Just my point of view ( no better than anyone's own personal conclusion to this very MOST important question, maybe we get into the controversial area of Trump being the 2nd Coming of Christ and/or the Anti-Christ, in another string. )

Why promote the vax...?

While POTUS, he could have brought the entire house down - but would the American Population believe it was legit? ( Mathematical Gamble )

Push His VAX, w/previous 2015 patents, he could short-cut their "Great Reset Plan", as we all know Vaccines take YEARS to develop. Also, as an Emergency Authorization for "Experimental Therapeutics"... AND... by way of mentioning HQC+Zpac as an Alternative - he VOIDED existing law for "Mandatory" in the event no other Therapeutic exists.

WAR has casualties, every American had the CHOICE... All the coercion/threats/economic-cost aside, the "VAX" has not been "Mandatory".

VAX Phase 1 - Low Lethality (What is released)
VAX Phase 2 - Extinction.

Did TRUMP minimize death?

WAR means, WAR.

( This isn't hyperbole folks, it's the 4th Reich - in positions of Supreme Power, and we were asleep at the wheel. This mess is on me, and it's on you too, on all of us. Accountability is a hard pill, but the best pill. )

Do you believe YOU are at WAR..?

Do you believe [they] want you DEAD...?

15-days, just 15...
No mask, Yes mask, mandatory masks.
Lockdown, essential vice/big-box stores remain COVID safe.
Riots COVID safe zones, Churches, Hospitals, Nursing Homes - Deadly.
Arrests over facemasks, boating alone maskless
Herd Immunity, one-jab-two-jab-three-boosters or more..
Contact Tracing, full-blown Project Mockingbird psy-op pravda over VAX efficacy and safety and NEED
Door-to-Door Gov't "HELP"

... I do N-A-Z-I a pattern👆

( you get the idea. )

It is deadly, for sure... I pray this Covid vaccine was an experiment/exercise in seeing how compliant the population is, just like the masks were. Hopefully, the Covid vaccines we have now are not depopulation mechanisms we think they are. With that said, it is even more scary that people will say, "see, nothing happened and it was all conspiracy theories about the vaccine." The next virus and the next vaccine are what scares me the most. All you need is virus a bit more deadly than Covid, and people trusting the next vaccines and the governments pushing them. Perfect storm for mass genocide. Gain trust the 1st time, deceive the 2nd time. This is my gut feeling. The vast majority of the population will be OK for the most part, this go-round. Things will not be OK the next time. I think Trump and the white hats know this... That is why he has "endorsed" it. It's the only thing that's logical. I don't believe Trump would have endorsed a known, mass-killer vaccine.

could be both. he might endorse a potentially lethal vaccine knowing that it is not mandatory at this time, but 3-5 years down the road the economy would be crushed and the vaccine could be potentially made mandatory.

Hopefully it is not deadly. Dear God let it not be.

My neighbor took the moderna jab and was dead of a stroke 2 days later.