was one of the first in line to get the jab. The Biden administration and the media's blaming (or crediting) of Trump for the anti-vax groundswell was always 100% fake news fabricated from whole cloth. Trump is not now, nor has he ever been, opposed to the vaccine. Psaki reminding people of the truth, even in jest, threatens to unravel the media's false narrative that Trump is behind the anti-vax movement.