I am wrong in saying Trumps goal is herd immunity, the good way or bad way.

[shockey80]

We know Trump is hoping for a vaccine which could lead to herd immunity. That would be the good way, but that is no sure thing. It could take a long time.

Then there is the bad way, let the virus spread so the majority of people get infected and hopefully become immune. This path leads too many people dying. Ever if you reach herd immunity this way it will not protect people who have health problems. After you reach herd immunity some people would still die.

[Walleye]

1. His goal is making lots of money for himself.

[marybourg]

2. His goal is to be fawned on and cheered.

[RockRaven]

3. I think you are wrong insofar as Trump doesn't give a shit about immunity at all.

Immunity is not a primary goal of his, by any pathway. Even if infection and recovery resulted in no lasting immunity he'd still insist everything go back to prior rules/behavior.

He does not have a goal related to the public being resistant/protected. That is not on his radar at all, except incidentally as a means to an end which is his real priority. And as such, he'd abandon it in a second if a different path presented itself.

Which he's done now, repeatedly. His goal is open businesses/consumer spending and the improved stock market which goes along with that. First he denied it was a problem and said it would go away with warm weather, then he touted vaccine development but that was going to be too slow, so he went for a miracle cure in hydroxychloroquine but that failed too, so now he's on to invoking religious freedom and entrenching covidiocy into right wing identity politics. None of it has anything to do with protecting Americans from future infection except accidentally.

[samnsara]

4. his goal is to kill off the US population other than his croanie friends thus the hoarding ..

.. of the supplies. Hes an idiot..

[uponit7771]

5. THIS !!!! Trump is BETTING that herd immunity will happen like in 1918 difference is 3 times the ...

... population.

Also Trump is stupid, the Ro of Kansas Flu (cause that's were it started) was around 3 while for CV19 its 5.7 according to the CDC